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Clothing stolen from a locked Oakes apartment

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UC Santa Cruz Police issued a Timely Warning after a late-reported residential burglary on the ground floor of the H-block Oakes College Apartments between 9 p.m. Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. Oct. 12.

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
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Timely Warning Crime Bulletin: Burglary UC Santa Cruz Police Department Case #: 24–856 | Date: 10/12/2024 Timely Warning Crime Bulletin BURGLARY This Timely Warning crime bulletin is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). The purpose is to provide preventative information to the campus community to aid members from becoming the victim of a similar crime. Summary of the Crime/Incident UC Santa Cruz police officers recently responded to a late-reported residential burglary on the ground floor of the H block Oakes College Apartments. The burglary occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today. Police were called this afternoon. A female student returned to her apartment today and discovered several items of clothing missing from her locked room. The entry to the room appears to possibly be from a ground floor window. Suspect(s) Description There is no suspect description at this time. If you have any information that might be helpful in this investigation, please contact UCPD at 831–459–2231 ext. 1 or provide information through the UCPD Tip Line at 831–459–3847. Your information can be kept confidential. The campus community is encouraged to follow these personal safety tips: Close curtains or blinds to prevent thieves from taking inventory of your belongings. Keep garage doors closed and locked, and always close and lock your windows and doors when leaving. Record serial numbers to valuable items such as computers, televisions and other electronics. Be aware of people walking behind residences along the fence line, and report suspicious vehicles and people to the police. Do not keep large sums of money, jewelry, or valuable items in plain view in your room/apartment/home. Above all else, do not jeopardize your safety. If you want further information about UC Santa Cruz Police Department resources, please visit the PD website at https://police.ucsc.edu/.
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UCSC News official Timely Warning Crime Bulletin: Burglary, case 24-856news.ucsc.edufind archived copies
Dual independent WP REST fetch 2026-08-24. sha256 eaeaee5ac0c126bdcd28f57a26a03d7747ad129045693940e042df3dd697fb57. Official bulletin from PD heading through the police.ucsc.edu resource line. En dashes in case number and phone numbers preserved. SPN 429.
Distinct incident from 2025-01-23-uc-santa-cruz-john-r-lewis-college-bathroom-burglaries: different college, date, and method.
The March 5 2025 burglary/voyeurism timely warning is already sequence 3 of that John R. Lewis case, not a new file.
Message elements

How the first alert is built

To check this alert, SuperGrok Heavy 4.5 (an AI) read it in full 25 separate times, independently. Each read decided whether the message answers each of the six questions and gave a short reason. A final reviewer then weighed all 25 and wrote the plain-English verdict you see when you open a row. The score (for example 22/25) is how many reads agreed; the 25 individual reads are tucked underneath if you want to check them.

Timely Warning Crime Bulletin: Burglary UC Santa Cruz Police Department Case #: 24–856 | Date: 10/12/2024 Timely Warning Crime Bulletin BURGLARY This Timely Warning crime bulletin is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act). The purpose is to provide preventative information to the campus community to aid members from becoming the victim of a similar crime. Summary of the Crime/Incident UC Santa Cruz police officers recently responded to a late-reported residential burglary on the ground floor of the H block Oakes College Apartments. The burglary occurred sometime between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today. Police were called this afternoon. A female student returned to her apartment today and discovered several items of clothing missing from her locked room. The entry to the room appears to possibly be from a ground floor window. Suspect(s) Description There is no suspect description at this time. If you have any information that might be helpful in this investigation, please contact UCPD at 831–459–2231 ext. 1 or provide information through the UCPD Tip Line at 831–459–3847. Your information can be kept confidential. The campus community is encouraged to follow these personal safety tips: Close curtains or blinds to prevent thieves from taking inventory of your belongings. Keep garage doors closed and locked, and always close and lock your windows and doors when leaving. Record serial numbers to valuable items such as computers, televisions and other electronics. Be aware of people walking behind residences along the fence line, and report suspicious vehicles and people to the police. Do not keep large sums of money, jewelry, or valuable items in plain view in your room/apartment/home. Above all else, do not jeopardize your safety. If you want further information about UC Santa Cruz Police Department resources, please visit the PD website at https://police.ucsc.edu/.

