{
  "id": "2025-04-14-university-of-tennessee-chattanooga-lockmiller-laundry-assault",
  "slug": "university-of-tennessee-chattanooga-lockmiller-laundry-assault-2025-04-14",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Tennessee at Chattanooga",
    "shortName": "UTC",
    "state": "TN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "UTC-Alert",
    "enrollment": 11400
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-04-14",
    "endDate": "2025-04-17",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "headline": "Timely warning for a laundry-room assault and library photo voyeurism; suspect arrested",
    "headlinePublic": "Timely warning for a laundry-room assault and library photo voyeurism; suspect arrested",
    "summary": "Across three days in April 2025, a non-affiliated former member of the [University of Tennessee at Chattanooga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Tennessee_at_Chattanooga) community allegedly entered the [Lockmiller Apartments](https://www.utc.edu/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs/housing/residence-halls/lockmiller) laundry room without permission and inappropriately touched a female resident, then was [observed taking inappropriate photos of women in the UTC Library](https://blog.utc.edu/public-safety-notices/newsletters/utc-alert-timely-warning-sexual-assault-and-trespassing/) three days later. UTC issued a Clery [timely warning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act) on April 17, 2025; [the suspect was arrested the same day](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/several-incidents-on-utc-campus-lead-to-chattanooga-man-charged-with-assault-trespassing-gabriel-montesinos-corzo).",
    "outcome": "Suspect identified as Gabriel Montesinos Corzo and arrested April 17, 2025; charged with assault and aggravated criminal trespassing. A Hamilton County grand jury indicted him on February 23, 2026 on nine counts of sexual exploitation of a minor plus two counts of burglary and one count each of assault and aggravated criminal trespass, stemming from child sexual abuse material investigators reported finding on his phone rather than from additional campus-based offenses; he was arrested again February 26, 2026 and arraigned in Hamilton County Criminal Court in late February 2026, where a trial date was set. As of July 2026 those charges remained pending and he had not been convicted.",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Thursday, April 17, 2025 (post date on the UTC public safety blog; alert sent same day as the second incident)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "This is a Timely Warning regarding crimes that were reported to have occurred on University-owned, controlled, or adjacent property.\n\nThe UTC Police Department (UTCPD) has received several reports regarding alleged criminal conduct by a former member of the UTC community:\n\nOn Monday, April 14, 2025, a student reported that an individual was found in the laundry room of Lockmiller Apartments (720 Oak Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403) without permission. The student reported that the individual, later identified as the accused, inappropriately touched her during that time.\nOn Tuesday, April 15, 2025, UTC staff reported that the accused had entered the University Center (651 Vine Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403) and visited one or more offices during business hours the prior week (April 8, 2025 or April 9, 2025). The accused was previously trespassed from University-owned and controlled property in April 2024.\nOn Thursday, April 17, 2025, a student reported that on the evening of Wednesday, April 16, 2025, while working in the UTC Library (600 Douglas Street, Chattanooga, TN 37403), they observed an individual, later identified as the accused, taking potentially inappropriate photos of females.\n\nThe accused has been identified as Mr. Gabriel Montesinos Corzo, 28, of Chattanooga, TN. UTCPD took Mr. Montesinos Corzo into custody today, April 17, 2025, without incident. He has been charged with Assault (T.C.A. § 39-13-101) and Aggravated Criminal Trespassing (T.C.A. § 39-14-406) in connection with the incidents reported to UTCPD. Mr. Montesinos Corzo was also arrested on a warrant for Assault (T.C.A. § 39-13-101) related to an incident reported to the Chattanooga Police Department (CPD).\n\nIf you have any information about the incidents mentioned above, please call the UTC Police Department at (423) 425-HELP/4357.\n\nIf you see Mr. Montesinos Corzo on UTC property, immediately call the UTC Police Department at (423) 425-HELP/4357 or 911.\n\nNOTE: The allegations and charges are accusations of criminal conduct, not evidence. Defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and convicted through due process of law.\n\nAbout UTC-ALERT: Timely Warnings\n\nTimely Warnings are issued by the UTC Department of Public Safety in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S. Code § 1092; 34 CFR 668.46e). The University takes its duty to protect the community seriously. Informing the UTC community regarding reported crimes allows community members to be situationally aware, make educated decisions about their personal safety, and be reminded of how to access University and community resources.\n\nSafety Tips:\n\nGeneral\nBe alert and aware of your surroundings.\nFollow your instincts. Safety is the priority.\nIf you feel you are in danger, take action. Move away from the threat, cross the street, increase your pace, or run to safety.\nReport all suspicious activity (persons, vehicles, and activities), even if you are not directly threatened, to the UTC Police Department at (423) 425-HELP/4357.\nIf you or someone you know is a victim of a crime, we encourage you to report the incident as soon as possible. This allows for appropriate measures to be taken for your safety and the safety of others.\n\nReporting & Resources:\n\nReport a crime on-campus\nFrom any cellular or off-campus telephone, call (423) 425-HELP/4357.\nFrom any on-campus telephone, dial 911.\nPress the “HELP” button at any Blue Light Call Box or Emergency Call Box.\nReport a crime off-campus\nFrom any telephone, dial 911.\nUTC Resources\nUTCares: (423) 425-CARE/2273.\nCounseling Center: (423) 425-4438.\nOffice of the Dean of Students: (423) 425-4761\nOffice of Student Outreach & Support: (423) 425-2299.\nChattanooga / Hamilton County Resources\nChattanooga Police Department – Victim Services: (423) 643-5351.\nDistrict Attorney’s Office for the 11th Judicial District – Victim/Witness Coordinator: (423) 209-7400.\n\nMessage issued on 4/17/2025 at 5:00 PM",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://blog.utc.edu/public-safety-notices/newsletters/utc-alert-timely-warning-sexual-assault-and-trespassing/",
