{
  "id": "2025-09-18-columbia-college-chicago-balbo-van-buren-street-assaults",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-balbo-van-buren-street-assaults-2025-09-18",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-09-18",
    "type": "assault",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "Two evening street assaults on Balbo-Wabash and Van Buren",
    "headlinePublic": "Two evening street assaults on Balbo-Wabash and Van Buren",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a September 19 Crime Advisory covering two September 18 street assaults: a kick from behind at Balbo and Wabash, then a flung planter and kick near 37 W. Van Buren](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_september_19_2025.pdf).",
    "outcome": "One advisory product, two CPD RDs (JJ-419793 and JJ-419761).",
    "endDate": "2025-09-19"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-09-19",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "September 19, 2025\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating two incidents from September 18.\n\nA person was kicked from behind while standing near the intersection of Balbo Street and Wabash Avenue at approximately 6:50 p.m.\n\nTwo people were struck with dirt from a flung flower planter, one of the two was also kicked in the hip, near the vestibule at 37 W. Van Buren Street at approximately 7:30 p.m.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-746-8263 referencing RDs JJ-419793 and JJ-419761.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_september_19_2025.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
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        "Advisory body transcribed from the PDF text layer. Standing safety-precaution chrome omitted.",
        "One transmitted Crime Advisory covering two same-evening street assaults. Distinct from 2026-02-15 Balbo implied-weapon robbery."
      ],
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    }
  ],
  "context": "Columbia College Chicago posts Clery Crime Advisories as PDFs at [students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts](https://students.colum.edu/safety/campus-safety-alerts).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Two evening street assaults on Balbo-Wabash and Van Buren."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/46427901_september_19_2025.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-23",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523 at capture 2026-08-23; archive.org save endpoint returned HTTP 523"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-bachelors",
    "illinois",
    "assault",
    "timely-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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