Department of Public Safety officers detained a woman believed to be responsible for a robbery in Henle Village Tuesday morning, less than 24 hours after the incident. The woman was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department.

Amber Dorsey (COL ’07), who lives in the apartment where the incident took place, said that she was awoken at approximately 5 a.m. on Monday by a woman who entered through the unlocked front door asking for someone who does not live in the apartment. The front door to the apartment opens up to directly to a street entrance.

“That was the one time that we didn’t lock our doors,” she said. “It’s . a real eye-opener.”

Dorsey said that, after the suspect left the apartment, she and her roommates got up and saw that the living room had been vandalized.

“My roommate’s stuff had been dumped all over the kitchen table,” she said.

Dorsey said that a black Rubbermaid storage bin – worth $3, according to a police report – was the only thing missing.

The roommates then called DPS and MPD. Dorsey said that MPD responded at around 8 a.m. and dusted for fingerprints on several items in the apartment, including a bottle of olive oil, from which the suspect had drunk.

DPS Director Darryl Harrison said that although the suspect fled before officers responded to the scene, officers located a woman who fit the profile early the following morning outside of the Leavey Center and detained her. The suspect – described in the police report as a 5-foot-7, 40-to-50-year-old woman – was identified as Shirley Love.

MPD Lieutenant Felicia Lucas, who is responsible for the area where Henle Village is located, could not be reached for comment.

Harrison said that officers on duty were well informed of the incident and the suspect’s profile. He said that suspects are rarely caught so quickly by DPS.

“The officers, they did a good job,” he said.

Dorsey said that DPS officers knocked on her door at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday and asked her to positively identify the suspect.

“We all thought . that nothing would happen as fast as it did,” she said.

Harrison said that students can expect an increased police presence on campus because DPS patrols were increased last week after three officers were hospitalized in a late-night altercation, but was hesitant to attribute the quick response to increased patrols.

“We’ll see increased visibility and we’ll have additional response,” he said. “This is the normal response force.”

Correction: The article, “Suspect Arrested in Henle Burglary,” (THE HOYA, Sept. 29, 2006, A1) incorrectly stated that the burglary took place Monday morning. The burglary occured on Tuesday morning. The article also stated that the arrest took place on Tuesday morning; it happened on Wednesday morning.