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Arrest
made during car break-in TCU police assisted in the arrest of a man early Monday morning as he was breaking into a vehicle in the Ranch Management lot, said J.C. Williams, assistant chief of TCU Police. Security cameras that were being monitored by TCU police captured and recorded the vehicle burglary taking place, Williams said.
According to an incident report on file at the TCU Police Department, Sgt. Mike Hanvey and dispatcher Archie Evans were observing the ranch management lot on video when they saw the suspect break and enter through the passenger window of a vehicle in the lot. TCU police officers were directed to the suspects vehicle and stopped the suspect as he was trying to leave the lot, the incident report stated. After the police handcuffed the suspect, they searched his vehicle and found a compact disc player laying on the floor behind the driver’s seat, the incident report stated. The suspect was then taken into custody by the Fort Worth Police Department, Williams said. Fort Worth police said an investigation is currently underway but that a report is not yet completed. According to records from TCU police, there have been 22 vehicle burglaries in the past three weeks reported to TCU police on and around campus. Williams said investigators are not sure yet if there is any connection between this and other vehicle burglaries. Joe Parker, a sophomore History major, said his vehicle was broken into Feb. 18. Parker reported to TCU police that the radio in his 1998 Mercury Tracer was missing. “I’m glad there are security cameras and I hope they serve a purpose to maybe detract some intruders,” Parker said. Parker said it is good that the police caught someone, but he said the arrest comes too late for him. “I just wish the police would’ve been increasing the security on campus all along,” Parker said. Anthony
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