{
  "id": "2021-11-16-pasadena-city-college-attempted-kidnap",
  "slug": "pasadena-city-college-attempted-kidnap-2021-11-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Pasadena City College",
    "shortName": "PCC",
    "state": "CA",
    "type": "community-college",
    "enrollment": 25000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2021-11-16",
    "type": "missing-person",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Timely warning after an attempted kidnapping reported inside a campus building",
    "headlinePublic": "Timely warning after an attempted kidnapping reported inside a campus building",
    "summary": "At approximately 3:50 PM PST on November 16, 2021, an attempted kidnap was reported in the R Building, third floor, at [Pasadena City College's](https://pasadena.edu/) main campus. The suspect was described as a disheveled white male in his 30s with a thin build, acne, and a shaved head. [PCC Campus Police issued Timely Warning bulletin DR #2021-00129](https://pasadena.edu/police-and-college-safety/crime-bulletins/timely-warning-2021-00129.php) and requested public assistance identifying the suspect. No arrest was publicly reported.",
    "outcome": "Suspect not identified or apprehended. PCC Campus Police investigated. The bulletin was posted to the PCC official timely warnings page.",
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2021-11-16T15:50:00-08:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Timely Warning - Attempted Kidnap\n\nType of Crime: Attempted Kidnap DR #2021-00129\nDate and Time of Incident: November 16, 2021, Approximately 3:50 p.m.\nIncident Location: Pasadena City College Main Campus, R building, third floor\nSuspect Description: Male White, in his 30's, 5'8”, thin build, acne on his face, shaved head, no facial hair. Suspect was wearing a faded black hooded sweater and faded blue baggie jeans. The suspect was described as dirty and wearing disheveled clothing. Possibly a transient.\n\nIncident Details:\nAt approximately 3:50 p.m., an attempted kidnap occurred in front of a classroom in the R building, on the third floor. As the victim was about to enter a classroom, the suspect was passing by and confronted the victim by grabbing her wrist and attempting to pull her away from the door. The victim was eventually able to free herself from the suspect and entered her classroom. The suspect was startled by the presence of other students in the classroom and fled the area. The suspect is not known to the victim.\n\nThe victim described the suspect as a male White in his 30s, 5’8”, thin build, acne on his face, shaved head, and no facial hair. The suspect was wearing a faded black hooded sweater and faded blue baggy jeans. The victim believes the suspect was a transient because his clothing was disheveled and dirty.\n\nAs a reminder, always be aware of your surroundings and travel in pairs or with trusted companions, especially at night or in remote areas.\n\nIf you have any information regarding this crime, please call Campus Police at 626-585-7484 or 9-1-1 from any emergency call box on campus.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://pasadena.edu/police-and-college-safety/crime-bulletins/timely-warning-2021-00129.php",
      "sourceDescription": "PCC Campus Police Official Timely Warning Bulletin DR #2021-00129",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim from the official PCC Campus Police timely warning bulletin, case number DR #2021-00129, posted to the PCC Police and College Safety website",
        "The R Building is a classroom building on PCC's main campus at 1570 E. Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, California; the incident occurred in a classroom corridor during afternoon instructional hours when the campus was populated",
        "The description 'possibly a transient' reflects a common campus safety classification that may indicate the suspect was not affiliated with the institution; this terminology has been critiqued in campus safety literature as potentially stigmatizing but is historically standard in official bulletins",
        "2026-09-21 second deep audit b51 P4 a1-noledger-single-alert-public-case. Recapture official product at product boundary. Dual html.parser walk+regex. Cap-exempt R1."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1630
    }
  ],
  "context": "[Pasadena City College](https://pasadena.edu/) is a large community college in Pasadena, California, located on a 53-acre main campus at Colorado Boulevard. The R Building is an academic classroom building in the main campus core. On November 16, 2021, at 3:50 PM PST -- mid-afternoon during active instructional hours -- an attempted kidnap was reported by a victim in a third-floor classroom corridor. [PCC Campus Police issued the official Timely Warning DR #2021-00129](https://pasadena.edu/police-and-college-safety/crime-bulletins/timely-warning-2021-00129.php) under the Clery Act's timely-warning framework. [PCC maintains a public timely warnings and crime bulletins archive](https://pasadena.edu/police-and-college-safety/crime-bulletins/index.php) where this incident is recorded. The suspect, described as disheveled with apparent signs of transience, was never publicly identified. The daylight, mid-campus timing distinguishes this case from the more common parking-lot or late-night abduction patterns: it demonstrates that attempted kidnapping incidents can occur in high-traffic campus buildings during normal operating hours.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "One of the few confirmed-verbatim community college timely warning bulletins for an attempted kidnap in a campus academic building, accessible from PCC's public crime bulletin archive",
    "The daytime, on-campus-building location challenges the assumption that abduction attempts primarily occur in parking lots or at night; R Building's third floor corridor is a high-traffic academic space",
    "PCC's public timely warning archive (including case numbers) represents best practice for community college Clery Act compliance transparency",
    "The 'possibly a transient' descriptor in the official bulletin reflects historical campus safety terminology that is increasingly scrutinized in modern practice as both stigmatizing and operationally vague"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Timely Warning: Attempted Kidnap - DR #2021-00129 (Pasadena City College Campus Police)",
      "url": "https://pasadena.edu/police-and-college-safety/crime-bulletins/timely-warning-2021-00129.php",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Timely Warnings and Crime Bulletins Archive (Pasadena City College)",
      "url": "https://pasadena.edu/police-and-college-safety/crime-bulletins/index.php",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "attempted-abduction",
    "timely-warning",
    "community-college",
    "california",
    "daytime-incident",
    "academic-building",
    "verbatim-confirmed",
    "public-safety-archive"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-31",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}