String of Textbooks Pawned at UNC-Wilmington

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Monday:

University of Alabama (compiled by Jamon Smith, Dateline Alabama)
Feb. 17 - 6:19 p.m.: A reverend from a nearby church was killed when he was hit by a vehicle near Coleman Coliseum. Police said the man was walking when he was hit by an unknown driver.

University of North Carolina-Wilmington (compiled by Brittany Butcher, The Star News)
Feb. 18: Students are being warned to keep a close eye on their belongings. Since Feb. 7 there has been a string of textbook thefts from the Library, said police. Textbooks are being stolen and sold back to Seahawk Book & Supply in University Landing, said UNCW police. There have been six incidents in which textbooks have come up missing either from backpacks being stolen or textbooks taken out of backpacks left unattended.

The stolen textbooks are easily identified by students, and usually show up within minutes at the off-campus book store. Campus police are notifying students through e-mail and fliers, and are asking students to keep their belongings with them or to lock them up, although there are no lockers available in the library. Some students have had their textbooks returned, police said.

Southern Illinois University (compiled by Maria Baran, thr Belleville News-Democrat)
A series of burglaries to vehicles at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's main campus has students and police on the lookout. 14 such thefts have been reported since the beginning of the year, compared with 76 break-ins for all of 2006. An all-campus safety bulletin was e-mailed earlier this month to all university students, faculty and staff. It advised always locking vehicles, making sure windows are closed and never leaving valuables in sight. Police reported no pattern in the thefts that took place in various parking lots, during all hours, every day of the week.