      "sourceDescription": "UTC Public Safety Notices, UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning",
      "annotations": [
        "Aggregated timely warning combining a fondling/inappropriate-touching report (April 14) and a voyeurism/photographing-without-consent report (April 17), same suspect satisfies the 'continuing threat' Clery rationale",
        "'Aggravated Criminal Trespassing' is the Tennessee statutory term for trespassing in or on a residence after notice of non-permission, the underlying basis for the Clery sex-offense classification",
        "Naming the laundry-room location specifically (not just 'a residence hall') and disclosing the apartment-complex address is unusually transparent for a sexual-offense alert",
        "The library-photography incident is a [voyeurism / unauthorized recording](https://www.justia.com/criminal/offenses/sex-crimes/voyeurism/) report, typically tagged under Clery's 'Sex Offenses (other)' category",
        "Same-day timely warning issuance after the second incident contrasts favorably with peer institutions that aggregate over weeks; the suspect was arrested the same day per [News Channel 9 reporting](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/several-incidents-on-utc-campus-lead-to-chattanooga-man-charged-with-assault-trespassing-gabriel-montesinos-corzo)",
        "Suspect [Gabriel Montesinos Corzo was indicted on February 23, 2026](https://www.local3news.com/local-news/update-former-utc-student-arrested-on-sexual-exploitation-charges-from-2025/article_1d2df33a-d89f-417f-93ec-903616ab66c4.html) on nine counts of sexual exploitation of a minor plus burglary and trespassing counts, tied to child sexual abuse material investigators reported finding on his phone, not additional campus victims; [a trial date was set](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/feb/27/trial-date-set-for-utc-student-accused-of-having/) at his late-February 2026 arraignment, and the charges remained pending and unproven as of July 2026",
        "2026-09-28 audit a1: paired correction to the live product. both reads prefixed list items with hyphens; HTML li text has none, so the hyphens were removed."
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    }
  ],
  "context": "The [University of Tennessee at Chattanooga](https://www.utc.edu/) issues Clery [timely warnings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act) under the brand name 'UTC-ALERT' and posts them to the [Public Safety Notices blog](https://blog.utc.edu/public-safety-notices/). The April 2025 [Lockmiller Apartments / UTC Library](https://blog.utc.edu/public-safety-notices/newsletters/utc-alert-timely-warning-sexual-assault-and-trespassing/) aggregated alert is a textbook 'continuing threat' case: a single non-affiliated suspect was reported across two separate incidents within three days, and UTC issued the alert the same day as the second incident, the same day [the suspect was arrested](https://newschannel9.com/news/local/several-incidents-on-utc-campus-lead-to-chattanooga-man-charged-with-assault-trespassing-gabriel-montesinos-corzo). UTC has been the subject of [longer-running scrutiny](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2019/jan/28/women-complaint-utc-failed-sexual-assault/487541/) over its handling of sexual-assault cases, and this prompt 2025 response can be read as institutional course-correction. The suspect was [indicted on February 23, 2026](https://www.local3news.com/local-news/update-former-utc-student-arrested-on-sexual-exploitation-charges-from-2025/article_1d2df33a-d89f-417f-93ec-903616ab66c4.html) on nine counts of sexual exploitation of a minor plus burglary and trespassing counts, tied to child sexual abuse material investigators reported finding on his phone rather than additional campus victims; [a trial date was set](https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/feb/27/trial-date-set-for-utc-student-accused-of-having/) at his arraignment, and those charges remained pending as of July 2026.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Aggregated timely warning combining laundry-room fondling and library voyeurism reports under single-suspect 'continuing threat' rationale",
    "Same-day issuance after second incident contrasts favorably with peer aggregation timelines",
    "Specific address disclosure (720 Oak Street, Lockmiller Apartments) is unusually transparent",
    "Suspect arrested the same day the alert was issued",
    "Suspect indicted February 23, 2026 on nine counts of sexual exploitation of a minor plus burglary and trespassing counts, tied to phone-found material rather than additional campus victims (charges pending as of July 2026)",
    "UTC's history of sexual-assault complaint mishandling (per 2019 Times Free Press) makes the prompt response especially notable"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "UTC-ALERT: Timely Warning – Assault and Aggravated Criminal Trespassing",
      "url": "https://blog.utc.edu/public-safety-notices/newsletters/utc-alert-timely-warning-sexual-assault-and-trespassing/",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Several incidents on UTC campus lead to Chattanooga man charged with assault, trespassing (News Channel 9)",
      "url": "https://newschannel9.com/news/local/several-incidents-on-utc-campus-lead-to-chattanooga-man-charged-with-assault-trespassing-gabriel-montesinos-corzo",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Former UTC student arrested on sexual exploitation charges from 2025 (Local 3 News)",
      "url": "https://www.local3news.com/local-news/update-former-utc-student-arrested-on-sexual-exploitation-charges-from-2025/article_1d2df33a-d89f-417f-93ec-903616ab66c4.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "Trial date set for UTC student accused of having child porn on phone (Chattanooga Times Free Press)",
      "url": "https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2026/feb/27/trial-date-set-for-utc-student-accused-of-having/",
      "type": "local-media"
    },
    {
      "title": "UTC-Alert System overview",
      "url": "https://www.utc.edu/finance-and-administration/department-of-public-safety/utc-alert",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
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  "confidence": "high",
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  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
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