Vehicle Break-Ins Plague Hofstra

The Frat Boy News daily campus police report for Saturday:

Hofstra University (compiled by Brendan O'Reilly, The Hofstra Chronicle)

A student reported on March 19 his vehicle parked near Enterprise Hall was keyed. Two days later, three radios were stolen from cars parked in the parking lot near C.V. Starr Hall. The next day, a student reported that he parked his vehicle near the Chemistry/Physics Building and returned to find damage on the driver's side of the car. On the 24th, a student reported the theft of her license plate while parked near Nassau/Suffolk Hall.

Break-ins, vandalization and hit-and-runs are a concern for students and faculty who park their vehicles on the University campus. Last week, the department of Public Safety distributed flyers on cars parked in south campus lots to notify drivers of several thefts that have occurred in recent weeks in the vicinity of C.V. Starr and Monroe Halls and the Butler Annex building.

Cars have been left unlocked or windows have been pried or smashed open by one or more thieves who take cars radios and other electronics.

In response to the concentration of thefts, Public Safety has increased security in the area. "We have more persons on patrol, both in uniform, motorized and in non-uniform," Ed Bracht, the director of Public Safety, said. "We've contacted Nassau County Police Department and they're giving us an assist also with daily patrol on their part, both uniformed and plain clothes."