A Penn State freshman was charged Wednesday with five felony counts for allegedly entering a Simmons Hall room Feb. 4 while the occupants were sleeping and for allegedly taking two Apple iPods, a laptop and three cameras.

Dustin McLaughlin, 18, of Philadelphia, faces charges of burglary, criminal trespassing, criminal conspiracy, receiving stolen property and theft.

His preliminary hearing is set for Wednesday at the Centre County Courthouse. McLaughlin (freshman-business administration) was released on $25,000 unsecured bail bond.

According to court documents, the State College Police Department met with the two victims who reported that several items were taken from their unlocked dorm room.

A Nikon Smart Cool Pix digital camera, valued at $230; an Apple iPod G3, valued at $400; an Olympus digital camera, valued at $250; a Dell Inspiron 5150 laptop computer, valued at $1,200; a Sony Cyber-shot digital camera, valued at $300; an Apple iPod, valued at $250; $15 cash; a New Jersey driver's license and two Penn State identification cards were reported missing. The total value of the missing items is $2,692.

Police said they ran a Penn State identification card access report, which found that the two missing cards were used Feb. 4 at the Atherton Hall Aquafina vending machine.

According to court documents, witnesses placed McLaughlin and Anthony Thrash-Strong in the Atherton Hall lobby at the time of the purchase.

When interviewed by police, Thrash-Strong said he was hanging out with McLaughlin at McLaughlin's Simmons Hall dorm room when McLaughlin went to the bathroom and returned with several cameras and other items.

When police interviewed McLaughlin, he said that he and Thrash-Strong were walking through the hallways of Simmons and noticed an open door. They allegedly observed two men sleeping inside.

The two entered the room together and took various items from the dorm, McLaughlin told police.

According to court documents, Thrash-Strong said he had not been honest with police because he did not want to lose his university track scholarship and did not want to be a "snitch."

The stolen items were returned to the victims, according to court documents.