Crime Briefs

Rick's disturbance reported

At 3:25 a.m. Sept. 8, Duke University Police Department officers responded to a call at Rick's Diner in reference to three males believed to be of student age causing a disturbance by throwing food on the floor, walls and serving counters. The students also picked up dining chairs and threw them off the elevated patio area, breaking them and causing $375 in total damage. The subsequent investigation identified the students. The case has been referred to the Dean of Students Office.

Bullet hole discovered

An employee discovered a bullet hole in an exterior second floor window of the Duke University Medical Center's North Pavilion. Police determined the bullet was fired from the direction of Shirley Street and was shot between 4:45 p.m. Sept. 9 and 1:45 p.m. Sept. 10. The bullet traveled through two panes of glass valued at $2,000 and came to rest inside a sheet rock wall, where it was later recovered.

Man spotted tampering with car

An employee reported that on the first level of Parking Garage II, at 3:30 a.m. Sept. 11, a black male wearing light colored pants, scarf and hat in a red Ford Probe exited his vehicle and attempted to gain entry to the driver's side window of another vehicle with a clothes hanger. The man also used a car jack on the front of the vehicle as if he was trying to move it. When officers arrived, they found the subject had fled the area. The victim's door was left slightly open, but nothing was missing.

Tools lifted

Construction workers in the Center for Human Genetics reported that between 12:45 p.m. and 12:50 p.m. Sept. 7 a 5'10'' white male, 35 to 40 years old, average build, wearing a white T-shirt, tan shorts and white shoes, took a $1,200 red Laser level, a $300 red and black Hilti ram set gun, a $200 set of wrenches and a $50 blue and white folding tool bag for wrenches from the bed of a truck belonging to Mid Atlantic Infrastructure Systems, Inc. When they yelled out at the subject, he ran to his 1990s white four-door sedan parked in the KT lot, threw the tools in and drove off.

CDs stolen

A student reported that between the hours of noon and 6 p.m. Sept. 8, someone stole his $250 Kenwood CD player (model KDC-7011) and 20 CDs in a carrying case valued at $300, and caused damage to the $30 dash/stereo housing while his secured vehicle was parked at the Science Drive metered parking lot across from Fuqua.

DukeCard lost, purchases reported

Between 1:23 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. Sept. 13, a student lost her DukeCard in the East Campus quad area. When she reported to the Card Office that her card had been lost, she learned that it had been used to make $245 worth of purchases.

Crime briefs are compiled from Duke University Police Department reports. Anyone with knowledge about those responsible for these or other crimes at the University can contact Lt. Davis Trimmer at 684-4713 or Durham CrimeStoppers at 683-1200.