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University of Maryland Police issued a Safety Notice for residential burglaries on the third floor of South Campus Commons #3 on August 30, 2026.

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University of Maryland, College Park
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INITIAL ALERTEmail
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INCIDENT:                 Residential Burglaries OCCURRED:              August 30, 2026 (Sunday)/ Between 1:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. LOCATION:                3rd Floor of South Campus Commons #3, College Park, Maryland 20742 UMPD CASE NUMBERS:          2026-234069 and 2026-234177 BRIEF DETAILS: Case Number 2026-234069 On August 30, 2026, at approximately 4:17 a.m., the University of Maryland Police Department responded to the third floor of South Campus Commons #3 for a burglary. At approximately 4:15 a.m., a resident (student) was in another part of the apartment when she heard a noise coming from the common area. The resident opened the door to look and saw a man in the common area of the apartment. The suspect immediately left the apartment. The resident reported that the suspect was wearing a grey shirt and dark pants, is approximately 5’8” to 6’ tall, and in his early 20s. Case Number 2026-234177 On August 30, 2026, at approximately 9:52 a.m., the University of Maryland Police Department responded to South Campus Commons #3 for a burglary. At approximately 9 a.m., residents (students) found kitchen related items on the floor in one of the common areas. Officers conducted a witness canvass of the nearby apartments and identified a third residence. At approximately 7:30 a.m., residents (students) found items out in the kitchen that were not out previously and in the living room. Officers conducted a witness canvass for the rest of the third floor and did not locate any additional apartments that had any concerns. UPDATE: After further investigation, detectives from our Criminal Investigations Unit have obtained screenshots of two persons of interest. Anyone with any information regarding these incidents and/or the possible identity of the persons of interest, are encouraged to contact UMPD at 301-405-3555. Individuals wishing to remain anonymous may email https://umpd.umd.edu/contact-us/submit-tip The University of Maryland Police Department, Criminal Investigations Unit is actively investigating these incidents. When available for release, additional information may be obtained by accessing UMPD News. Safety Tips: Make sure that you lock your doors and windows before you leave your residence and when you are in for the night. Help prevent people from tailgating in after you at your residence by not holding the door open for people you don’t know. If your residence has a home security system, make sure to set it. UMD Police Emergency 911 or 301.405.3333 Mobile Phone #3333 | Non-Emergency 301.405.3555
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UMD Alerts email archive: UMD Safety Notice Residential Burglariesalert.umd.edufind archived copies
Dual HTML match of alert.umd.edu 2026-08-30. Transmitted-email flatten (NBSP column padding on INCIDENT/OCCURRED/LOCATION labels preserved). Page footer chrome (Visit our Twitter/Facebook and Division of Administration links) omitted. Photos of persons of interest not transcribed.
umpdnews.umd.edu/umd-safety-notice-08302026 is a parallel posting; UPDATE and Safety Tips wording is not byte-identical to the email archive. Email archive is the sourceUrl.
Thread checked 2026-08-30: single Safety Notice; no all-clear expected for a Clery notice.
Distinct from 2026-07-20-university-of-maryland-baltimore-avenue-robbery-weapon.
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.

INCIDENT:                 Residential Burglaries OCCURRED:              August 30, 2026 (Sunday)/ Between 1:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. LOCATION:                3rd Floor of South Campus Commons #3, College Park, Maryland 20742 UMPD CASE NUMBERS:          2026-234069 and 2026-234177 BRIEF DETAILS: Case Number 2026-234069 On August 30, 2026, at approximately 4:17 a.m., the University of Maryland Police Department responded to the third floor of South Campus Commons #3 for a burglary. At approximately 4:15 a.m., a resident (student) was in another part of the apartment when she heard a noise coming from the common area. The resident opened the door to look and saw a man in the common area of the apartment. The suspect immediately left the apartment. The resident reported that the suspect was wearing a grey shirt and dark pants, is approximately 5’8” to 6’ tall, and in his early 20s. Case Number 2026-234177 On August 30, 2026, at approximately 9:52 a.m., the University of Maryland Police Department responded to South Campus Commons #3 for a burglary. At approximately 9 a.m., residents (students) found kitchen related items on the floor in one of the common areas. Officers conducted a witness canvass of the nearby apartments and identified a third residence. At approximately 7:30 a.m., residents (students) found items out in the kitchen that were not out previously and in the living room. Officers conducted a witness canvass for the rest of the third floor and did not locate any additional apartments that had any concerns. UPDATE: After further investigation, detectives from our Criminal Investigations Unit have obtained screenshots of two persons of interest. Anyone with any information regarding these incidents and/or the possible identity of the persons of interest, are encouraged to contact UMPD at 301-405-3555. Individuals wishing to remain anonymous may email https://umpd.umd.edu/contact-us/submit-tip The University of Maryland Police Department, Criminal Investigations Unit is actively investigating these incidents. When available for release, additional information may be obtained by accessing UMPD News. Safety Tips: Make sure that you lock your doors and windows before you leave your residence and when you are in for the night. Help prevent people from tailgating in after you at your residence by not holding the door open for people you don’t know. If your residence has a home security system, make sure to set it. UMD Police Emergency 911 or 301.405.3333 Mobile Phone #3333 | Non-Emergency 301.405.3555

  • Sourcepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found UMPD as the named issuer (25/25).

