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Show I jjWjiltipiiJtljllJiWlwpiMWi.WWWllTB JpBMOlSEiMglAj f -. .7" , These car accessories were confiscated by campus police Monday after another wave of burglury on automobiles parked on the University Uni-versity campus. Auto Thieves Hit U Campus By DAVE BLOCK Chronicle News Asst. More cases of car stripping and car prowls oc-cured oc-cured on campus Monday night. Through the alertness alert-ness of an unidentified University student and the fast action of University police one member of a pair was taken into custody in connection with the incidents. Alfred Lee Heward, 20, 1432 Murphy's Lane (3650 So.) has been charged with one count of second degree burglary and one count of grand larceny (theft of property or money valued over $50.) Charges stem from an incident Monday night in which an unidentified University student observed an individual getting in and out of several cars parked in the Merril Engineering Building parking lot. He notified University police who responded immediately. When officers arrived they found an individual putting property into a car. As the individual was being taken to the patrol car for questioning, he broke and ran eluding the officers and is still at large. Officers then blocked off the car and waited for the owner. At approximately 9:30 p.m. a boy approached the officers asking them to move their patrol car so he could leave. The officers questioned him and was consequently taken into custody. Tuesday morning a search warrant was obtained in order to open the trunk of the suspect's car. According Ac-cording to Lt. Garth Wilkinson, University police, an estimated $530 worth of property was recovered. Heward was arraigned Wednesday morning and the preliminary hearing set for January 10. Heward is out on $100 bond. Lt. Wilkson expressed thanks to the observant student who telephoned the University police. He said, the University community can render a great service to the police by reporting anything which appears to be suspicious to them. Wilkinson pointed out that a great many crimes are committed on campus that go un-noticed because students do not think anything of them. Wilkinson said that the public's help, many, if not all cases could be solved. |