The University Record, January 16, 1996
By Rebecca A. Doyle
Vending
machines
vandalized
Over the holiday break, six incidents
of vandalism of vending machine
areas were reported. Damage is still being
evaluated, reports
Department of Public Safety (DPS) Capt. James Smiley,
but in addition
to theft of goods and money, some machines were severely
damaged.
Smiley urges anyone who may have information about the incidents to call the DPS at 764-8559.
DPS, Ann
Arbor Police
assist Georgia authorities
DPS officers
and the Ann Arbor Police assisted Georgia authorities in
effecting the
arrest of a 22-year-old male affiliated with the
University who had
outstanding warrants issued against him for 22
counts of armed robbery, 49
counts of aggravated assault, 17 counts
of possessing a weapon and 3
counts of kidnapping. All the incidents
had occurred in Georgia. He has
been extradited to Georgia.
Car stolen from
Church St. structure,
recovered
A 1994 Geo Tracker was
reported stolen from the Church St. carport on
Dec. 21, and was later
recovered in Chelsea, Smiley says. Authorities
in Chelsea are handling the
incident, one of 40 car thefts reported
to DPS in 1995.
New twist on computer theft
Smiley reports
that there is a rise in thefts of computer equipment
on campus, but they
are not all easily detected because cases and
monitors have been left
intact. The internal hard drive, valued at
$5,000, was taken from a
computer in the Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science Building some
time after August, but was not
reported until December, when an internal
inventory was
completed.
"They are taking specific components and selling them," Smiley says. He urges units with expensive computer equipment to keep it secured, to lock doors and to report missing equipment right away.
Anyone with information about these thefts, which Smiley characterizes as a series of larcenies of computer parts, can call the U-M detectives at 764-8559, or the Confidential Assistance Network (CAN) tipline, 1-800-863-1355. All information received is treated confidentially.
Woman arrested
for
harboring a fugitive
A woman who is affiliated with
the University was arrested Dec. 16
and charged with harboring a fugitive.
DPS officers worked with
Michigan State Police to apprehend the man, who
is not affiliated
with the University and who was wanted for possession
with intent to
deliver cocaine.
The woman was released on bond and her case is pending in 14th District Court.
Protesters arraigned
Warrants were issued for
12 persons, three of them affiliated with
the University, who were
involved in a disturbance during winter
Commencement. Picketers were
protesting speaker Neal Shine, publisher
of the Detroit Free
Press. Protesters were charged with
disturbing the peace, a
misdemeanor punishable by up to 90 days in
jail and/or a $100 fine. The
cases are pending in 15th
District
Court.