{
  "id": "2017-11-15-mit-breaking-and-entering-east-campus",
  "slug": "mit-breaking-and-entering-east-campus-2017-11-15",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Massachusetts Institute of Technology",
    "shortName": "MIT",
    "state": "MA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "MIT Police Timely Warnings",
    "enrollment": 12000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2017-11-15",
    "type": "suspicious-activity",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "Breaking and Entering on East Campus",
    "headlinePublic": "Breaking and Entering on East Campus",
    "summary": "MIT Police [issued a crime alert / timely warning](https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/breaking-and-entering-east-campus) on or about 2017-11-15. Full text is preserved from the official MIT Police Crime Alerts archive.",
    "outcome": "MIT Police investigation status as stated in the official crime alert.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on MIT Police crime-alert archive around 2017-11-15",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "An unknown male was reported entering residents dorm rooms of East Campus, a residence hall, located at 62 Ames St./Building 62, between Monday, November 13 at 11:00 AM to 11:45AM. Additional reports of larceny occurred on today, Wednesday, Nov. 15, between 2:30 AM and 10:30 AM.\n\nA witness reports seeing a suspicious person with newspapers or paper towels in his hands. The witness describes the suspect as male, white, 60 to 70 years old, white hair, wearing neutral color clothes and white New Balance sneakers.\n\nThe reporting parties state their doors were closed but not locked, or items were left in an open area, such as a kitchen. A backpack, credit cards, two laptops have been reported stolen.\n\nSuggestions\n\n\tIn order to protect yourself and your belongings from theft and/or facilitate the recovery of your stolen property, MIT Police encourage you to follow these tips:\n\n-\n ALWAYS lock your doors and windows.\n\n-\n Please do not prop doors open.\n\n-\n Report all tailgaters, report suspicious people.\n\n-\n Document serial numbers of all electronics and take pictures of all valuables. Keep this in a safe place to provide to the police in the event you are burglarized.\n\n-\n Be watchful: See Something = Say Something.\n\n-\n Immediately notify the MIT Police at 617-253-1212 or 100 from any campus phone if you believe a crime is occurring, has occurred, or is about to occur.\n\n\tThe MIT Police want to remind the MIT community that we are located in an urban setting and share many of the crime and safety issues that exist in any city. This continues to be an active and ongoing investigation. If you have any information please contact us at 617-253-1212.\n\n\tThe MIT Police are investigating this incident and request the assistance from the MIT community. If you wish to leave an anonymous tip please call 617-258-TIPS (8-8477). If you have any information about this incident, please contact us at 617-253-1212. With the Thanksgiving break next week please be sure to lock your rooms. The MIT Police are here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - even on holidays!\n\nIssued by\n\nCaptain Cheryl Vossmer\n\n\tcrimbite@mit.edu\n\n\tMIT Police 617-253-1212\n\n\tBldg. W89 Office 617-253-9751\n\n\t301 Vassar St.\n\n\tCambridge, MA 02139",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/breaking-and-entering-east-campus",
      "sourceDescription": "MIT Police Crime Alerts & Timely Warnings",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official police.mit.edu crime-alert page structured fields (Incident, Suspect, Summary, Suggestions, Issued by).",
        "Page recovered live from MIT Police Crime Alerts archive."
      ],
      "characterCount": 2218,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "MIT Police publishes Clery timely warnings and crime alerts at police.mit.edu/crime-alert with full incident narrative, safety guidance, and issuer attribution. This entry is from residual archive recovery for Breaking and Entering on East Campus.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official MIT Police crime-alert page preserves complete timely-warning narrative text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "Breaking and Entering on East Campus | MIT Police",
      "url": "https://police.mit.edu/crime-alert/breaking-and-entering-east-campus",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "mit",
    "massachusetts-institute-of-technology",
    "timely-warning",
    "suspicious-activity",
    "crime-alert"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}