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GPS units stolen
by Lital Shair
News | 9/25/07
Posted online at 9:03 PM EST on 9/24/07
/ Last updated at 5:35 AM EST on 9/24/07
Three cars were found in the Charles River Lot last Wednesday with smashed side windows and Global Positioning System units, among other items, stolen from inside.
Two of the students whose cars were damaged said Tuesday that GPS units had been stolen, one of whom had an iPod stolen as well, according to Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan. Another student had a purse stolen from her car that contained a checkbook and personal information, Callahan said. Patrolling officers found the damaged vehicles Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
Julie Vavoules '10, one of the students who had her GPS stolen, said she was notified of the theft by a voicemail left on her campus phone by Public Safety Wednesday afternoon, which prompted her to call Public Safety, who told her to check her car.
"Information was left for the students, …and the students who operate the vehicles came in during the evening," Callahan said.
"My passenger-side window was smashed, and my GPS unit was gone," Vavoules said. "I had a dent at the point of entry. …My glove compartment was broken, and the [air conditioning] vent near the passenger side window was broken."
Vavoules, who said she went with her roommate to check her car and then filed a police report, was dissatisfied that Public Safety didn't assist her with the incident beyond those measures.
"My public property was damaged, and Brandeis isn't taking any responsibility for it," she said.
Detective Sergeant Tim King, the spokesman for the Waltham Police Department said this type of theft isn't unique to Brandeis. "There's been a huge number [of thefts] this year, not just in Waltham, but in surrounding communities," King said.
"People basically [have] designs to steal things [and] will walk through parking lots, and if they see these type of devices, affixed to windshields with suction cups, they can see that they're just there, readily available for the taking," Callahan said.
Two of the students whose cars were damaged said Tuesday that GPS units had been stolen, one of whom had an iPod stolen as well, according to Director of Public Safety Ed Callahan. Another student had a purse stolen from her car that contained a checkbook and personal information, Callahan said. Patrolling officers found the damaged vehicles Wednesday at 8:30 a.m.
Julie Vavoules '10, one of the students who had her GPS stolen, said she was notified of the theft by a voicemail left on her campus phone by Public Safety Wednesday afternoon, which prompted her to call Public Safety, who told her to check her car.
"Information was left for the students, …and the students who operate the vehicles came in during the evening," Callahan said.
"My passenger-side window was smashed, and my GPS unit was gone," Vavoules said. "I had a dent at the point of entry. …My glove compartment was broken, and the [air conditioning] vent near the passenger side window was broken."
Vavoules, who said she went with her roommate to check her car and then filed a police report, was dissatisfied that Public Safety didn't assist her with the incident beyond those measures.
"My public property was damaged, and Brandeis isn't taking any responsibility for it," she said.
Detective Sergeant Tim King, the spokesman for the Waltham Police Department said this type of theft isn't unique to Brandeis. "There's been a huge number [of thefts] this year, not just in Waltham, but in surrounding communities," King said.
"People basically [have] designs to steal things [and] will walk through parking lots, and if they see these type of devices, affixed to windshields with suction cups, they can see that they're just there, readily available for the taking," Callahan said.
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John
posted 6/24/08 @ 12:19 AM EST
CBS Evening News ? Stolen GPS Units - Police database
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/06/eveningnews/main3996714.shtml?source=search_story
Tom
posted 7/01/08 @ 5:56 PM EST
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