Arrested Berkeley trespasser charged with burglary, possessing burglary tools
A judge ordered the arrested suspect to stay off all Yale properties at their arraignment on Thursday.

An individual arrested on Wednesday for attempting to break into Berkeley College has been charged with third-degree burglary and possession of burglar tools.
Yale Police Department officers apprehended and arrested a 28-year-old individual, who is not a Yale student, on Cross Campus after tracking a cloned ID card that they had used to gain access to the residential college, Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell told the News on Wednesday. According to a probable cause report filed by YPD Officer Tristan Keikel, Yale Security had monitored the cloned card since March 28, when it was used in conjunction with a bicycle theft from Morse College.
Upon detaining the individual and searching through their bag, the responding YPD officers found a mini tool set, a box cutter and bolt cutters, and a Husky wrench. Officers then searched for the cloned ID in Berkeley College. They eventually located it in the trash can of a basement bathroom in the college, according to the probable cause report.
“Detective [Eric] Bailey swiped the duplicate ID we found in the bathroom,” Keikel wrote, “which security confirmed it was in fact the duplicated card that was flagged.”
Upon arresting the individual, YPD detectives asked them if they would go to the YPD headquarters for questioning, to which the arrestee declined and asked for an attorney, according to the report. YPD Detective Gregg Curran then told the arrestee that “further law enforcement action would be taken” if the individual were to enter Yale-owned property again, the report says.
At the individual’s arraignment on Thursday, the judge, Brian Fischer, ordered the arrestee to stay off all University properties.
Prior to the arrest, the cloned ID was swiped at three locations on Wednesday, according to the report: a gate into Berkeley South, a Berkeley entryway and the Berkeley dining hall. Because Yale Security had disabled the false ID when they began tracking it, the individual tried to swipe multiple times at each location. They eventually entered Berkeley after another person swiped in and let them through.
YPD Lieutenant Jay Jones told the News on Thursday that it was not common for the YPD to learn of an ID being cloned.
“This case is the only one I can think of, and I’ve been here 33 years,” Jones told the News on Thursday.
The individual bonded out of detention on Thursday afternoon. They are scheduled to next appear in court on April 24.
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