Theft in Worth Hills dorms over break

By Amy Sikes
Staff Reporter

More than $13,000 in cash, video and audio equipment and other items were stolen from two fraternity houses at Martin-Moore Hall on Dec. 24, the morning after the Fort Worth Bowl, according to presidents of the two fraternities.

Approximately $7,000 of stereo equipment was missing from the Phi Kappa Sigma chapter room, President John Discher said. Phi Gamma Delta President Chris Duty said approximately $6,000 of stereo equipment was taken from their chapter room, as well as a television from one member’s second-floor room. The Phi Kap and Fiji fraternities are connected by a door on the second and third floors of Martin-Moore Hall.

Discher says he has reported the missing items to the police. However, TCU Detective Kelly Ham said only small items such as wallets and cash had been reported stolen. On Tuesday, Duty said he had not yet reported any stolen items to the police, and Ham said Wednesday he had not received any further reports.

TCU allowed residents to stay in their dorms until the day after the bowl game, as long as they registered with Student Affairs, Associate Dean of Campus Life Mike Russel said. Five residents of Martin-Moore Hall were registered to stay the night of the incident, he said.

The police report states that the thefts occurred after an overnight guest of a resident left a room door unlocked.

Ham would not name the resident nor his fraternity but Russel said that the residents who stayed in the residence halls for the Fort Worth Bowl were not allowed to have overnight guests.