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Student’s Laptop Stolen in 35th Street Burglary

A student arrived to his off-campus residence on Monday morning to find the home burglarized and his laptop stolen.

According to a Public Safety Alert issued by the Department of Public Safety, the student reported to DPS that he had departed from his residence — which is located on the 1300 block of 35th Street — on Sunday morning, leaving the back door unlocked. He arrived home at 11:33 a.m. Monday to find that the residence had been burglarized.

No suspects were reported in the incident.

“It apparently was an unforced burglary, and to our knowledge the only thing missing is the laptop,” Associate Director of DPS Joseph Smith said.

Smith emphasized that this is only the latest in a year-long string of thefts and burglaries targeting laptops specifically , and he urged the campus community to read DPS’s safety reminders regarding best practices for avoiding thefts.

“I do think we have some thieves out there that are targeting laptops in particular. If you look at over the past year the Mac laptops have been of particular interest to thieves,” Smith said. “Public Safety Alerts always include information about the best practices and security and I would encourage our community to read those and take them to heart,” he added.

The Metropolitan Police Department and detectives were notified, and the case has been forwarded to MPD detectives for further investigation.

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