Rash of thefts, burglaries occurs during Fall Break

Several crimes occurred on campus during Fall Break and the preceding week, according to Princeton Borough and Princeton Township Police Department press releases.

In addition to a number of bicycles, a computer projector, a laptop and a golf cart were reported stolen since Oct. 22.

Public Safety usually sees about one crime each week, campus Crime Prevention Specialist Barry Weiser has said. But vacations when students leave campus tend to be prime time for increased crime, he said in March after a rash of thefts during Spring Break.

An engineering professor's office was entered Oct. 23 and his Dell laptop computer, valued at $2,500, was stolen from his desk, Borough Police said.

A Yamaha golf cart owned by the University athletics department was stolen by an unknown person who cut a hole in a chain-link fence of a lot where the cart was stored, according to the release.

The cart was found the next day at the bottom of the empty pool at Broadmead Swim Club on Broadmead Street and returned to the University, Township Police said.

Another theft was reported Oct. 22 about an engineering school computer projector, valued at $4,007, that was stolen from the Nassau Inn in late September, Borough Police said. The projector had been used for a presentation, according to a release.

Though no arrests have been made, one incident led to a description of a potential burglar.

Two female students were asleep at 3:30 a.m. Oct. 26 when a man climbed onto their windowsill in 1901 Hall, according to a Borough Police press release.

When the intruder attempted to push in the window screen, one student awakened, police said. She approached the window, causing the man to flee toward University Place.

He is described as a white man with dark hair, approximately 6 feet tall and 25 years old. He was wearing a dark shirt and tan pants.