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This week in campus crime
BY SARA JOCHEMS
STATESMAN STAFF WRITER
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Over the past week, university police have been busy with vehicular and driving violations, dorm disturbances, as well as theft and news about the Montague 70 intruder. Sgt. Sean Huls, of university police, said that on March 4, one university officer was driving on Arrowhead Road, making a routine check-up on the National Resources Reserve Institute (NRRI) when a vehicle flew past him. “The officer stopped the speeding car and the passenger gave him a false name,” Huls said. Huls said that the reasoning for the passenger giving a false name was that there was a warrant out for his arrest.
Huls continued, saying that the specifics on the warrant were not listed in the report. “The passenger was arrested and transported to St. Louis County Jail,” Huls said. “The driver was given a ticket for speeding and no proof of insurance.” University police went to the dorms over the weekend to take care of disturbances.
Huls said that university police visited the 7th floor of Griggs Hall in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 9. “We issued seven underage consumption tickets,” Huls said.
Huls also mentioned that because of last week’s article, more people called in about the Sports and Health Center theft that took place on Feb. 20. “We recently have stilled images of two suspects in the laptop
thefts that took place around 3 p.m. on Feb. 14 in the study lounge of the Multicultural Center,” Huls said.
Huls continued, saying that according to the image, there are two white male suspects who are in their late teens to early 20s. They both appear to have short hair. “One of the suspects is in blue jeans and a hooded jacket,” Huls said. “The other one is in dark jeans with a multi-colored black and white sweatshirt.”
The four laptops that were stolen were two Sony and two MacBooks, said Huls. “We [university police] just want to make sure that if you have anything of personal value, make sure to take down the serial numbers because that makes it easier for us as well as you, when tracking down your stolen items,” he said. “Usually that information is on the backs of most items.”
Huls said to check out the university police Web site (http://www.d.umn.edu/police/) and contact them with any information regarding the laptop thefts. Huls said that the university was notified on Tuesday, March 11 that Sean Patrick Fredrick, the Montague intruder, has been released from custody. “I do not know the specifics; however, if anyone sees him on campus, they are to immediately call 911 because he is permanently banned from campus grounds,” he said.
