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Two e-scooters taken from unlocked Hilltop apartment

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Northern Arizona University Police issued Crime Alert CA 2025-05 after an unknown suspect entered an unlocked Hilltop Apartments unit and took two e-scooters from the common area on separate days.

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INITIAL ALERTEmail
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NAU Timely Warning / Crime Alert (CA# 2025-05) Burglary, Second Degree Residential N2500979) The NAU Police Department received a late report of a Burglary at the Hilltop Apartments. The victims stated that an unknown suspect entered their unlocked apartment sometime between the hours of 10:00 AM on 10/25/2025 to 9:00 AM on 10/26/2025 and removed an e-Scooter from the common area. While investigating this incident, the NAU Police became aware of a second e-Scooter stolen from the common area in the same apartment which occurred between the hours of 5:40 AM to 11:00 AM on 10/28/2025. The unidentified suspect gained entry through an unlocked door. There were no signs of forced entry into the occupied room. If you have any information regarding these incidents, please contact the NAU Police Department. SAFETY TIPS • Always lock your doors and windows even when at home or if you must 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.
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Distinct incident from 2025-11-18-northern-arizona-university-hilltop-garage-auto-burglaries: Hilltop Apartments residential burglary, not the parking-garage auto series.
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.

NAU Timely Warning / Crime Alert (CA# 2025-05) Burglary, Second Degree Residential N2500979) The NAU Police Department received a late report of a Burglary at the Hilltop Apartments. The victims stated that an unknown suspect entered their unlocked apartment sometime between the hours of 10:00 AM on 10/25/2025 to 9:00 AM on 10/26/2025 and removed an e-Scooter from the common area. While investigating this incident, the NAU Police became aware of a second e-Scooter stolen from the common area in the same apartment which occurred between the hours of 5:40 AM to 11:00 AM on 10/28/2025. The unidentified suspect gained entry through an unlocked door. There were no signs of forced entry into the occupied room. If you have any information regarding these incidents, please contact the NAU Police Department. SAFETY TIPS • Always lock your doors and windows even when at home or if you must 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.

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    1. present: Opens as NAU Timely Warning / Crime Alert, a branded sender.
    2. present: The NAU Police Department is named as the receiving authority.
    3. present: Source is the NAU Crime Alert header plus NAU Police Department.
    4. present: A named campus police department issued the bulletin.
    5. present: NAU Timely Warning is a branded product name.
    6. present: The alert identifies NAUPD as the agency that received the report.
    7. present: Source present in the CA# 2025-05 NAU header.
    8. present: Readers can see NAU Police wrote this.
    9. present: The bulletin is labeled as an NAU Crime Alert.
    10. present: Issuing authority is the NAU Police Department.
    11. present: A university police signature is in the first narrative sentence.
    12. present: The product name includes NAU.
    13. present: Campus police are identified by name.
    14. present: Source is satisfied by the NAU timely-warning brand.
    15. present: The header names NAU as the alert owner.
    16. present: NAUPD is the named responding agency.
    17. present: The message is an official NAU police Crime Alert.
    18. present: Authority is explicit: NAU Police Department received a late report.
    19. present: A branded NAU header supplies the source element.
    20. present: The case number is an NAU police product identifier.
    21. present: Source present via the NAU Police Department attribution.
    22. present: The bulletin is not unsigned; it is an NAU Crime Alert.
    23. present: Issuing body is printed as NAU Police Department.
    24. present: The title block names NAU.
    25. present: NAU Timely Warning / Crime Alert is the sender tag.
  • Hazardpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Every pass marks the residential burglary and e-scooter thefts 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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    1. present: It names Burglary, Second Degree Residential, a specific crime.
    2. present: Hazard is a residential burglary with e-scooters taken.
    3. present: An unknown suspect entered an apartment and stole property.
    4. present: The threat is burglary, not a generic incident.
    5. present: Two e-scooters stolen from a common area is the hazard.
    6. present: Hazard present in the Burglary heading.
    7. present: Entry into an unlocked apartment is a named crime.
    8. present: The bulletin names a Burglary at Hilltop Apartments.
    9. present: A second-degree residential burglary is a specific hazard.
    10. present: Hazard is the theft of e-scooters from an apartment.
    11. present: Named offense is residential burglary.
    12. present: The text describes a suspect who entered and removed property.
    13. present: A property-crime hazard is explicit.
    14. present: Burglary is more specific than emergency.
    15. present: The crime type is printed as Burglary, Second Degree Residential.
    16. present: Readers are warned about apartment burglary.
    17. present: Hazard satisfied by the burglary language.
    18. present: Stolen e-scooters are the crime content.
    19. present: The incident is a named burglary.
    20. present: Residential burglary is the hazard.
    21. present: The PDF titles Burglary, Second Degree Residential.
    22. present: An apartment break-in via unlocked door is a concrete hazard.
    23. present: The alert describes a specific property offense.
    24. present: Removed an e-Scooter names the stolen property as part of the crime.
    25. present: Hazard is present in the burglary clause.
  • Locationpresent25/25

