{
  "id": "2024-10-21-upr-rio-piedras-sexual-harassment-alert",
  "slug": "upr-rio-piedras-sexual-harassment-alert-2024-10-21",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras",
    "shortName": "UPRRP",
    "state": "PR",
    "type": "territory",
    "alertSystemName": "Alerta de Seguridad DSMR",
    "enrollment": 13000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-21",
    "type": "sexual-offense",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Peeping through restroom wall hole in Lazaro Library",
    "headlinePublic": "Peeping through restroom wall hole in Lazaro Library",
    "summary": "DSMR [posted an Alerta de Seguridad](https://www.uprrp.edu/50596/) after a male student reported that on October 21, 2024 around 2:35 p.m., while in the accessible stall of the first-floor men's restroom at Biblioteca José M. Lázaro, someone watched him through a hole in the wall that divides the restrooms. He shouted and the person left. DSMR published a physical description.",
    "outcome": "The official notice published a description. It did not report an arrest."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "October 21, 2024 after 2:35 p.m. (incident clock; notice posting clock not stated)",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "ALERTA DE SEGURIDAD\n\nSITUACIÓN OCURRIDA\n\nEL 21 DE OCTUBRE DE 2024\n\nLa División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgos (DSMR) de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, informa sobre un incidente de acoso sexual.\n\nOFENSA REPORTADA:\n\nEl perjudicado, un estudiante, informó que el lunes 21 de octubre de 2024 cerca de las 2:35 pm, se encontraba en el baño de caballeros ubicado en la Biblioteca José M. Lázaro, primer piso. Mientras estaba en el cubículo de impedidos se percata de que a través de un agujero que hay en la pared que divide los baños hay una persona observándolo. El perjudicado le gritó y la persona se retiró del lugar.\n\nSOSPECHOSO:\n\nEl sospechoso fue descrito de una estatura de 5’ 7 ‘’, pelo blanco amarillento y barba grisácea.\n\nADVERTENCIAS:\n\n- Mantenerse alerta en todo momento, observe quién está a su a alrededor.\n- Informar de inmediato a las autoridades pertinentes sobre cualquier tipo de delito que ocurra en su presencia o que tenga conocimiento.\n- En caso de emergencia, favor de comunicarse con la División de Seguridad y Manejo de Riesgo al 787-764-0000 extensiones 83131, 83535.\n- Teléfono de la Policía de Puerto Rico, Cuartel de Río Piedras 787-765-0841 o 911.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.uprrp.edu/50596/",
      "sourceDescription": "UPRRP official Alerta de Seguridad — 21 de octubre de 2024",
      "annotations": [
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        "Official DSMR body from uprrp.edu/50596/ (not the prior El Vocero / template reconstruction). The unconfirmed reconstruction had the wrong victim sex, time of day, location, and guidance list.",
        "Thread checked N/A (official HTML notice).",
        "a su a alrededor preserved. Height 5’ 7 ‘’ (U+2019 space U+2018 U+2019) preserved. Manejo de Riesgo (missing s) preserved.",
        "nbsp flattened to spaces. Fake 16:00 AST timestamp removed; clock of the incident is 2:35 pm and the posting clock is not stated.",
        "Distinct incident from 2025-05-12-university-of-puerto-rico-rio-piedras-lazaro-library-groping: different date, floor (first vs second), stall (accessible vs unspecified), and conduct (peeping through a wall hole vs touching a thigh)."
      ],
      "characterCount": 1202
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official DSMR Alerta de Seguridad for an October 21 2024 acoso sexual report in the first-floor men's restroom of Biblioteca José M. Lázaro. A later May 12 2025 alerta describes a different incident in the same building.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "A male student reported being watched through a hole in the wall of the first-floor accessible stall around 2:35 p.m.",
    "The suspect was described as about 5 feet 7 inches, yellowish-white hair, and a grayish beard."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Alerta de Seguridad: 21 de octubre de 2024 (UPRRP DSMR)",
      "url": "https://www.uprrp.edu/50596/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-08-17",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN 523/500 earlier this run; not retried this file"
    },
    {
      "title": "Emiten alerta UPR Río Piedras por denuncias actos lascivos (El Vocero)",
      "url": "https://www.elvocero.com/gobierno/httpswwwelvocerocomgobiernoemiten-alerta-en-upr-de-r-o-piedras-por-denuncias-de-actos-lascivosarticle1b34c7a7-b3af-4f81-b193-8d6fca836517html/article_1b34c7a7-b3af-4f81-b193-8d6fca836517.html",
      "type": "local-media"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "territory",
    "puerto-rico",
    "sexual-offense",
    "timely-warning"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-14",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-08-17",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}