{ "id": "2026-11-01-university-of-southern-california-early-childhood-training-center-burglary", "slug": "university-of-southern-california-early-childhood-training-center-burglary-2026-11-01", "institution": { "name": "University of Southern California", "shortName": "USC", "state": "CA", "type": "private-r1", "alertSystemName": "USC DPS Crime Alert", "enrollment": 49000 }, "incident": { "date": "2026-11-01", "type": "burglary", "cleryCategory": "timely-warning", "resolution": "under-investigation", "headline": "Crime alert reports a forced-entry burglary of three classrooms overnight", "headlinePublic": "Crime alert reports a forced-entry burglary of three classrooms overnight", "summary": "USC's Department of Public Safety posted a [burglary alert](https://dps.usc.edu/2026/11/02/burglary-55/) on Monday, November 2, 2026 for a break-in at the Early Childhood Training Center between 6:43 PM PST on November 1 and 2:40 AM PST on November 2: the suspect or suspects kicked in the front door, ransacked three classrooms and stole property.", "outcome": "No arrest is stated. The page was last updated at 12:27 PM PST on November 2, 2026. The suspect description lists bolt cutters as a weapon.", "endDate": "2026-11-02" }, "alerts": [ { "sequence": 1, "type": "initial", "timestampApprox": "Monday, November 2, 2026; the page was last updated at 12:27 PM PST, after a window that ended at 2:40 AM PST (a separate send time was not stated)", "channel": "email", "verbatimText": "Incident Description: The unknown suspect(s) forced entry by kicking in the front door, ransacked three classrooms, and stole property.\nReported Offense: Burglary\nDate & Time of Occurrence: 11/01/2026 6:43 p.m. – 11/02/2026 2:40 a.m.\nLocation: Early Childhood Training Center\nReport Number: 2604205\nVehicle Description: None\nSuspect Description (provided by reporting party):\nAge: 20 to 30 years old\nEye Color: Unknown\nHair Color: Unknown\nHeight: 5 feet 6 inches\nRace: White or Hispanic\nSex: Male\nWeight: Medium build\nAdditional Description: Wearing all-black clothing with a white decal on the front of his shirt or outer garment\nWeapon: Bolt cutters\nClick the link(s) below to view images related to this alert:Image 1Image 2\nIf you are in immediate DANGER, call the Los Angeles Police Department at 911 or the USC Department of Public Safety at (213) 740-4321.\nPlease note that race, ethnicity, gender and/or religious affiliation are NOT considered the basis for suspicion; only behaviors are considered suspicious.\nIf you have any questions or information relevant to the crime(s) reflected in this alert, immediately call DPS at (213) 740-6000 for the University Park Campus (UPC), (323) 442-1000 for the Health Sciences Campus (HSC) or (213) 485-6571 for the LAPD Southwest Division.\nThe Department of Public Safety (DPS) issues Crime Alerts to the university community, in compliance with the Clery Act, when a criminal incident occurs within USC’s Clery geography and represents either a serious or continuing threat to the safety of students, employees and others.\nThe purpose of this warning is to aid in the prevention of similar crimes by alerting the community about the incident and to provide information which allows individuals to make informed decisions about their personal safety.\nUSC Department of Public Safety Recommendations – Burglary\n- If you observe a crime in progress or discover your home has been burglarized, go to a safe location and call DPS emergency at (213) 740-4321 for UPC, (323) 442-1000 for HSC, or call 911 for LAPD.\n- Do not attempt to apprehend any suspects or perpetrators of crime. Your personal safety and the safety of others around you should be your primary concern.\n- Lock your doors and windows, especially when leaving your residence.\n- Be a good witness : It is important to recall what you observed and provide as many details as possible to law enforcement such as: the sex, race, age, height, hair color, clothing, tattoos, scars of any suspects and a description of the make and model of any vehicle used in the crime and its license plate if possible.\nFor other options to contact DPS, report crime, and ask for help, please visit USC DPS Report a Crime.\nUSC Transportation provides options to travel around USC including the Lyft Rides Program:\n- Get a Ride: Lyft is available at HSC and UPC to cover shared rides. Lyft at UPC is open from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. seven days a week (*on home football game days, the program begins 5 hours after scheduled kickoff). Lyft at HSC is open from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m., Monday through Friday only. Please visit the USC Lyft page for more information.\n- Verify your driver and car: Once you have requested a Lyft ride, you can view the driver’s rating. When your ride arrives, make sure the driver’s photo, license plate number, and vehicle description match. Never take a ride you did not request or get into a car that doesn’t match the details provided by the Lyft app.\n- Go the extra mile : The Lyft app’s “share your ETA” function allows you to invite friends to see your trip in real-time. The app will draft a text message you can share with friends that includes your ETA and a link to a live map that allows them to track your trip. Too much effort? Call a friend and stay on the line while you’re in the car instead.\nTo receive more information from USC DPS, please register for TrojansAlert:\n- TrojansAlert : Register for USC’s emergency notification system TrojansAlert to allow university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message and email. (Please note that students, staff and faculty automatically are signed up for TrojansAlerts.\nFor additional USC Resources, please visit USC Report & Response.", "isVerbatimConfirmed": true, "sourceUrl": "https://dps.usc.edu/2026/11/02/burglary-55/", "sourceDescription": "USC DPS official crime alert page", "annotations": [ "Copied on 2026-11-09 from the official page HTML (primary source), block by block, following the archive's USC DPS convention: the full entry-content, one line per paragraph, list item or table row, inline link text kept, page chrome excluded. Character count verified against the same extraction method used for the October 29 USC robbery case.", "The page was last updated at 12:27 PM PST on November 2, 2026. That stamp is the page update, not a confirmed email send time.", "The offense window starts on November 1, so this case lands in the round posted November 2 (October 26 to November 1), not the November 9 round; it is a late backfill found during the November 9 pass." ], "characterCount": 4244 } ], "context": "The [USC DPS burglary alert](https://dps.usc.edu/2026/11/02/burglary-55/) published November 2, 2026 gives the offense window as 6:43 PM PST on November 1 to 2:40 AM PST on November 2, report 2604205, at the Early Childhood Training Center. It describes one male suspect, 20 to 30 years old, 5 feet 6 inches, in all-black clothing with a white decal, with bolt cutters. The same center was the site of a [September 21 burglary alert](https://dps.usc.edu/2026/09/22/burglary-52/). The case is dated November 1, the start of the offense window, so it belongs to the round covering October 26 to November 1. No independent news story was found, so the case rests on the official page.", "keyFindings": [ "The offense window crosses midnight, so the incident date is the start of the window (November 1) with an end date of November 2.", "This is the second USC DPS alert for the Early Childhood Training Center in six weeks." ], "sources": [ { "title": "Burglary, November 2, 2026 (USC Department of Public Safety)", "url": "https://dps.usc.edu/2026/11/02/burglary-55/", "type": "official-archive", "accessDate": "2026-11-09" }, { "title": "Alerts archive (USC Department of Public Safety)", "url": "https://dps.usc.edu/category/alerts/timely-warnings/", "type": "official-archive", "accessDate": "2026-11-09" } ], "tags": [ "2026", "fresh-week", "burglary", "timely-warning", "california", "single-source", "backfill" ], "confidence": "high", "dateAdded": "2026-11-09", "lastUpdated": "2026-11-09", "addedBy": "ingestion" }