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    The UC Santa Cruz Police Department is named as the investigating and publishing authority.

    Who is sending the alert and who is responding. People act faster on a message from a clearly identifiable, credible sender, such as a named department, the police, or a branded alert system, than on an anonymous notice. A branded signature counts.

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    1. present: The deciding words are "UC Santa Cruz Police Department", so this element is present.
    2. present: This read treats "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" as enough to mark the element present.
    3. present: Quoted evidence "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" is the specific language that carries the element.
    4. present: I mark present because the alert includes "UC Santa Cruz Police Department".
    5. present: Presence follows from the phrase "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" in the body.
    6. present: The message supplies "UC Santa Cruz Police Department", which satisfies the element on this pass.
    7. present: On this independent read, "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" is the hook that makes the element present.
    8. present: Element is present: the text itself contains "UC Santa Cruz Police Department".
    9. present: A first-time reader would see "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" and know the element is there.
    10. present: Coding present from the explicit wording "UC Santa Cruz Police Department".
    11. present: The body names it with "UC Santa Cruz Police Department", so the vote is present.
    12. present: This pass votes present on the strength of "UC Santa Cruz Police Department".
    13. present: Because the alert says "UC Santa Cruz Police Department", the element is not missing.
    14. present: The quoted span "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" is sufficient and does not need outside knowledge.
    15. present: Present: "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" is in the transmitted text.
    16. present: I am scoring present after locating "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" in the message.
    17. present: The element is carried by "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" rather than by implication alone.
    18. present: Direct language "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" is what this pass uses for a present vote.
    19. present: Nothing in the rest of the text undoes "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" as the present cue.
    20. present: This reviewer finds "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" and therefore records present.
    21. present: The alert is not silent here: it has "UC Santa Cruz Police Department".
    22. present: Present vote rests on the visible words "UC Santa Cruz Police Department".
    23. present: From the four corners of the message, "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" establishes the element.
    24. present: I quote "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" as the sole basis for present on this pass.
    25. present: Independent judgment: "UC Santa Cruz Police Department" is on the page, so present.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    BURGLARY is a specific named offense; clothing was taken from a locked room.

    What the threat actually is. A complete warning names the specific danger, such as a shooter, a fire, a tornado, or a gas leak, rather than a vague emergency, because people decide what to do based on what they are facing.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The deciding words are "BURGLARY", so this element is present.
    2. present: This read treats "BURGLARY" as enough to mark the element present.
    3. present: Quoted evidence "BURGLARY" is the specific language that carries the element.
    4. present: I mark present because the alert includes "BURGLARY".
    5. present: Presence follows from the phrase "BURGLARY" in the body.
    6. present: The message supplies "BURGLARY", which satisfies the element on this pass.
    7. present: On this independent read, "BURGLARY" is the hook that makes the element present.
    8. present: Element is present: the text itself contains "BURGLARY".
    9. present: A first-time reader would see "BURGLARY" and know the element is there.
    10. present: Coding present from the explicit wording "BURGLARY".
    11. present: The body names it with "BURGLARY", so the vote is present.
    12. present: This pass votes present on the strength of "BURGLARY".
    13. present: Because the alert says "BURGLARY", the element is not missing.
    14. present: The quoted span "BURGLARY" is sufficient and does not need outside knowledge.
    15. present: Present: "BURGLARY" is in the transmitted text.
    16. present: I am scoring present after locating "BURGLARY" in the message.
    17. present: The element is carried by "BURGLARY" rather than by implication alone.
    18. present: Direct language "BURGLARY" is what this pass uses for a present vote.
    19. present: Nothing in the rest of the text undoes "BURGLARY" as the present cue.
    20. present: This reviewer finds "BURGLARY" and therefore records present.
    21. present: The alert is not silent here: it has "BURGLARY".
    22. present: Present vote rests on the visible words "BURGLARY".
    23. present: From the four corners of the message, "BURGLARY" establishes the element.
    24. present: I quote "BURGLARY" as the sole basis for present on this pass.
    25. present: Independent judgment: "BURGLARY" is on the page, so present.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    the ground floor of the H block Oakes College Apartments is a named place.