    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: University of Maryland Police Department is named throughout the notice.
    2. present: UMPD is the named sending authority.
    3. present: The Safety Notice is from UMPD.
    4. present: Source is the University of Maryland Police Department.
    5. present: Criminal Investigations Unit is a named UMPD unit.
    6. present: UMPD case numbers identify the police sender.
    7. present: A named campus police department is source.
    8. present: The notice tells people to contact UMPD.
    9. present: University of Maryland Police Department satisfies source.
    10. present: The issuer is UMPD.
    11. present: Campus police are identified by name.
    12. present: Source: UMPD.
    13. present: The product is a UMD Police Safety Notice.
    14. present: Named agency UMPD is present.
    15. present: The University of Maryland Police Department authored this.
    16. present: Police Department in the first details graf is source.
    17. present: UMPD Emergency numbers identify the office.
    18. present: A university police unit is named.
    19. present: The sending agency is UMPD.
    20. present: Maryland Police Department is named.
    21. present: Source is campus police at UMD.
    22. present: The notice is attributed to UMPD.
    23. present: UMPD is repeated as the investigating agency.
    24. present: Named public safety authority: UMPD.
    25. present: Who sent it: University of Maryland Police Department.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found residential burglary as the named hazard (25/25).

    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.

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    1. present: Residential Burglaries is the named incident type.
    2. present: Burglary is specified in both case narratives.
    3. present: The hazard is burglary of residences.
    4. present: INCIDENT: Residential Burglaries names the threat.
    5. present: A burglary on the third floor is the crime type.
    6. present: Named offense: burglary.
    7. present: Hazard is residential burglary.
    8. present: Two burglary case numbers are listed.
    9. present: The Safety Notice is about burglaries.
    10. present: Specific crime: burglary.
    11. present: The text reports burglaries, not a generic incident.
    12. present: Hazard equals burglary.
    13. present: Residential burglaries are the threat.
    14. present: The reported incidents are burglaries.
    15. present: A property crime, burglary, is named.
    16. present: The heading is Residential Burglaries.
    17. present: Case narratives describe burglaries.
    18. present: Threat type is burglary.
    19. present: The community is warned about burglaries.
    20. present: Named hazard: burglary.
    21. present: Two third-floor burglaries are the subject.
    22. present: The offense is burglary.
    23. present: INCIDENT line names burglaries.
    24. present: A burglary timely warning.
    25. present: Hazard is present as burglary.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found South Campus Commons #3 third floor (25/25).

    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.

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    1. present: 3rd Floor of South Campus Commons #3, College Park, Maryland 20742 is a specific location.
    2. present: South Campus Commons #3 is a named building.
    3. present: The third floor of Commons 3 locates the events.
    4. present: LOCATION line is a full address-like place.
    5. present: College Park, Maryland is given with the building.
    6. present: Where: South Campus Commons #3.
    7. present: A named residence hall complex is the site.
    8. present: Third floor of Commons 3 is specific.
    9. present: The location field is complete.
    10. present: South Campus Commons is a campus place.
    11. present: A building and floor are named.
    12. present: Commons #3 is location.
    13. present: The burglaries are at South Campus Commons #3.
    14. present: A specific floor and building are stated.
    15. present: College Park address is present.
    16. present: Location is the third floor of Commons 3.
    17. present: Named place South Campus Commons.
    18. present: The site is a residential building on campus.
    19. present: 3rd Floor of South Campus Commons #3 answers where.
    20. present: A mapped campus building is named.
    21. present: Location includes building, floor, city, ZIP.
    22. present: Commons 3 is specific enough.
    23. present: The notice locates both cases at Commons #3.
    24. present: A residence hall floor is given.
    25. present: Where is South Campus Commons #3.
  • Guidancepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found lock-door, no-tailgating, and contact-UMPD instructions (25/25).

    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.

