Drexel Crime Report
Omkar Baxi
Issue date: 11/14/08 Section: News
The following are crimes that occurred on or near campus and were reported to The Triangle by the Drexel University Department of Public Safety. All information included in this report is taken from law enforcement or DPS incident reports.
November 4, 2008
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
11:51 a.m. W.W. Hagerty Library
A student reported her black HP 2007 laptop, worth $1700, missing from the basement of the Hagerty library after a fire drill.
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
11:51 a.m. W.W. Hagerty Library
A Drexel student reported to DPS that his silver HP-T.C. tablet laptop valued at $415 was missing from the basement of the Hagerty library after a fire drill.
November 5, 2008
THEFT-BICYCLE
3:50 a.m. Kelly Hall
DPS received a report from a student who said his red Larola bike with white and black tires, estimated at $100, had been stolen from the bike rack on the side of Kelly Hall.
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
2:01 p.m. University Crossings
DPS received report from an individual in room 100 of Crossings that her friend's purse had been stolen from a chair in the room. The caller reported that when she called her friend's cellphone, a female announcing herself as a detective answered. The victim's bank account had also been emptied of over $600.
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
4:13 p.m. English Language Center
A desk worker reported that a Dell laptop had been taken from one of the classrooms in the building. The value of the laptop is estimated at between $800 and $1200.
November 7, 2008
TRESPASSING
5:29 a.m. Earle Mack School of Law
DPS received report from a Drexel bus driver that a man was asleep on a Drexel bus. The man was found asleep, wrapped in a blanket. The locks on the bus were damaged.
LAW VIOLATION-DRUGS
1:30 a.m. Race Street Hall
A DPS officer found a bottle of rum and a bag with a plastic tin filled with a leafy substance and a pipe in a student's drawer in Race Street Hall after responding to a call about a possible policy violation.
November 4, 2008
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
11:51 a.m. W.W. Hagerty Library
A student reported her black HP 2007 laptop, worth $1700, missing from the basement of the Hagerty library after a fire drill.
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
11:51 a.m. W.W. Hagerty Library
A Drexel student reported to DPS that his silver HP-T.C. tablet laptop valued at $415 was missing from the basement of the Hagerty library after a fire drill.
November 5, 2008
THEFT-BICYCLE
3:50 a.m. Kelly Hall
DPS received a report from a student who said his red Larola bike with white and black tires, estimated at $100, had been stolen from the bike rack on the side of Kelly Hall.
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
2:01 p.m. University Crossings
DPS received report from an individual in room 100 of Crossings that her friend's purse had been stolen from a chair in the room. The caller reported that when she called her friend's cellphone, a female announcing herself as a detective answered. The victim's bank account had also been emptied of over $600.
THEFT FROM BUILDINGS
4:13 p.m. English Language Center
A desk worker reported that a Dell laptop had been taken from one of the classrooms in the building. The value of the laptop is estimated at between $800 and $1200.
November 7, 2008
TRESPASSING
5:29 a.m. Earle Mack School of Law
DPS received report from a Drexel bus driver that a man was asleep on a Drexel bus. The man was found asleep, wrapped in a blanket. The locks on the bus were damaged.
LAW VIOLATION-DRUGS
1:30 a.m. Race Street Hall
A DPS officer found a bottle of rum and a bag with a plastic tin filled with a leafy substance and a pipe in a student's drawer in Race Street Hall after responding to a call about a possible policy violation.
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