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A Robbery on the Jefferson-Figueroa Corner by the Galen Center

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Under Investigation

At about 7:15 p.m. on Monday, June 20, 2022, a robbery occurred at the southeast corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street, adjacent to USC's Galen Center near the University Park campus in Los Angeles. The USC Department of Public Safety issued a Crime Alert under the Clery Act, one of several robbery alerts DPS posted along the Jefferson Boulevard corridor in 2022.

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Some alert texts below are approximate reconstructions from news coverage, not confirmed verbatim transcripts. Reconstructed texts are shown in italic with a dashed border. Verified verbatim texts have a solid border and are marked accordingly.

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USC Crime Alert: On June 20, 2022, at approximately 7:15 p.m., a robbery occurred at the southeast corner of Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street, adjacent to the Galen Center. The suspect took property from the victim and fled the area. DPS is investigating. Community members are urged to remain alert and report suspicious activity to DPS at (213) 740-4321.

This text has been reconstructed from news coverage and may not reflect the exact original wording.

The Jefferson Boulevard and Figueroa Street corner abuts the Galen Center arena, placing the robbery squarely on USC's southeastern Clery boundary where campus meets the surrounding South Los Angeles streets.
USC DPS numbers its Crime Alert postings sequentially (this one is 'robbery-86' in the 2022 archive), a quirk that documents just how frequently the corridor generates timely warnings.
Context

Background

USC's University Park campus is bounded by busy South Los Angeles arterials, and the USC Department of Public Safety issues Crime Alerts under the Clery Act when a criminal incident in USC's Clery geography represents a serious or continuing threat. The Jefferson Boulevard corridor was a recurring source of 2022 robbery alerts, including this June 20 robbery near the Galen Center and a March 30, 2022 robbery east of Vermont Avenue on Jefferson Boulevard that ended with a suspect in custody. The clustering of robbery Crime Alerts along Jefferson reflects the neighborhood-crime threat that drives USC's timely-warning practice for its urban Clery geography.
Outcome
DPS issued a Crime Alert advising the community to be alert in the area; the incident was investigated as a robbery within USC's Clery geography.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Robbery - USC Department of Public Safety (June 20, 2022)
    dps.usc.edu
  2. Official
    Robbery Suspect in Custody - USC Department of Public Safety (March 30, 2022)
    dps.usc.edu
  3. Official
    Clery & Crime Alerts - USC Department of Public Safety
    dps.usc.edu
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