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    1. present: Lock your doors and windows is a protective instruction.
    2. present: Do not hold the door open for people you do not know is guidance.
    3. present: Set a home security system is an instruction.
    4. present: Contact UMPD at 301-405-3555 is guidance to the audience.
    5. present: Safety Tips tell recipients what to do.
    6. present: Prevent tailgating is a protective action.
    7. present: Lock doors before you leave and when in for the night is guidance.
    8. present: Call UMPD or remain anonymous via the tip form is an instruction.
    9. present: The public is told to lock residences.
    10. present: Guidance is lock, no tailgating, set the alarm.
    11. present: Safety Tips are audience instructions.
    12. present: Do not hold the door for strangers is guidance.
    13. present: Recipients are told how to prevent burglaries.
    14. present: Contact police with information is an instruction.
    15. present: Lock doors and windows is explicit guidance.
    16. present: The notice tells people what protective steps to take.
    17. present: Set the security system is guidance.
    18. present: Prevent people from tailgating is a protective instruction.
    19. present: Call 911 or UMPD emergency numbers is guidance.
    20. present: The audience is instructed to lock up.
    21. present: Safety tips are directed at residents.
    22. present: Guidance exists as lock-and-report steps.
    23. present: People are told not to hold doors for strangers.
    24. present: Protective actions are listed.
    25. present: The community is told to contact UMPD.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found August 30, 2026 and multiple a.m. clock times (25/25).

    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.

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    1. present: August 30, 2026 and clock times 4:17 a.m., 4:15 a.m., 9:52 a.m., 9 a.m., 7:30 a.m. are stated.
    2. present: OCCURRED between 1:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. is a time window.
    3. present: Multiple clock times are in the narratives.
    4. present: A date, August 30, 2026, is present.
    5. present: Time is satisfied by a.m. clocks.
    6. present: The occurrence window is dated.
    7. present: 1:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. is when.
    8. present: Clock times appear throughout.
    9. present: Sunday August 30, 2026 is a date cue.
    10. present: Approximately 4:17 a.m. is a clock.
    11. present: The notice is timestamped.
    12. present: Date and hours are both given.
    13. present: Time: August 30, 2026.
    14. present: Several a.m. clocks satisfy Time.
    15. present: The OCCURRED line is a time element.
    16. present: 4:15 a.m. is a clock time.
    17. present: A dated Sunday morning is stated.
    18. present: Time is present.
    19. present: The incidents are clocked.
    20. present: 9:52 a.m. is a time cue.
    21. present: Between 1:30 a.m. and 9 a.m. is a range.
    22. present: The product has many timestamps.
    23. present: August 30 is a date.
    24. present: Clock times are explicit.
    25. present: Time is coded present.
  • Impactabsent0/25

    Final assessment

    All 25 passes found no consequence or severity language (0/25 present).

    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: No deadly, injury, or severity language; burglary is the hazard name only.
    2. absent: No deadly, injury, or severity language; burglary is the hazard name only.
    3. absent: No deadly, injury, or severity language; burglary is the hazard name only.
    4. absent: No deadly, injury, or severity language; burglary is the hazard name only.
    5. absent: No deadly, injury, or severity language; burglary is the hazard name only.
    6. absent: Impact is absent; no consequence clause beyond the burglary label.
    7. absent: Naming burglary is not impact under the rubric.
    8. absent: No life-threatening or dangerous wording.
    9. absent: Harm to people is not stated as severity.
    10. absent: Impact fails.
    11. absent: No explicit consequence.
    12. absent: The notice does not say what the burglary could do beyond describing it.
    13. absent: Severity language is missing.
    14. absent: I=0.
    15. absent: No injury language.
    16. absent: Impact is not conveyed.
    17. absent: The safety tips are guidance, not impact.
    18. absent: No deadly wording.
    19. absent: Consequences are not stated as harm.
    20. absent: Impact absent.
    21. absent: The text lacks a severity marker.
    22. absent: No life-safety impact sentence.
    23. absent: Harm is not explicit.
    24. absent: I coded absent.
    25. absent: No destructive language.

Coded by SuperGrok Heavy 4.5

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

About this analysis
Context

Background

UMD Safety Notices are emailed to campus for on-campus crime posing ongoing risk (alert.umd.edu).
Analysis

Key Findings

Official UMD Safety Notice recovered from the email archive for two third-floor Commons burglaries.
Outcome
UMPD Criminal Investigations Unit investigating; screenshots of two persons of interest obtained. Photos not transcribed.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. Official
    UMD Safety Notice: Residential Burglaries
    alert.umd.edu
    archived copy
  2. Official
    UMPD News Safety Notice 08-30-2026
    umpdnews.umd.edu
    archived copy
Cite this case

Campus Alert Archive. "University of Maryland, College Park: Third-floor residential burglaries at South Campus Commons 3." Incident of August 30, 2026. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/university-of-maryland-south-campus-commons-residential-burglaries-2026-08-30/

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Added August 2026Updated August 2026Via ingestion