Students may have been relaxing for spring break, but burglars were not.

Five burglaries occurred between March 6 and Sunday, and involved items of significant value, State College Bureau of Police Services said.

The following burglaries were reported:

-- Five residents of 121 W. Fairmount Ave. reported items missing from their apartment that was reportedly locked, police said.

Timothy Meanor told police that a Pioneer compact disc player, an acoustic guitar, an amplifier, a Sony Walkman, 48 compact discs and two textbooks were taken. The items are worth about $1,340.

Richard Maguire reported a Sony compact disc player worth $110 and about 50 compact discs were taken.

Patrick Moroney told police that 40 compact discs and two textbooks worth $75 were taken.

Samuel Lanont reported that one textbook worth $35 was taken.

John S. Riley told police that one compact disc was taken.

There were no signs of forced entry, police said.

-- John A. Stewart of Boalsburg reported that his residence was burglarized between March 9 and Sunday.

Stewart reported that more than $1,575 worth of items were taken, including a Magnavox compact disc player, a Sega Genesis game player, a portable Panasonic compact disc player with headphones, 19 Sega Genesis games, a blue topaz and diamond ring, a man's gold Penn State graduation ring, six compact discs, and mixed coins.

The burglar allegedly used forced entry, police said.

-- Kristine Weitzel and Lela Glikes of 501 W. College Ave. reported that their front door was kicked in and items were taken between March 6 and Sunday, police said.

Two leather jackets, a box of cassettes, a television remote and a VCR cable were taken. The value of the items was not available.

-- Chris Delozier, Robert Coleman and Jerry Kester of 670 E. Prospect Ave. reported that a VCR worth $330, two jars of coins and a fire extinguisher were taken from their residence sometime between March 6 and Saturday.

There were no signs of forced entry.

-- James Ryan of 710 S. Atherton St. reported that the sliding door to a rear balcony was opened and the heat was turned back sometime between March 8 and Sunday, police said.

Because of exposure to the cold, piranhas worth $250 died, police said.