{
  "id": "2026-08-29-cornell-university-barbara-mcclintock-hall-burglary",
  "slug": "cornell-university-barbara-mcclintock-hall-burglary-2026-08-29",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Cornell University",
    "shortName": "Cornell",
    "state": "NY",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "CornellALERT / Crime Alerts",
    "enrollment": 26000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-08-29",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Burglary in an unsecured McClintock Hall room",
    "headlinePublic": "Burglary in an unsecured McClintock Hall room",
    "summary": "On August 29, 2026, [Cornell University Police issued a Crime Alert about a burglary in McClintock Hall](https://publicsafety.cornell.edu/crime-alerts/burglary-barbara-mcclintock-hall/), 224 Cradit Farm Drive, reporting personal property and cash taken from an unsecured residence hall room on August 28 with no suspect description.",
    "outcome": "Investigation continuing; no suspect description released at time of alert."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "August 29, 2026 (Crime Alert posting date)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "The Cornell University Police Department received a burglary complaint on August 29, 2026, which was reported to have occurred in McClintock Hall, 224 Cradit Farm Drive, Town of Ithaca.\n\nThe incident occurred between 8:00 a.m. and 5:20 p.m. on Friday, August 28, 2026. Personal property and cash were reported stolen from an unsecured residence hall room. There are currently no identified suspects.\n\nThere is no suspect description available at this time. The investigation is continuing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Cornell University Public Safety Communications Center at (607) 255-1111.\n\nThe Cornell University Police urge the community to protect their property by closing and locking unattended doors and windows and immediately report any suspected criminal activity they see by dialing 911 or utilizing the RAVE Guardian app.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.cornell.edu/crime-alerts/burglary-barbara-mcclintock-hall/",
      "sourceDescription": "Cornell DPS Crime Alert page (full text)",
      "annotations": [
        "Official four-paragraph Crime Alert body from publicsafety.cornell.edu, excluding the page title, date stamp, and footer address chrome. Dual HTML parse 2026-09-20. sha256 97d784b3b61e9c69c256494e5ac93c998059c0b5e5e7f32e1f7c63d6cf4cbeab. Official Cradit Farm Drive spelling preserved.",
        "Distinct incident from 2026-01-09-cornell-university-hasbrouck-grounds-burglary: different date and McClintock Hall residence room vs Hasbrouck Grounds Maintenance Shop."
      ],
      "characterCount": 854
    }
  ],
  "context": "Cornell posts Clery Crime Alerts at [publicsafety.cornell.edu/crime-alerts](https://publicsafety.cornell.edu/crime-alerts/). The August 29, 2026 McClintock Hall burglary notice is the full community notification text as published.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Full timely-warning-style Crime Alert text recovered from official DPS page.",
    "Unsecured residence hall room; personal property and cash taken; no suspect description."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Burglary - Barbara McClintock Hall",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.cornell.edu/crime-alerts/burglary-barbara-mcclintock-hall/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    },
    {
      "title": "Cornell Crime Alerts index",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.cornell.edu/crime-alerts/",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-09-20",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN not attempted after 500 flap"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "private-r1",
    "new-york",
    "cornell",
    "burglary",
    "crime-alert",
    "ivy"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-09-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-09-21",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}