ASU police warn students of on-campus thefts
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Campus police are advising students to secure their personal property, especially in common areas, after at least 25 cases of theft of personal property — including seven laptops — were reported since the semester began.
Statistically, thefts of property are the most common crimes both on campus and in the city, ASU Police Cmdr. Jim Hardina said.
“The greatest thing we can do to prevent theft of personal property is educate people,” Hardina said. “Anything that increases awareness is the best way to prevent crime.”
An estimated $4,680 in personal property was reported stolen from Hayden Library on the Tempe campus on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week alone, including two laptops.
According to a police report, one of the laptops was left alone for about five minutes, and the other for about 15 minutes.
Thieves target public places like Hayden Library because they know students are likely to leave their property unattended, Hardina said.
Source: Web Devil
GET READY TO KEEL OVER IN THE KITCHEN
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For the second year in a row, the winter fundraiser of the Holy Cross School PTA will take the form of a kitchen tour. Five residential kitchens in three towns— Rumson, Fair Haven and the Locust section of Middletown — will be on display.
“Because Holy Cross is committed to community building as well as increasing school spirit,” says event co-chair Megan Modin, “we recognized that there is no better way to open our hearts than to open our homes.”
According to Modin and co-chair Darrah Kenney, the tour will highlight what the selection committee has dubbed “the Fabulous Five,” which they believe are some of the most intriguing homes in the area. They include an historic Fair Haven home built in the late 1800s; a newly constructed showplace in Rumson, and a waterfront home in Locust that graces the shores of the Navesink River.
The event is Friday, February 19, from 10a until 2p. Tickets are $50, which includes a gourmet boxed lunch at David Burke Fromagerie .
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