{ "id": "2025-04-02-uc-san-diego-pepper-canyon-unlocked-suite-burglary", "slug": "uc-san-diego-pepper-canyon-unlocked-suite-burglary-2025-04-02", "institution": { "name": "University of California, San Diego", "shortName": "UCSD", "state": "CA", "type": "public-r1", "alertSystemName": "Triton Alert" }, "incident": { "date": "2025-04-02", "type": "burglary", "cleryCategory": "timely-warning", "resolution": "under-investigation", "headline": "Unlocked first-floor Pepper Canyon suite entered; belongings taken", "headlinePublic": "Unlocked first-floor Pepper Canyon suite entered; belongings taken", "summary": "UC San Diego Police [issued a Clery timely warning after an unknown suspect entered a first-floor Pepper Canyon Apartments suite through an unlocked door](https://ucsdcampusnotices.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CN/pages/125798331/Timely+Warning+Burglary+-+04-02-2025) and stole personal belongings from the common area. The official window is 1:00 a.m. through 10:00 a.m. April 2. Police received the report at 11:22 a.m.", "outcome": "No suspect information. Not in custody. Investigation open." }, "alerts": [ { "sequence": 1, "type": "initial", "timestampApprox": "2025-04-02T11:22:00-07:00", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "UC SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT\n\nApril 2, 2025\n\nALL ACADEMICS, STAFF, AND STUDENTS AT UC SAN DIEGO\n\nTimely Warning – Burglary\n\nOn April 2, 2025, at 11:22 a.m., the UC San Diego Police Department received a report of a burglary in a suite at the Pepper Canyon Apartments. The reporting party stated that between 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. on April 2, 2025, an unknown suspect entered the common area of the first-floor suite through an unlocked door and stole their personal belongings.\n\nThere is no suspect information at this time.\n\nAt this time, the suspect is not in custody.\n\nThe report is currently under investigation by the UC San Diego Police Department.\n\nIf you have information that could be helpful in this investigation, please call the UC San Diego Police Department at (858) 534-4357 or submit an online tip at https://police.ucsd.edu/services/anonymous.html.\n\nThe remainder of this message provides general information about preventing and reporting a burglary and is not necessarily related to this incident.\n\nIf you are the victim of a burglary or you discover someone inside your residence:\n\nIf possible, immediately leave your residence and go to a safe area (e.g., a neighbor’s apartment or a public place).\n\nCall or text the UC San Diego Police Department at 9-1-1.\n\nIf you are unable to leave your residence, secure yourself and family members in a safe location, turn on all available lights, and call the police immediately.\n\nTo help reduce the risk of being the victim of a burglary:\n\nMake sure doors and windows are closed and locked. When it is hot out, use a lock or item which only allows the window to open small distances.\n\nIf you live on campus and your windows or doors won’t lock, please call Housing Maintenance at (858) 534-2600.\n\nIf your office windows or doors will not lock, please contact Facilities Management Customer Relations help desk, phone (858) 534-2930.\n\nBe aware of your surroundings. If you see suspicious activity, call or text the UC San Diego Police Department immediately at 9-1-1.\n\nKnow the location of campus emergency telephones on routes to and from campus destinations.\n\nAvoid displaying and/or placing high value items close to windows. Items such as computers, cell phones, wallets, and purses can be easily grabbed from open windows and may be incentives for criminals to try and enter the residence. Secure your valuables at all times.\n\nBe alert and aware. Pay attention to who is around when you leave and return to your residence or office. If returning at night, leave a light on inside as a visual deterrent.\n\nWhat is this Notice?\n\nThis notice is being provided to you to comply with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Timely Warnings are intended to prevent similar crimes and to provide information that will assist community members in protecting themselves.\n\nUniversity of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA, 92093", "isVerbatimConfirmed": true, "confidence": "high", "sourceUrl": "https://ucsdcampusnotices.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CN/pages/125798331/Timely+Warning+Burglary+-+04-02-2025", "sourceDescription": "UC San Diego Campus Notices wiki: Timely Warning Burglary 04-02-2025 (Pepper Canyon unlocked suite)", "annotations": [ "Dual independent Confluence REST fetch 2026-08-24. CDATA html sha256 09c0db5aa9cf98bf7b315646debe0b72c590654d9172a1ad41fbf901c26c9562. Flattened from the embedded UCPD email body. En dash and curly apostrophes preserved. SPN save-sync HTTP 302.", "Incident window 1:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. April 2, 2025; police notified 11:22 a.m. the same day.", "Distinct from 2025-04-02-uc-san-diego-muir-mandeville-escooter-thefts (same calendar date; Muir/Mandeville e-scooter thefts, not a suite burglary) and from 2025-08-23-uc-san-diego-pepper-canyon-apartments-vandalism (later date, window-smashing vandalism)." ], "characterCount": 2954 } ], "context": "UC San Diego Police posted the notice on the Campus Notices wiki, linked from [police.ucsd.edu/alerts/warnings.html](https://police.ucsd.edu/alerts/warnings.html).", "keyFindings": [ "First-floor Pepper Canyon Apartments suite: unknown suspect entered the common area through an unlocked door between 1:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. April 2, 2025 and stole personal belongings.", "No suspect description." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Timely Warning – Burglary - 04-02-2025", "url": "https://ucsdcampusnotices.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CN/pages/125798331/Timely+Warning+Burglary+-+04-02-2025", "type": "official-archive", "accessDate": "2026-08-24", "archiveUrl": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260824115455/https://ucsdcampusnotices.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CN/pages/125798331/Timely+Warning+Burglary+-+04-02-2025" } ], "confidence": "high", "tags": [ "public-r1", "california", "ucsd", "burglary", "timely-warning", "2025" ], "dateAdded": "2026-08-24", "lastUpdated": "2026-08-24", "addedBy": "ingestion" }