{
  "id": "2025-07-02-vanguard-university-crime-alert-2025-07-theft",
  "slug": "vanguard-university-crime-alert-2025-07-theft-2025-07-02",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Vanguard University",
    "shortName": "Vanguard",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "private-masters",
    "alertSystemName": "Vanguard Campus Safety Crime Alert / Titan",
    "enrollment": 2200
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-07-02",
    "type": "theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Catalina lot STIHL weed trimmer truck bed theft",
    "headlinePublic": "Catalina lot STIHL weed trimmer truck bed theft",
    "summary": "Vanguard University Campus Safety [published Crime Alert #2025-07](https://www.vanguard.edu/uploaded/Crime_Alert_2025-07.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": "2025-07-02",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "CAMPUS SAFETY CRIME ALERT #2025-07 THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE\nEmergency Number (949) 244-0098\nDate / Time: 07/02/2025 8:38 AM\nLocation: Vanguard University - Catalina Lot\nSubject: Three male Hispanics\nVehicle: Silver Dodge Ram 1500\nDetails: On July 2, 2025, at approximately 8:38 AM, three subjects pulled into the Catalina lot and parked near the victim's vehicle. Two of the subjects exited the vehicle and stole gardening equipment from the back of the victim's truck. The stolen item was a STIHL weed trimmer. The suspects fled south on Newport Blvd in the above depicted vehicle. Please contact Campus Safety immediately if this vehicle is seen again.\nCAMPUS SAFETY 2025-169\nCOSTA MESA POLICE REPORT # 008594\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_2025-07.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Official Vanguard University Campus Safety Crime Alert #2025-07 PDF",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim linearized from official Crime Alert #2025-07 PDF on the Campus Crime Alerts archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1076,
      "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 #2025-07 PDF recovered and linearized for the archive (wider b66).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Complete official Campus Safety Crime Alert #2025-07 recovered from PDF.",
    "Private-masters California institution; non-R1 diversity contribution."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Crime Alert #2025-07 PDF - Vanguard University Campus Safety",
      "url": "https://www.vanguard.edu/uploaded/Crime_Alert_2025-07.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"
}