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Burglary, theft subject of Campus Crime Alert #8
Caroline Briggs
Issue date: 11/2/07 Section: Front Page
After another on-campus burglary and theft of electronics this weekend at Collins Hall, Miami University has released Campus Crime Alert #8.
The alert stated via e-mail that between 9 p.m. Oct. 26 and 3 a.m. Oct. 27 someone entered a male student's room and took a laptop computer and an iPod from his desk. The report states that the door to the room was most likely unlocked at the time. First-year Taylor Brinkman, who had his room entered and his electronics taken, told police his items were valued at about $2,600.
The incident is the sixth Campus Crime Alert regarding burglary on and off campus, though the total number of burglaries this year has exceeded six this academic year, according to Lt. Andrew Powers of Miami University Police Department (MUPD).
"There wasn't anything particularly unusual about this case," Powers said. "We just keep stressing that people keep their rooms locked."
The alert wasn't issued until 11 a.m. Wednesday, though the burglary was reported to MUPD at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Miami University also released an e-mail to
Oxford residents Tuesday regarding an incident with a female student on Brown Road that occurred early Monday afternoon.
The information bulletin said a student headed to Hawk's Landing, formally University Commons, was grabbed by a white male in his 30s who had been following her.
A Miami female senior said that at about 1 p.m. Oct. 29 she was following the male on Brown Road while talking to her mom on a cell phone. Once off the line, the female noticed the man had stopped on the sidewalk in front of her. She said she thought he was going to cross the road, but when she got closer the man grabbed her wrist and gropped her, while mumbling something unintelligible.
"I was just confused," the female said of the man who had bloodshot eyes. "He must have been under the influence of something."
After she broke free, the senior said she ran to her apartment and eventually called the police. She described the male as wearing a flannel shirt, work boots and a knit hat. She didn't sustain any injuries.
The alert stated via e-mail that between 9 p.m. Oct. 26 and 3 a.m. Oct. 27 someone entered a male student's room and took a laptop computer and an iPod from his desk. The report states that the door to the room was most likely unlocked at the time. First-year Taylor Brinkman, who had his room entered and his electronics taken, told police his items were valued at about $2,600.
The incident is the sixth Campus Crime Alert regarding burglary on and off campus, though the total number of burglaries this year has exceeded six this academic year, according to Lt. Andrew Powers of Miami University Police Department (MUPD).
"There wasn't anything particularly unusual about this case," Powers said. "We just keep stressing that people keep their rooms locked."
The alert wasn't issued until 11 a.m. Wednesday, though the burglary was reported to MUPD at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Miami University also released an e-mail to
Oxford residents Tuesday regarding an incident with a female student on Brown Road that occurred early Monday afternoon.
The information bulletin said a student headed to Hawk's Landing, formally University Commons, was grabbed by a white male in his 30s who had been following her.
A Miami female senior said that at about 1 p.m. Oct. 29 she was following the male on Brown Road while talking to her mom on a cell phone. Once off the line, the female noticed the man had stopped on the sidewalk in front of her. She said she thought he was going to cross the road, but when she got closer the man grabbed her wrist and gropped her, while mumbling something unintelligible.
"I was just confused," the female said of the man who had bloodshot eyes. "He must have been under the influence of something."
After she broke free, the senior said she ran to her apartment and eventually called the police. She described the male as wearing a flannel shirt, work boots and a knit hat. She didn't sustain any injuries.
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