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Oxford police arrest 1 man, issue warrant for another after burglaries
Caroline Briggs
Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: Front Page
A Miami University bulletin put out Thursday evening alerted students of three male students subject to two different burglaries off campus.
Information regarding the cases has resulted in the arrest of an Oxford male and an issued warrant for a Hamilton male.
According to police reports, junior Theodore Catino was hospitalized after one assailant allegedly cut Catino's lip with a knife during a confrontation at about 1:57 a.m. Thursday. At McCullough Hyde hospital Catino received four stitches below his mouth. Sophomore Joe Buehler, Catino's cousin and fellow resident of their 21 W. Vine St. house, had his shirt slashed in the same confrontation, but sustained no injuries.
Ten minutes prior, around 1:57 a.m., Miami junior Chris Kelly awoke to a stranger in his bedroom at 16 E. Walnut St. holding a computer. Kelly reportedly chased the burglar out of the house and wrestled the computer out of the male assailant's hands.
Kelly said he had just gone to bed when he saw someone in his doorway with the laptop. When Kelly realized the male was a stranger, he jumped out of bed and chased the assailant out of the house.
"As soon as I knew there was someone in the house that wasn't right, I decided to go after him to get back what was stolen," Kelly said.
Once outside, Kelly said he realized there were two burglars. One reportedly threw a beer bottle at Kelly on Walnut Street. Kelly said he tackled the male with the computer and wrestled it from him after a struggle. Kelly wasn't injured, though he ran after the assailant only wearing his bed shorts. Once back at his residence, Kelly said he alerted the police.
Ten minutes later, Oxford Police received the call from Vine Street after Catino and Buehler were attacked by males matching the description of the white males reported at the Walnut Street burglary.
Catino said he and Buehler returned from uptown around 1:57 a.m. and saw two males in his living room through the front door window. Catino said they weren't alarmed to enter the house because he thought he knew the subjects inside.
Information regarding the cases has resulted in the arrest of an Oxford male and an issued warrant for a Hamilton male.
According to police reports, junior Theodore Catino was hospitalized after one assailant allegedly cut Catino's lip with a knife during a confrontation at about 1:57 a.m. Thursday. At McCullough Hyde hospital Catino received four stitches below his mouth. Sophomore Joe Buehler, Catino's cousin and fellow resident of their 21 W. Vine St. house, had his shirt slashed in the same confrontation, but sustained no injuries.
Ten minutes prior, around 1:57 a.m., Miami junior Chris Kelly awoke to a stranger in his bedroom at 16 E. Walnut St. holding a computer. Kelly reportedly chased the burglar out of the house and wrestled the computer out of the male assailant's hands.
Kelly said he had just gone to bed when he saw someone in his doorway with the laptop. When Kelly realized the male was a stranger, he jumped out of bed and chased the assailant out of the house.
"As soon as I knew there was someone in the house that wasn't right, I decided to go after him to get back what was stolen," Kelly said.
Once outside, Kelly said he realized there were two burglars. One reportedly threw a beer bottle at Kelly on Walnut Street. Kelly said he tackled the male with the computer and wrestled it from him after a struggle. Kelly wasn't injured, though he ran after the assailant only wearing his bed shorts. Once back at his residence, Kelly said he alerted the police.
Ten minutes later, Oxford Police received the call from Vine Street after Catino and Buehler were attacked by males matching the description of the white males reported at the Walnut Street burglary.
Catino said he and Buehler returned from uptown around 1:57 a.m. and saw two males in his living room through the front door window. Catino said they weren't alarmed to enter the house because he thought he knew the subjects inside.
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