Police Report: 1/22/09

MALICIOUSLY ACTIVATING A MANUAL OR AUTOMATIC FIRE ALARM

Dec. 14, 1:03 p.m. -- A fire alarm was set off in Lora Robins Court. One Richmond College student was arrested and another was given a summons, meaning he hasn't been arrested, but will have to appear in court.

BURGLARY/BREAKING AND ENTERING

Dec. 20, 5:38 a.m. -- A university staff member reported that someone crawled in his open window in a dorm on the Richmond side of campus. The staff member awoke to the person leaving through the door. Nothing was missing from the room.

VANDALISM

Dec. 28, 12:04 p.m. -- Graffiti reading, "Life is a perception of your" in a circle with the words "own" and "reality" on the outside of the circle, was stenciled and spray painted on five doors and a statue of or near the Arts Department of the Modlin Center for the Arts. The graffiti was removed.

Jan. 16, 3:31 p.m. -- A dent was found on the passenger-side door of an RC student's 2005 Ford Mustang. The car was parked in the C Pines-lot. The damage was estimated at $300.

Jan. 18, 8:23 a.m. -- A bathtub in Gray Court was plugged and the water left running, which resulted in two floors flooding. The items damaged were a pair of Alan Edmonds brown leather shoes valued at $250, ceiling tiles valued at $80 and drywall valued at $300.

THEFT

Jan. 15, 2:52 p.m. -- A Westhampton College student was left with $1 after someone stole the remaining $64 from her wallet. She left the wallet in the Gottwald Science Center computer lab. The wallet was later found in the bathroom of the lab and returned to the student where she discovered the missing money.

Jan. 15, 6:02 p.m. -- A WC student's guitar, valued at $106, was stolen from her car in X-lot. The student said she had locked her car. Police reported there were no signs of forced entry.

Jan. 19, 4:30 p.m. -- A Pallet Jack, which helps transport heavy pallets, was stolen from around the Modlin Center. The jack was owned by the university and was estimated at $500.

CREDIT CARD/ATM FRAUD

Jan. 15, 3:03 p.m. -- A WC student reported $504.89 missing from her checking account after she gave her ATM card number and information to a pizza delivery person in December.

LARCENY

Jan. 17, 12:19 p.m. -- The second and last numbers were stolen from the front of a University Forest Apartment in the 1700 block.