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CRIME ALERT - Public Notification
On Friday, April 19, 2024, the Cornell University Police responded to Boldt Hall, 727 University Avenue, City of Ithaca, for a burglary.
A pair of Apple AirPods Max headphones was stolen from a secured dorm room in Boldt Hall on University Avenue on west campus between 6:52 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on Thursday evening. The victim was not in the room at the time and there is no suspect description available at this time.
This Crime Alert is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act. Anyone with information regarding this incident should contact the Cornell University Police Department at (607) 255-1111.
Cornell Police uses the standardized opener 'On [day, date], the Cornell University Police responded to [location] for a [crime]' across all crime alerts — strong template consistency
Boldt Hall, 727 University Avenue, is one of Cornell's residential houses on West Campus
'Secured dorm room' is the alert's wording — but the surrounding journalism reported the burglary spree was driven by unlocked doors, a discrepancy worth noting
Specific time window (6:52-11:00 PM) reflects forensic precision: the victim's last interaction with the room and time of return
'No suspect description available' is honest about evidentiary limits — Cornell does not speculate where evidence is absent
Part of an April 2024 cluster — Ganedago Hall on April 17 was the immediately preceding burglary alert