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  "id": "2025-07-27-usf-st-petersburg-osprey-hall-suspicious-person",
  "slug": "usf-st-petersburg-osprey-hall-suspicious-person-2025-07-27",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of South Florida",
    "shortName": "USF",
    "state": "FL",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "USF Alert / Crime Alert Bulletin"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-27",
    "type": "suspicious-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Suspicious person loitering outside Osprey Hall",
    "headlinePublic": "Suspicious person loitering outside Osprey Hall",
    "summary": "USF St. Petersburg police [issued a July 28 Timely Warning after a person was seen loitering outside Osprey Hall on July 27](https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/police/documents/crime-alert-bulletin-july-28-2025.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Header says the suspect was taken into custody; body says identified but remains at large, with pending charges. Both wordings preserved from the PDF.",
    "endDate": "2025-07-28"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-07-28",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "TIMELY WARNING NOTICE: USF ST. PETERSBURG CAMPUS\n\nJuly 28th, 2025\nSuspicious Person\nUPDATE: THE SUSPECT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY\n\nUniversity Police are investigating a suspicious incident involving an individual a who was observed loitering outside the Osprey Hall residence building.\n\nIn the early morning of Sunday, July 27, 2025, the subject pictured below was seen outside Osprey Hall, behaving suspiciously. Officers located the individual, who fled and evaded apprehension after an extensive search. The suspect has been identified but remains at large. University Police have pending criminal charges against the suspect. Should you see this person or have additional information, please contact the University Police at 727‐873‐4444\n\nAs a reminder, for your safety, never allow a stranger to follow you into a secure building. Direct the person to use their access card or to ask for staff or police assistance. Stay alert and aware of your surroundings and promptly report suspicious behavior to campus police.\n\nRemember See Something Say Something. For additional information or other assistance please contact the University Police at 727‐873‐4444 or at stp‐police@usf.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/police/documents/crime-alert-bulletin-july-28-2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "USFSP Crime Alert Bulletin PDF",
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        "Incident July 27; notice July 28. Product header says TAKEN INTO CUSTODY while the body says remains at large; both preserved. Typo individual a who preserved. U+2010 hyphens in the phone numbers and stp-police. Suspect photo not transcribed."
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  "context": "USF St. Petersburg posts Timely Warnings / Crime Updates as PDFs at [stpetersburg.usf.edu/police/reports/crime-updates.aspx](https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/police/reports/crime-updates.aspx).",
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      "title": "USFSP Crime Alert Bulletin PDF",
      "url": "https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/police/documents/crime-alert-bulletin-july-28-2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260824035150/https://www.stpetersburg.usf.edu/police/documents/crime-alert-bulletin-july-28-2025.pdf",
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  "confidence": "high",
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    "florida",
    "suspicious-activity",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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