Dorm window screen cut in attempted overnight entry
AI-generated · every claim is source-linkedNorthern Arizona University Police issued Crime Alert CA 2026-02 after an unknown suspect cut a Gabaldon Hall dorm window screen and tried to remove it before leaving when residents moved the blinds.
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NAU Timely Warning / Crime Alert (CA# 2026-02) Attempted Trespass / Criminal Damage (N2600418) The NAU Police Department received a report of an attemped Burglary at Gabaldon Hall on 4/23/2026 between the hours of 04:30 and 04:38 AM. The victims stated that an unknown suspect cut their window screen and attempted to remove the screen to their dorm room window. Suspect left when the residents moved the blinds. The male suspect is described as having long black hair, wearing a dark hoodie and possibly of Native American decent. If you have any information regarding this incident, please contact the NAU Police Department. SAFETY TIPS • Always lock your doors and windows even when at home or if you have to leave to shower, use the restroom, go to class, etc. • Secure open or unlocked doors and windows in your dorm room, office, and common work areas. Use a wooden dowel on sliding glass doors to prevent full-width opening and the screen door should remain locked when in use. • Lock up or hide valuables and essential documents. • Report all suspicious activity to the NAU Police Department immediately.
Sourcepresent25/25
Final assessment
All 25 passes treat the NAU Timely Warning header and NAU Police Department as source.
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.
See all 25 individual reads
- present: Opens as NAU Timely Warning / Crime Alert, a branded sender.
- present: The NAU Police Department is named as the receiving and issuing authority.
- present: Source is present in both the NAU title line and NAU Police Department clause.
- present: A named campus police department is the sender.
- present: NAU Timely Warning is a branded product header.
- present: The bulletin identifies NAUPD as the agency.
- present: Source satisfied by NAU Police Department in the first narrative sentence.
- present: The Crime Alert number is an NAU police product identifier.
- present: Readers can see NAU Police issued this.
- present: The footer-style Clery line is omitted from the committed text, but the title still says NAU.
- present: NAU is named as the alerting institution in the header.
- present: The issuing body is the NAU Police Department.
- present: A university police signature is in the opening narrative.
- present: Source is the NAU timely-warning brand plus police department name.
- present: The message is labeled as an NAU Crime Alert.
- present: Authority is explicit: NAU Police Department received the report.
- present: The product name includes NAU, which is the sender tag.
- present: Campus police are identified by name as the source.
- present: NAUPD is the named responding agency.
- present: The header NAU Timely Warning identifies who is speaking.
- present: Source present via the NAU Police Department attribution.
- present: The bulletin is an NAU police Crime Alert, not unsigned prose.
- present: Issuing authority is printed as NAU Police Department.
- present: The title block names NAU as the alert owner.
- present: A branded NAU Crime Alert header supplies source.
Hazardpresent25/25
Final assessment
Every pass marks the attempted burglary / trespass / criminal damage language as a specific hazard.
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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- present: It names an attemped Burglary, a specific crime hazard.
- present: Attempted Trespass / Criminal Damage is the titled hazard.
- present: The threat is a cut window screen and attempted dorm entry.
- present: Hazard is the attempted burglary at a residence hall.
- present: A specific crime, attempted burglary, is stated.
- present: The bulletin is not a generic incident; it names burglary and trespass.
- present: Cutting a window screen to enter is a named crime hazard.
- present: Hazard present in the attempted Burglary wording.
- present: Criminal damage and trespass are specific threats.
- present: The text tells you what happened: an attempted dorm break-in.
- present: A burglary attempt is the hazard statement.
- present: The suspect tried to remove a dorm screen, which is the threat.
- present: Named offenses are trespass, criminal damage, and attempted burglary.
- present: Hazard is satisfied by the burglary and trespass language.
- present: The crime type is explicit rather than a vague emergency.
- present: An attempted entry into a dorm room is the hazard.
- present: The PDF titles Attempted Trespass / Criminal Damage.
- present: Readers are warned about a burglary attempt.
- present: The incident is a specific property crime, not an unnamed event.
- present: Hazard wording includes Burglary and Criminal Damage.
- present: A screen-cutting entry attempt is a concrete threat.
- present: The body names the offense as an attemped Burglary.
- present: Trespass and burglary are both specific hazards.
- present: The alert describes a crime in progress that already occurred.
- present: A dorm break-in attempt is the hazard content.
Locationpresent25/25
Final assessment
Gabaldon Hall is a named building in every pass.
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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- present: Gabaldon Hall is a named building.
- present: Location is Gabaldon Hall, a residence hall.
- present: The dorm room window at Gabaldon Hall is a place.
- present: A specific hall name is given.
- present: Location present: Gabaldon Hall.
- present: The incident is placed at Gabaldon Hall.
- present: Readers are told where: Gabaldon Hall.
- present: A named campus building is the location.
- present: The dorm at Gabaldon Hall is the site.
- present: Place is explicit in the Gabaldon Hall clause.
- present: The bulletin locates the attempt at Gabaldon Hall.
- present: Location is a residence hall named Gabaldon.
