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BOSTON UNIVERSITY POLICE CRIME ALERT: BURGLARY
On 08/22/2023 at 04:42 AM at 111 Bay State Rd., an unknown person entered the residence and stole property. On 09/02/2023 at approximately 04:00 AM at 191 Bay State Rd, an unknown person entered the dormitory through an open window on the ground level and took property from inside the residence. On 09/02/2023 between 03:00 AM and 06:00 AM at 133 Bay State Rd., a person plucked property through an open window but did not enter the dormitory.
The information suggests that the suspect is targeting accessible open or unlocked windows.
The community is asked to secure doors, accessible windows, and to lock security screens.
This notice is a Timely Warning which is intended to alert the community about certain crimes occurring on campus which represent a serious or continuing threat to the community. It is the intention of the Boston University Police to provide as much information as possible in the hope of preventing another such incident.
If you have any information regarding this incident please contact the Boston University Police at (617) 353-2121.
Alert consolidates three incidents spanning August 22 to September 2, 2023 into a single timely warning — a common practice for serial property crimes
All three targeted buildings on Bay State Road, BU's primary residential corridor: 191 Bay State Rd is the Harriet E. Richards Cooperative House and 133 Bay State Rd is Kilachand Hall
Incidents occurred during move-in week when students are most vulnerable — unfamiliar with surroundings, doors propped open, windows left ajar
The phrase 'plucked property through an open window' is unusually specific — distinguishes between entry and reach-in theft
Timely warning issued 11 days after first incident — reflects the Clery Act's 'as soon as pertinent information is available' standard for pattern crimes