diff --git a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/janitor/AbstractJanitor.java b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/janitor/AbstractJanitor.java
index 9c3e9a22..b8a0ad81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/janitor/AbstractJanitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/netflix/simianarmy/janitor/AbstractJanitor.java
@@ -304,15 +304,16 @@ public void cleanupResources() {
                         markedResource.getId(), markedResource.getResourceType().name()));
                 if (!leashed) {
                     try {
+                        cleanup(markedResource);
+                        markedResource.setActualTerminationTime(now);
+                        markedResource.setState(Resource.CleanupState.JANITOR_TERMINATED);
+                        resourceTracker.addOrUpdate(markedResource);
                         if (recorder != null) {
                             Event evt = recorder.newEvent(Type.JANITOR, EventTypes.CLEANUP_RESOURCE, region,
                                     markedResource.getId());
+                            addFieldsAndTagsToEvent(markedResource, evt);
                             recorder.recordEvent(evt);
                         }
-                        cleanup(markedResource);
-                        markedResource.setActualTerminationTime(now);
-                        markedResource.setState(Resource.CleanupState.JANITOR_TERMINATED);
-                        resourceTracker.addOrUpdate(markedResource);
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         LOGGER.error(String.format("Failed to clean up the resource %s of type %s.",
                                 markedResource.getId(), markedResource.getResourceType().name()), e);
@@ -330,7 +331,20 @@ public void cleanupResources() {
         }
     }
 
-    /** Determines if the input resource can be cleaned. The Janitor calls this method
+	/** 
+	 * Adds selected resource fields and all the tags from the given resource as additional fields on the event.
+	 * @param resource the resource with the the source data
+	 * @param event    the event that will hold the source data as additional fields
+     */
+    private void addFieldsAndTagsToEvent(Resource resource, Event event) {
+    	for(String key : resource.getAllTagKeys()) {
+    		event.addField(key, resource.getTag(key));
+    	}
+    	event.addField("ResourceDescription", resource.getDescription());
+    	event.addField("ResourceType", resource.getResourceType().toString());		
+	}
+
+	/** Determines if the input resource can be cleaned. The Janitor calls this method
      * before cleaning up a resource and only cleans the resource when the method returns
      * true. A resource is considered to be OK to clean if
      * 1) it is marked as cleanup candidates