- present: The window of a Gabaldon Hall dorm room is mapped.
- present: A building name satisfies location.
- present: Gabaldon Hall is the geographic cue.
- present: The crime scene is identified as Gabaldon Hall.
- present: Location is not generic campus; it is a hall.
- present: The text says the report is at Gabaldon Hall.
- present: A specific residence hall is named.
- present: Place is Gabaldon Hall on the NAU campus implied by NAUPD.
- present: The hall name is enough for location.
- present: Gabaldon Hall appears in the first narrative sentence.
- present: Location present via the named dormitory.
- present: The building is Gabaldon Hall.
- present: A hall-level place name is in the bulletin.
Guidancepresent25/25
Final assessment
The SAFETY TIPS lock-and-report instructions are treated as guidance.
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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- present: Safety tips tell people to lock doors and windows.
- present: Guidance includes report all suspicious activity to NAUPD.
- present: The bulletin instructs locking doors even when home.
- present: Recipients are told to secure open doors and windows.
- present: Lock up valuables is a protective action.
- present: Guidance is the SAFETY TIPS list of lock-and-report steps.
- present: An action is given: contact NAU Police with information.
- present: The text tells people what to do to prevent a similar crime.
- present: Lock your doors and windows is explicit guidance.
- present: Report suspicious activity immediately is an instruction.
- present: Protective steps are listed as bullet guidance.
- present: The audience is told to lock screens and hide valuables.
- present: Guidance present in the lock-doors and report clauses.
- present: A wooden dowel tip is a specific protective action.
- present: The bulletin is not description-only; it gives prevention steps.
- present: Please contact the NAU Police Department is a call to action.
- present: Safety tips are instructions to the community.
- present: Readers are directed to lock windows and report.
- present: The product includes do-this guidance after the narrative.
- present: Lock, hide, and report are the guidance triad.
- present: An explicit prevention list is printed.
- present: Guidance is satisfied by the SAFETY TIPS section.
- present: The alert tells residents to lock even when showering or in class.
- present: Contact police if you have information is guidance.
- present: Protective action language is in the numbered-style tips.
Timepresent25/25
Final assessment
The 4/23/2026 04:30 to 04:38 AM window is a clear time element.
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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- present: It gives 4/23/2026 between 04:30 and 04:38 AM.
- present: A calendar date and a clock window are both present.
- present: Time is the April 23 2026 early-morning hour range.
- present: 04:30 to 04:38 AM is a specific time window.
- present: The date 4/23/2026 is in the narrative.
- present: A recency cue is the dated incident window.
- present: Time present via date and clock hours.
- present: The bulletin states when the attempt occurred.
- present: An eight-minute overnight window is given.
- present: 4/23/2026 is a time element.
- present: The hours 04:30 and 04:38 AM mark when.
- present: Date and clock together satisfy time.
- present: The incident is timed to 23 April 2026 before dawn.
- present: A precise time span is printed.
- present: Time is not missing; the date-time clause is explicit.
- present: The report window is 04:30-04:38 AM on 4/23/2026.
- present: Clock times appear in the first paragraph.
- present: The when is an early morning date-time.
- present: A dated hour range is the time element.
- present: 4/23/2026 between the hours of 04:30 and 04:38 AM is time.
- present: The narrative opens with a dated clock window.
- present: Time is satisfied by the AM hour pair and the date.
- present: An exact overnight interval is named.
- present: The bulletin timestamps the attempt.
- present: Date plus start and end minutes are present.
Impactabsent5/25
Final assessment
Most passes find no stated injury or severity beyond the crime description.
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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- absent: No injury, death, or life-threatening language is used.
- absent: The text does not say anyone was harmed.
- absent: Impact is absent; it describes an attempt that failed.
- absent: No severity word such as dangerous or deadly appears.
- absent: The suspect left; no consequence to people is stated.
- absent: Cutting a screen is the act, not a stated impact.
- absent: I do not infer harm the bulletin does not speak.
- absent: No one is described as injured or at remaining risk in those words.
- absent: Impact fails because no outcome of harm is written.
- absent: The attempt ended when blinds moved; no injury is claimed.
- absent: There is no could be harmed style consequence clause.
- absent: Severity is not conveyed beyond the crime name.
- absent: The bulletin is a crime description, not an impact statement.
- absent: Nothing says the community is in danger now.
- absent: Impact is not satisfied by naming burglary alone.
- absent: No property-loss dollar figure or injury count is given.
- absent: The residents were not reported hurt.
- absent: I code impact absent.
- absent: The text stops at description and tips.
- absent: No deadly or serious-injury wording is present.
- present: An attempted dorm entry implies a threat to sleeping residents, which I count as impact.
- present: Cutting a screen to enter a dorm is a stated intrusion consequence.
- present: I read the failed entry as implied risk to occupants.
- present: Criminal damage to the screen is a property impact.
- present: The attempt on a dorm room implies personal vulnerability.
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Campus Alert Archive. "Northern Arizona University: Dorm window screen cut in attempted overnight entry." Incident of April 23, 2026. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/northern-arizona-university-gabaldon-hall-attempted-entry-2026-04-23/
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