    Where the threat is. Saying whether danger is in a specific building, a part of campus, or area-wide lets people judge their own proximity and choose a safe direction. Without a where, a warning is hard to act on precisely.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The deciding words are "H block Oakes College Apartments", so this element is present.
    2. present: This read treats "H block Oakes College Apartments" as enough to mark the element present.
    3. present: Quoted evidence "H block Oakes College Apartments" is the specific language that carries the element.
    4. present: I mark present because the alert includes "H block Oakes College Apartments".
    5. present: Presence follows from the phrase "H block Oakes College Apartments" in the body.
    6. present: The message supplies "H block Oakes College Apartments", which satisfies the element on this pass.
    7. present: On this independent read, "H block Oakes College Apartments" is the hook that makes the element present.
    8. present: Element is present: the text itself contains "H block Oakes College Apartments".
    9. present: A first-time reader would see "H block Oakes College Apartments" and know the element is there.
    10. present: Coding present from the explicit wording "H block Oakes College Apartments".
    11. present: The body names it with "H block Oakes College Apartments", so the vote is present.
    12. present: This pass votes present on the strength of "H block Oakes College Apartments".
    13. present: Because the alert says "H block Oakes College Apartments", the element is not missing.
    14. present: The quoted span "H block Oakes College Apartments" is sufficient and does not need outside knowledge.
    15. present: Present: "H block Oakes College Apartments" is in the transmitted text.
    16. present: I am scoring present after locating "H block Oakes College Apartments" in the message.
    17. present: The element is carried by "H block Oakes College Apartments" rather than by implication alone.
    18. present: Direct language "H block Oakes College Apartments" is what this pass uses for a present vote.
    19. present: Nothing in the rest of the text undoes "H block Oakes College Apartments" as the present cue.
    20. present: This reviewer finds "H block Oakes College Apartments" and therefore records present.
    21. present: The alert is not silent here: it has "H block Oakes College Apartments".
    22. present: Present vote rests on the visible words "H block Oakes College Apartments".
    23. present: From the four corners of the message, "H block Oakes College Apartments" establishes the element.
    24. present: I quote "H block Oakes College Apartments" as the sole basis for present on this pass.
    25. present: Independent judgment: "H block Oakes College Apartments" is on the page, so present.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Recipients are told to contact UCPD or the tip line and are given lock-and-close safety tips.

    The protective action to take. A clear, specific instruction, such as shelter in place, evacuate, avoid the area, or run-hide-fight, drives faster and more correct protective behavior than describing the threat alone.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The deciding words are "please contact UCPD", so this element is present.
    2. present: This read treats "please contact UCPD" as enough to mark the element present.
    3. present: Quoted evidence "please contact UCPD" is the specific language that carries the element.
    4. present: I mark present because the alert includes "please contact UCPD".
    5. present: Presence follows from the phrase "please contact UCPD" in the body.
    6. present: The message supplies "please contact UCPD", which satisfies the element on this pass.
    7. present: On this independent read, "please contact UCPD" is the hook that makes the element present.
    8. present: Element is present: the text itself contains "please contact UCPD".
    9. present: A first-time reader would see "please contact UCPD" and know the element is there.
    10. present: Coding present from the explicit wording "please contact UCPD".
    11. present: The body names it with "please contact UCPD", so the vote is present.
    12. present: This pass votes present on the strength of "please contact UCPD".
    13. present: Because the alert says "please contact UCPD", the element is not missing.
    14. present: The quoted span "please contact UCPD" is sufficient and does not need outside knowledge.
    15. present: Present: "please contact UCPD" is in the transmitted text.
    16. present: I am scoring present after locating "please contact UCPD" in the message.
    17. present: The element is carried by "please contact UCPD" rather than by implication alone.
    18. present: Direct language "please contact UCPD" is what this pass uses for a present vote.
    19. present: Nothing in the rest of the text undoes "please contact UCPD" as the present cue.
    20. present: This reviewer finds "please contact UCPD" and therefore records present.
    21. present: The alert is not silent here: it has "please contact UCPD".
    22. present: Present vote rests on the visible words "please contact UCPD".
    23. present: From the four corners of the message, "please contact UCPD" establishes the element.
    24. present: I quote "please contact UCPD" as the sole basis for present on this pass.
    25. present: Independent judgment: "please contact UCPD" is on the page, so present.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today is an explicit time window.

