{
  "id": "2022-12-12-tulane-university-arrest-suspicious-behavior",
  "slug": "tulane-university-arrest-suspicious-behavior-2022-12-12",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Tulane University",
    "shortName": "Tulane",
    "state": "LA",
    "type": "private-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "TU Alerts / TUPD Crime Alerts"
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2022-12-12",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "headline": "Arrest after suspicious behavior safety notice",
    "headlinePublic": "Arrest after suspicious behavior safety notice",
    "summary": "Tulane University Police Department issued a [campus crime notice](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/SafetyNotice_Arrest_SuspiciousBehavior_121222.pdf) on 2022-12-12. Full text recovered from the official TUPD PDF on the [Crime Alerts archive](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/crime-alerts).",
    "outcome": "Official TUPD Safety Notice / Timely Warning PDF (1 message(s)).",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    },
    "resolution": "under-investigation"
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "TUPD notice dated 2022-12-12 (PDF on Crime Alerts archive)",
      "channel": "email",
      "verbatimText": "Subject: Safety Notice – Arrest - Suspicious Behavior Offense: Trespass, Burglary of a Vehicle Date: December 12, 20222\n\nContent Warning: This notification includes information related to criminal activity in our area.\n\nFollowing the release of a safety notice describing an individual wanted for trespass, vehicle burglary and public obscenity, the Tulane University Police Department received information from an affiliate who recognized the individual using the provided information. TUPD Officers were able to identify the individual as Richard Barnes and subsequently affected an arrest without incident.\n\nIf you have any additional information related to this individual, please contact either the Tulane University Police Department or the New Orleans Police Department.\n\nFor Counseling and other Supportive Measures, click here.\n\nTo learn more about campus safety services and programs, click here.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/SafetyNotice_Arrest_SuspiciousBehavior_121222.pdf",
      "sourceDescription": "TUPD PDF (SafetyNotice_Arrest_SuspiciousBehavior_121222.pdf)",
      "annotations": [
        "Full official TUPD PDF from publicsafety.tulane.edu crime-alerts archive.",
        "Soft PDF line wraps joined; ligatures normalized to ASCII."
      ],
      "characterCount": 906
    }
  ],
  "context": "TUPD publishes Clery Act [crime alerts as PDFs](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/crime-alerts). On 2022-12-12, TUPD issued [this official notice](https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/SafetyNotice_Arrest_SuspiciousBehavior_121222.pdf).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Verbatim text recovered from official TUPD PDF.",
    "Campus-transmitted Clery notice (email channel)."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "TUPD notice PDF (2022-12-12)",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/sites/default/files/SafetyNotice_Arrest_SuspiciousBehavior_121222.pdf",
      "type": "official-archive"
    },
    {
      "title": "Crime Alerts - Tulane Public Safety",
      "url": "https://publicsafety.tulane.edu/crime-alerts",
      "type": "official-archive"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "other",
    "tulane",
    "louisiana",
    "tupd-pdf"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-20",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-20",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}