Crime and Incident

Theft
March 28, 2008
at 3:21 a.m.

A student reported his bookbag missing from the entranceway to Resnik Hall. He had left it unattended for an hour before realizing it was missing.

Theft
March 28, 2008
at 3:51 p.m.

A university employee had left a pile of documents outside of the bathroom stall while using the restroom in Cyert Hall. When he went to pick up the pile, a series of tax documents were missing. The man had heard a number of people come in and out of the bathroom, yet could not identify an actor.

Suspicious Person
March 28, 2008
at 5:19 p.m.

A university employee called University Police citing suspicious behavior in the Purnell Center. A woman in a small hat and crimson clothes was rummaging through desks on the building’s first floor. When University Police arrived on the scene, the actor had left the area. Officers were, however, able to track her down and ask her to leave campus.

Theft
March 29, 2008
at 12:12 p.m.

An art student arrived at his studio in the College of Fine Arts for the day and found his digital camera missing from his work area. The student believed the theft to have taken place the night before. The camera and actor have not been found.

Protest
March 29, 2008
at 2:03 p.m.

Between 300 and 400 protesters gathered in front of the Software Engineering Institute and were heading towards Flagstaff Hill. The group was organizing in protest of the fifth anniversary of the war in Iraq. They first gathered in front of the Carnegie Mellon facility since it regularly receives money from the Department of Defense to research and create a number of military mechanisms. University Police reported the protest to be peaceful.

Theft
April 1, 2008
at 9:56 a.m.

A professor in the Tepper School of Business arrived in his office for the day to find his checkbook missing. He had seen it the day before and suspected the theft to have occurred the previous night.

Fire Alarm
April 1, 2008
at 12:12 p.m.

A fire alarm sounded in the Mellon Institute. The Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire arrived on scene and checked all three floors of the building. They found no fire or smoke.