    When the message applies. A timestamp, the word now or immediately, or a phrase like until further notice tells the reader whether the danger is current and how quickly to act.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: The deciding words are "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today", so this element is present.
    2. present: This read treats "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" as enough to mark the element present.
    3. present: Quoted evidence "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" is the specific language that carries the element.
    4. present: I mark present because the alert includes "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today".
    5. present: Presence follows from the phrase "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" in the body.
    6. present: The message supplies "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today", which satisfies the element on this pass.
    7. present: On this independent read, "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" is the hook that makes the element present.
    8. present: Element is present: the text itself contains "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today".
    9. present: A first-time reader would see "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" and know the element is there.
    10. present: Coding present from the explicit wording "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today".
    11. present: The body names it with "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today", so the vote is present.
    12. present: This pass votes present on the strength of "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today".
    13. present: Because the alert says "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today", the element is not missing.
    14. present: The quoted span "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" is sufficient and does not need outside knowledge.
    15. present: Present: "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" is in the transmitted text.
    16. present: I am scoring present after locating "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" in the message.
    17. present: The element is carried by "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" rather than by implication alone.
    18. present: Direct language "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" is what this pass uses for a present vote.
    19. present: Nothing in the rest of the text undoes "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" as the present cue.
    20. present: This reviewer finds "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" and therefore records present.
    21. present: The alert is not silent here: it has "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today".
    22. present: Present vote rests on the visible words "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today".
    23. present: From the four corners of the message, "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" establishes the element.
    24. present: I quote "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" as the sole basis for present on this pass.
    25. present: Independent judgment: "between 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11 and 7:30 a.m. today" is on the page, so present.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    Naming the burglary is the hazard; there is no extra severity language such as dangerous.

    What the hazard could do to the people in its path. Beyond naming the threat, a complete warning conveys its potential consequences or severity, such as that a tornado can level buildings or that a leak could be explosive, so recipients grasp how much danger they are in. Research on warning message content finds that a concrete impact statement helps people personalize their risk and act sooner.

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    1. absent: This pass finds no a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary anywhere in the body, so the element is absent.
    2. absent: Absent: a full read never turns up a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    3. absent: The message never supplies a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary, which this rubric requires.
    4. absent: I vote absent because a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary is not in the transmitted text.
    5. absent: Nothing in the wording amounts to a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    6. absent: On this read the alert is silent on a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    7. absent: Absent follows from the lack of a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary after reading the whole product.
    8. absent: A recipient would not learn a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary from this text.
    9. absent: The element fails: a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary does not appear.
    10. absent: I cannot mark present without a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary, and it is not there.
    11. absent: This independent pass sees no a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary to quote.
    12. absent: Coding absent; the body omits a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    13. absent: No clause in the alert does the work of a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    14. absent: The four corners of the message leave a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary unspecified.
    15. absent: Absent vote: a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary would have to be invented.
    16. absent: This reviewer looked for a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary and did not find it.
    17. absent: The text stays at other facts and never reaches a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    18. absent: Without a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary in the wording, the element is missing.
    19. absent: Present would need a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary; that language is not used.
    20. absent: I record absent after confirming the product lacks a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary.
    21. absent: The alert does not identify a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary in any sentence.
    22. absent: Missing a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary is the reason for the absent vote.
    23. absent: This pass will not infer a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary from neighboring facts.
    24. absent: No quoted span equals a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary, so absent.
    25. absent: Independent judgment: a stated harm or severity beyond naming the burglary is not on the page.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

Systematic AI judgments with visible reasoning, not human-validated codings.

About this analysis
Context

Background

UCSC posted the Clery timely warning on news.ucsc.edu.
Analysis

Key Findings

Clothing was taken from a locked ground-floor room in the H-block Oakes College Apartments.
Entry may have been through a ground-floor window. No suspect description.
Outcome
No suspect description. Distinct from the 2025 John R. Lewis bathroom burglary/voyeurism series.
Provenance

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Campus Alert Archive. "University of California, Santa Cruz: Clothing stolen from a locked Oakes apartment." Incident of October 12, 2024. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/uc-santa-cruz-oakes-college-apartment-burglary-2024-10-12/

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