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  "id": "2026-03-11-columbia-college-chicago-epic-burger-atm-robbery",
  "slug": "columbia-college-chicago-epic-burger-atm-robbery-2026-03-11",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Columbia College Chicago",
    "shortName": "Columbia Chicago",
    "state": "IL",
    "type": "private-bachelors",
    "alertSystemName": "Campus Safety Alert"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-03-11",
    "type": "robbery",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "contained",
    "headline": "ATM and cash-app robbery near 517 South State",
    "headlinePublic": "ATM and cash-app robbery near 517 South State",
    "summary": "Campus Safety [issued a March 13 Crime Advisory after an offender compelled a victim near Epic Burger to withdraw ATM funds and send a cash-app transfer](https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/march-13-2026.pdf).",
    "outcome": "Crime Advisory issued March 13 referencing CPD JK-177941. PDF also embeds a CPD community alert about similar First District incidents, omitted here as not the college product body.",
    "endDate": "2026-03-13"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2026-03-13",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "March 13, 2026\n\nColumbia College Chicago Community:\n\nCrime Advisory\n\nThe Chicago Police Department is investigating an incident that occurred on March 11, 2026, at approximately 7:00 p.m., near the Epic Burger, 517 South State Street.\n\nAn offender approached the victim seeking funds for a train ticket at the above location. The offender ultimately accompanied the victim to the 7-Eleven, 33 East Adams Street, and then compelled the victim to withdraw funds from an ATM and electronically transfer funds from a phone-based cash application.\n\nAnyone with additional information should contact Campus Security at 312-369-3220 and the Chicago Police Department Detectives at 312-744-8263 referencing JK-177941.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/march-13-2026.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
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        "Incident date March 11; notice dated March 13. Distinct incident from 2026-03-10-columbia-college-chicago-subway-wabash-punch: different date, type, and location. Adjacent-date same institution, different type."
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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": [
    "ATM and cash-app robbery near Epic Burger."
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  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Campus Safety Crime Advisory PDF",
      "url": "https://students.colum.edu/safety/pdf/alerts/march-13-2026.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",
    "robbery",
    "timely-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-23",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-23",
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