- Jan. 20 -- A laptop and iPod totaling approximately $2,500 in value were stolen from an apartment at 4111 Walnut St. The female student living in the first floor apartment said she left at 8:15 a.m. on Jan. 19 with the door locked and returned at 12:30 a.m. the next morning to find the items missing. There were no signs of forced entry.
- Jan. 20 -- Sometime between Dec. 21 and Jan. 8, various pieces of jewelry valued at about $3,000 were stolen from an apartment of a 20-year-old female student at 313 S. 41st St. There were no signs of forced entry.
- Jan. 19 -- A computer worth approximately $1,700 was stolen from a second-floor apartment located at 214 S. 41st St. The occupant left the room at 10:15 a.m. and returned at 2:40 p.m. and found the door locked. There were no signs of forced entry.
Penn Police officials said that a woman in the same building witnessed a man attempting to turn her doorknob on the same day but did not call the police at the time.
She described him as a "very chubby-to-obese" black man between the ages of 18 and 30. He is reportedly between 5 feet 10 inches and 6 feet 2 inches tall with a medium-to-dark complexion and was wearing blue clothing and carrying a blue backpack. Police don't know if the man described committed the burglary but are looking to question him.
All three burglaries occurred in apartments overseen by local property manager Campus Apartments. Penn Police investigated the company's employees last semester for a string of December robberies in buildings managed by the company.
Penn Police Deputy Chief of Investigations Mike Morrin wouldn't speculate as to whether these recent thefts could be related, but he said that police officials are checking to see who had access to the apartments.
All information was obtained from the University Police logbook.
