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[ Monday, Jan. 9, 2006 ]

Residents return to missing items

Collegian Staff Writer

No movies, no computer, no Xbox -- welcome back to State College.

While reports of stolen property from apartments and fraternities racked up at the State College Police Department this past week, Penn State University Police reported only one theft from a campus building.

On Thursday, a student returned to find a 50-inch flat-screen Panasonic television, worth about $1,900, stolen from his apartment in University Towers, 458 E. College Ave. After a preliminary investigation, State College police said an employee of the building had the TV. The employee said he found it outside the building next to a trash container and had mistaken it for trash. Police said they are still investigating.

On Saturday, a student reported stolen DVDs and a Microsoft Xbox, valued at about $2,000, from Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, 351 E. Fairmount Ave.

Another student reported stolen a Nintendo Game Cube, an HP Notebook Series laptop, Bose speakers and numerous video games and DVDs, valued at $4,000 to $5,000, from the same fraternity house. Police said they are still investigating both cases.

At Phi Delta Theta fraternity, 240 N. Burrowes St., a student reported stolen goods totaling $2,485. Among the missing items were an Alienware laptop computer, a Ride Exile snowboard and bindings, and Burton boots.

The only campus building incident was in Geary Hall, where a Dell notebook computer, valued at about $1,300, was reported stolen Saturday, university police said. There was no sign of forced entry.

State College police Sgt. John Wilson said he was unsure if there were more thefts this year than in previous years.

University police officer Christine Vile said she was also uncertain whether the dorms are usually broken into during winter break.

However, Vile said academic buildings can be a target and are highly patrolled during break. "I don't believe we had many thefts at all, surprisingly," Vile said. "A lot of times academic buildings get hit over the holidays."


 

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