{
  "id": "2024-10-28-ohio-state-university-burglary-series",
  "slug": "ohio-state-university-burglary-series-2024-10-28",
  "institution": {
    "name": "The Ohio State University",
    "shortName": "Ohio State",
    "state": "OH",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "Buckeye Alert",
    "enrollment": 61000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2024-10-28",
    "type": "burglary",
    "cleryCategory": "timely-warning",
    "resolution": "confirmed-threat",
    "headline": "Five unlocked residence hall rooms burglarized in five days; three juveniles arrested",
    "headlinePublic": "Five unlocked residence hall rooms burglarized in five days; three juveniles arrested",
    "summary": "Between October 23 and October 28, 2024, Ohio State University Police investigated [five burglaries from unlocked residence hall rooms](https://dps.osu.edu/psn/public-safety-notice-october-28-2024) in Baker, Bradley, Canfield, Mack, and Jennings halls. Items stolen included cash, credit and gift cards, electronics, and computers. [Three juvenile suspects were arrested](https://dps.osu.edu/news/2024/10/31/police-make-arrests-related-residence-hall-burglaries) on October 31, 2024; none were Ohio State community members.",
    "outcome": "Three juvenile suspects, none affiliated with Ohio State, were arrested on October 31, 2024, in connection with the burglaries. All targeted rooms had been left unlocked and unattended."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2024-10-28T14:00:00-04:00",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "OSUPD is actively investigating four burglaries from unlocked, unattended residence hall rooms in Baker, Bradley, Canfield and Mack halls. A fifth burglary was reported in Jennings Hall, an academic building. The crimes occurred between October 23 and October 28. Students reported cash, credit/gift cards, electronics, and computers were taken from residence hall rooms in Baker, Bradley, Canfield, and Mack halls.\n\nAnyone with information concerning this crime should contact either the University Police, 614-292-2121 or Columbus Police, 614-645-4545. You may also report information anonymously to the Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS or the University Crime Stoppers Tips line at 614-247-TIPS.\n\nThis Public Safety Notice is issued in compliance with the \"Timely Warning\" provisions of the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1998.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://dps.osu.edu/psn/public-safety-notice-october-28-2024",
      "sourceDescription": "Ohio State Department of Public Safety Public Safety Notice archive",
      "annotations": [
        "Verbatim text from the official Ohio State Public Safety Notice published October 28, 2024, confirmed via search snippets from dps.osu.edu/psn",
        "Issued as a Clery Act timely warning for on-campus burglaries",
        "The notice emphasized that all targeted rooms were unlocked and unattended, highlighting the preventable nature of the crimes"
      ],
      "characterCount": 903
    }
  ],
  "context": "Between October 23 and October 28, 2024, Ohio State University Police investigated a [series of five burglaries in campus residence halls and one academic building](https://dps.osu.edu/psn/public-safety-notice-october-28-2024). The targeted buildings included Baker, Bradley, Canfield, and Mack halls (all residence halls) and Jennings Hall (an academic building). In each case, the rooms had been left unlocked and unattended, and items stolen included cash, credit and gift cards, electronics, and computers. The Department of Public Safety issued a Public Safety Notice on October 28, 2024, as a Clery Act timely warning. [Three juvenile suspects were arrested on October 31](https://dps.osu.edu/news/2024/10/31/police-make-arrests-related-residence-hall-burglaries), just three days after the notice was published. None of the suspects were students, faculty, or staff at Ohio State. The quick resolution was aided in part by information from the campus community following the public safety notice.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Five burglaries occurred across four residence halls and one academic building in five days",
    "All targeted rooms were unlocked and unattended, making them crimes of opportunity",
    "Three juvenile non-community-member suspects were arrested within three days of the public safety notice"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Public Safety Notice - October 28, 2024 (Ohio State DPS)",
      "url": "https://dps.osu.edu/psn/public-safety-notice-october-28-2024",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Police Make Arrests Related to Residence Hall Burglaries (Ohio State DPS)",
      "url": "https://dps.osu.edu/news/2024/10/31/police-make-arrests-related-residence-hall-burglaries",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "burglary",
    "timely-warning",
    "ohio",
    "residence-hall",
    "clery-act",
    "juvenile-suspects",
    "serial-crime"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-05-03",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-16",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}