{
  "id": "2025-02-13-vanguard-university-crime-alert-2025-04-theft",
  "slug": "vanguard-university-crime-alert-2025-04-theft-2025-02-13",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Vanguard University",
    "shortName": "Vanguard",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "private-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "Vanguard Campus Safety Crime Alert / Titan",
    "enrollment": 2200
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-02-13",
    "type": "theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Catalina lot truck bed bag grand theft video",
    "headlinePublic": "Catalina lot truck bed bag grand theft video",
    "summary": "Vanguard University Campus Safety [published Crime Alert #2025-04](https://www.vanguard.edu/uploaded/Crime_Alert_2025-04.pdf) on the [Campus Crime Alerts archive](https://www.vanguard.edu/resources/campus-public-safety/campus-crime-alerts). Full PDF text recovered.",
    "outcome": "See official Crime Alert PDF."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-02-13",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "CAMPUS SAFETY CRIME ALERT #2025-04 GRAND THEFT\nEmergency Number (949) 244-0098\nDate / Time: 2/13/25 9:25 PM - 2/14/25 2:00 PM\nLocation: Catalina Parking Lot\nSubject: Male / Dark Hair / Poss wearing a security uniform\nVehicle: 2009 BMW 650i / Black / Lic. Plate # 7JIP827\nDetails: On 2/13/25 at 9:25 PM, a student left a bag containing valuable items (worth over $1000) in the secured area of the truck bed. The student returned to the vehicle the following morning and noticed the property missing. The student noticed his vehicle was tampered with and the property was stolen. A search of surveillance video revealed the above subject and vehicle parked next to the victim's vehicle during the time the items were stolen. The subject possibly involved appears to be wearing a type of yellow security uniform. The Costa Mesa Police are conducting an investigation into the grand theft. If you have any information of this subject or the crime, please contact Campus Safety or CMPD.\nCAMPUS SAFETY # 2025-047\nCMPD # 2025-002238\nCosta Mesa Police Department (714) 754-5252\n\nVanguard University Campus Safety Crime Alerts are released when certain events that warrant an advisory are reported on or near Vanguard University. These alerts are intended to seek assistance with ongoing investigations and raise awareness about safety and security incidents among the Vanguard University community.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.vanguard.edu/uploaded/Crime_Alert_2025-04.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Official Vanguard University Campus Safety Crime Alert #2025-04 PDF",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim linearized from official Crime Alert #2025-04 PDF on the Campus Crime Alerts archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1390,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Vanguard University (private master's, Costa Mesa, CA) publishes numbered Campus Safety Crime Alerts as PDF advisories on its [Campus Crime Alerts page](https://www.vanguard.edu/resources/campus-public-safety/campus-crime-alerts). Alert #2025-04 PDF recovered and linearized for the archive (wider b66).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official Campus Safety Crime Alert #2025-04 recovered from PDF.",
    "Private-masters California institution; non-R1 diversity contribution."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alert #2025-04 PDF - Vanguard University Campus Safety",
      "url": "https://www.vanguard.edu/uploaded/Crime_Alert_2025-04.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    },
    {
      "title": "Campus Crime Alerts - Vanguard University",
      "url": "https://www.vanguard.edu/resources/campus-public-safety/campus-crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-26"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-masters",
    "timely-warning",
    "california",
    "wider-reach",
    "crime-alert-pdf"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-26",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-26",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}