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  "id": "2023-10-06-mit-aggravated-assault-ashdown-house-domestic-violence",
  "slug": "mit-aggravated-assault-ashdown-house-domestic-violence-2023-10-06",
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    "name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "shortName": "MIT",
    "state": "MA",
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    "alertSystemName": "MIT Police Timely Warnings",
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    "date": "2023-10-06",
    "type": "aggravated-assault",
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    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Domestic violence and aggravated assault",
    "headlinePublic": "Domestic violence and aggravated assault",
    "summary": "MIT Police [issued a timely warning](https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-domestic-violenceaggravated-assault-october-6-2023) on or about 2023-10-06. Full text is preserved from the official Crime Alerts & Timely Warnings archive.",
    "outcome": "MIT Police investigation status as stated in the timely warning.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
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      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on MIT Police timely warnings archive around 2023-10-06",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "On October 6, 2023, at 10:42 A.M., the MIT Police responded to Ashdown House, an MIT residence hall located at 235 Albany Street in Cambridge, on a report of an aggravated assault committed against a female MIT student. The reporting person stated that several months ago, the perpetrator, who she described as an approximately 30-year-old white male, befriended her, and they started a dating relationship.\n\nThe reporting person stated that at approximately 10:30 A.M. this morning, the perpetrator threatened her with a knife, and then fled from the building with her phone, wallet, and keys. Approximately thirty minutes later, there was an attempt to use the reporting person’s ID to access another space on campus where the reporting person works. MIT Police have since deactivated the stolen ID card. The perpetrator may have provided the reporting person with a false name, and neither she nor the MIT Police currently know his true identity.\n\nMIT Police are continuing to investigate this incident.\n\nThe suspect is described as a 30-year-old, white male. He is approximately 5’7” to 5’8” with a muscular build and blond hair. He is known to drive a grey sedan.\n\nThe district attorney's office for criminal prosecution and legal survivor assistance\n\nSurvivor assistance offices and programs\n\nViolence Prevention and Response (VPR): For emotional support, assistance in reporting, and/or to learn more about your available options, contact Violence Prevention & Response (VPR), MIT’s primary, confidential, on-campus resource for issues pertaining to domestic/dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sexual harassment. For non-urgent situations, you can also reach them at VPRadvocate@mit.edu or call 617-253-2300.\n\nInstitute Discrimination and Harassment Response Office (IDHR): For information about MIT’s Title IX reporting options and procedures please contact the IDHR Office at idhr@mit.edu or visit idhr.mit.edu.\n\nAdditional Considerations for Your Safety:\n\nThe MIT Police are investigating this crime and request the assistance from the MIT community.  If you wish to leave an anonymous tip please call 617-258-TIPS (8-8477).\n\nCaptain Andrew Turco\n\n 565-570 Memorial Drive\n\n Cambridge, MA 02139\n\n 617-253-1212\nmitpd@mit.edu",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-domestic-violenceaggravated-assault-october-6-2023",
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  "context": "On or about 2023-10-06, [MIT Police](https://police.mit.edu/) published a Clery timely warning on the [Crime Alerts & Timely Warnings](https://police.mit.edu/timely-warnings) archive at https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/timely-warning-domestic-violenceaggravated-assault-october-6-2023.",
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      "title": "Timely Warning: Domestic Violence/Aggravated Assault October 6, 2023",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-07-21",
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