{
  "id": "2025-04-04-north-dakota-state-university-re-lot-ford-focus-theft",
  "slug": "north-dakota-state-university-re-lot-ford-focus-theft-2025-04-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "North Dakota State University",
    "shortName": "NDSU",
    "state": "ND",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "NDSU Campus Emergency Notification System"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-04-04",
    "type": "theft",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Gray Ford Focus stolen from the RE parking lot",
    "headlinePublic": "Gray Ford Focus stolen from the RE parking lot",
    "summary": "NDSU Police [posted that a 2009 gray Ford Focus was stolen from the RE parking lot between 9:30 p.m. April 3 and 3:39 p.m. April 4](https://www.ndsu.edu/police_safety/safety_awareness_notices).",
    "outcome": "Completed theft. Distinct from the 2026 RE-lot Hyundai notices on the same page."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "2025-04-04",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "April 4, 2025 - Motor Vehicle Theft\n\nA motor vehicle theft took place involving a 2009 Gray Ford Focus which was stolen from the RE parking lot between 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 03, and 3:39 p.m. Friday, April 04.\n\nUniversity Police are continuing the investigation of this theft.\n\nPlease remember to lock your vehicles and secure your keys and other valuables.\n\nIf you have information that would assist the police investigation you are asked to call the NDSU Police at 231-8998.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.ndsu.edu/police_safety/safety_awareness_notices",
      "sourceDescription": "NDSU Police Safety Awareness Notices: April 4 2025 RE Lot Ford Focus MVT",
      "annotations": [
        "Dual independent HTML fetch 2026-08-24. sha256 7282698107589e7e4a7940d2fcbc4143833f5ccc169a23fc30ce2dbcfb9f6295. Flattened from the April 4 2025 accordion only. SPN 429.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-04-19-north-dakota-state-university-re-lot-hyundai-theft and 2026-04-24-north-dakota-state-university-re-lot-hyundai-theft-attempt: same lot, different year and vehicle."
      ],
      "characterCount": 480
    }
  ],
  "context": "NDSU posted the notice on its [Safety Awareness Notices](https://www.ndsu.edu/police_safety/safety_awareness_notices) page. Remaining 2024 vehicle-theft and shots-fired notices queued.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A 2009 gray Ford Focus was stolen from the RE parking lot.",
    "The notice asks recipients to lock vehicles and call 231-8998 with information."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "NDSU Safety Awareness Notices",
      "url": "https://www.ndsu.edu/police_safety/safety_awareness_notices",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-24",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 429"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r1",
    "north-dakota",
    "ndsu",
    "theft",
    "timely-warning",
    "2025"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-08-24",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}