    Final assessment

    Hilltop Apartments is a named place 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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    1. present: Hilltop Apartments is a named place.
    2. present: Location is the Hilltop Apartments.
    3. present: A specific apartment complex is given.
    4. present: The crime is placed at Hilltop Apartments.
    5. present: Location present: Hilltop Apartments.
    6. present: Readers are told where: Hilltop Apartments.
    7. present: A named campus apartment site is the location.
    8. present: The site is Hilltop Apartments.
    9. present: Place is explicit in the apartment-complex name.
    10. present: Location is not generic campus; it is Hilltop Apartments.
    11. present: The bulletin locates the burglary at Hilltop Apartments.
    12. present: An apartment-complex name satisfies location.
    13. present: Hilltop Apartments is the geographic cue.
    14. present: The scene is identified as Hilltop Apartments.
    15. present: Location is a named residential building group.
    16. present: The common area of that apartment is also a place cue.
    17. present: Place is Hilltop Apartments.
    18. present: The first narrative sentence names Hilltop Apartments.
    19. present: A specific facility is named.
    20. present: Location present via Hilltop Apartments.
    21. present: The complex name is enough for location.
    22. present: Hilltop Apartments appears in the report sentence.
    23. present: A named residence is the location element.
    24. present: The place word is Hilltop Apartments.
    25. present: Location is satisfied by the apartment-complex name.
  • 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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. present: Safety tips tell people to lock doors and windows.
    2. present: Guidance includes report all suspicious activity to NAUPD.
    3. present: Recipients are told to lock even when showering or in class.
    4. present: Secure open doors and windows is a protective action.
    5. present: Lock up or hide valuables is guidance.
    6. present: The SAFETY TIPS list is a set of instructions.
    7. present: Contact NAU Police with information is a call to action.
    8. present: Guidance present in the lock-and-report tips.
    9. present: A wooden-dowel tip is a specific protective action.
    10. present: The bulletin tells residents what to do.
    11. present: Always lock your doors is explicit guidance.
    12. present: The audience is instructed to report suspicious activity immediately.
    13. present: Guidance is the prevention list after the narrative.
    14. present: Please contact the NAU Police Department is an instruction.
    15. present: Safety tips are actions for the community.
    16. present: Lock doors even at home is guidance.
    17. present: The product is not description-only; it gives prevention steps.
    18. present: Guidance satisfied by the SAFETY TIPS section.
    19. present: Lock, hide, and report are the guidance set.
    20. present: Readers are directed to secure apartments.
    21. present: A specific do-this list is printed.
    22. present: The alert tells people how to reduce the same crime.
    23. present: Protective action language is in the tips.
    24. present: Guidance exists as lock-doors and report-suspicious.
    25. present: The contact-police sentence is also guidance.
  • Timepresent25/25

    Final assessment

    The October 25-26 and October 28 clock windows are clear time elements.

    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: It gives 10:00 AM on 10/25/2025 to 9:00 AM on 10/26/2025.
    2. present: A second window is 5:40 AM to 11:00 AM on 10/28/2025.
    3. present: Two dated clock ranges are present.
    4. present: Time is the October 25-26 window plus the October 28 window.
    5. present: Calendar dates and AM hours are printed.
    6. present: Time present via the two overnight-to-morning spans.
    7. present: The bulletin states when each scooter was taken.
    8. present: 10/28/2025 is a time cue.
    9. present: Clock hours 5:40 AM to 11:00 AM mark the second theft.
    10. present: Date and clock together satisfy time.
    11. present: The first theft is timed to 10/25-10/26/2025.
    12. present: A precise pair of intervals is named.
    13. present: Time is both dated windows.
    14. present: The narrative includes multiple clock bounds.
    15. present: 10:00 AM on 10/25/2025 is time.
    16. present: The when is two dated AM spans.
    17. present: Dated hour ranges are the time element.
    18. present: Time satisfied by both date-time windows.
    19. present: The second theft timestamp is 10/28/2025.
    20. present: 5:40 AM to 11:00 AM on 10/28/2025 is explicit.
    21. present: The bulletin timestamps both entries.
    22. present: Two calendar dates plus start and end minutes are present.
    23. present: The late-report phrasing still includes exact hours.
    24. present: Time is not missing; four clock bounds are given.
    25. present: The 9:00 AM on 10/26/2025 clause is a clear time mark.
  • Impactabsent5/25

    Final assessment

    Most passes find no stated injury or severity beyond the property-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.

    See all 25 individual reads
    1. absent: No injury or assault language is used.
    2. absent: The text does not say anyone was harmed.
    3. absent: Impact is absent; it describes property crime only.
    4. absent: No deadly or dangerous wording appears.
    5. absent: An unlocked-door entry is the method, not a stated harm-to-people impact.
    6. absent: I do not infer injury the bulletin does not speak.
    7. absent: No one is described as hurt.
    8. absent: Impact fails because no personal-harm outcome is written.
    9. absent: Severity beyond the burglary name is not stated.
    10. absent: The bulletin is a crime description, not an impact statement.
    11. absent: Nothing says occupants were confronted.
    12. absent: Impact is not satisfied by naming burglary alone.
    13. absent: No injury count is given.
    14. absent: I code impact absent.
    15. absent: The text stops at property loss and tips.
    16. absent: No life-threatening language is present.
    17. absent: Stolen scooters are listed without a consequence clause.
    18. absent: occupied room is a setting, not an impact statement.
    19. absent: No impact verb such as threaten appears.
    20. absent: Property loss without stated severity is not impact under the rubric.
    21. present: Two stolen e-scooters are a stated property impact.
    22. present: Removed property from a common area is a consequence.
    23. present: I read two thefts as impact.
    24. present: An occupied room being entered is implied intrusion impact.
    25. present: The burglary result, missing scooters, is impact.

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

About this analysis
Context

Background

NAUPD Crime Alert index lists CA 2025-05 as Burglary 10/28/2025. Hilltop Apartments is a different site from Hilltop Parking Garage.
Analysis

Key Findings

Two e-scooters taken from an unlocked Hilltop Apartments common area across two dates.
Outcome
Suspect not identified. Entry was through an unlocked door with no signs of forced entry.
Provenance

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Campus Alert Archive. "Northern Arizona University: Two e-scooters taken from unlocked Hilltop apartment." Incident of October 28, 2025. Added August 2026. https://campusalertarchive.com/case/northern-arizona-university-hilltop-apartments-scooter-thefts-2025-10-28/

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