Hundreds of dollars’ worth of electronic equipment was apparently stolen from a Henle Village apartment last week, months after residents first reported a broken deadbolt to the university.

Ben Morsa (SFS ’07), one of the residents of Henle 33, said two laptops, an iPod and other small items were stolen from his apartment early Thursday morning. One of the laptops belonged to a prospective Georgetown student staying in the apartment for the night, Morsa said.

Department of Public Safety Director Darryl Harrison said an individual entered the apartment sometime between 3 a.m. and 7:50 a.m. while residents were sleeping downstairs. Harrison said there was no sign of forced entry into the apartment. He added that the Henle 33 resident who reported the crime said he remembered seeing a suspicious individual in the area at 7:45 a.m. when he left his apartment.

DPS has no suspects in the incident, but Harrison said it remains under investigation.

Morsa said the deadbolt on the apartment door had been broken for several months, as had the GOCard reader on the building.

“If you yank it really hard, it’ll open,” he said of the door to the stairwell leading to the apartment.

The residents filed at least two separate requests – the first in September – with the university’s work management center to repair the broken deadbolt, but Morsa said the problem was not fixed until after the burglary. He said a university employee came to look at the lock once but did not repair it.

Morsa said he informed Henle Village Area Coordinator Aja Holmes of the situation in an e-mail in January.

“These are the types of things that you would expect them to respond to immediately,” he said.

Morsa said a locksmith came and replaced the lock on Thursday after the robbery.

“[In January], we had some friends over, and someone thinking it was a party started banging on the door,” he said. “We of course wouldn’t let them in, but they body-slammed the door until the lock fell out and it flew open.”

Holmes declined to comment.

The Department of Facilities Management referred all questions to Vice President for Facilities and Student Housing Karen Frank, who could not be reached for comment yesterday.

Morsa said he never felt unsafe, but noted that he did not notice DPS patrolling the area unless there were parties. “I rarely see DPS people come up here unless it’s on the weekends,” he said.

Harrison said DPS considers security in university residences to be a top priority.

“We continue to give special attention to all our residential facilities and remind our students to ensure that they secure their doors as well as be observant for suspicious individuals and activities,” Harrison said.