Police Briefs

March 31, 2008 —

Purse and laptop missing

University Police have a description of a suspect in two recent breaking-and-entering cases on campus.

The first incident occurred on March 18 in Living Center North. A woman reported her purse missing after briefly leaving her door unlocked. Charges were made on a stolen card.

The second incident occurred on March 22 in the early morning when two subjects entered a room in Living Center South and stole a laptop.

The first suspect is a student who is a resident of First Year Suites. He was identified by being picked out of a line-up.

According to Sgt. Marc Strain, the second suspect is a non-student described as a black male, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, 160 pounds, wears glasses and goes by the street name "Fry Fry." The man was caught on camera at a store where the stolen card was used.

He was brought onto campus by the first suspect and may be connected to other cases on campus, but University Police won't know for sure until they arrest and question him.

Strain asks that if any student sees the suspect that they call University Police at 9-911.

Unlocked doors lead to missing items

Other breaking-and-entering cases in resident halls have occurred over the past two weeks. Doors were left unlocked in every case.

On March 15 a laptop computer was stolen from Living Center South. Three days later an X-box were stolen from Living Center North.

Most recently, an X-box 360, two controllers, a laptop, an iPod Nano and a Sigma Pi baseball hat was stolen from Living Center North on March 20.

There is no solid connection between the suspect known as Fry Fry and these three cases.

Wallet missing

A wallet was reported stolen from the public men's locker room in Ryder Center on March 20. The locker was unlocked.

Missing organization banner

A student organization banner was reported missing from the Student Center on March 25.

The banner had been hanging for a week promoting the Disney College Program.