By: Kia Farhang
Two Marcy-Holmes residents had belongings stolen from their cars this week, according to Minneapolis police reports.
Across the Minneapolis Police Department’s 2nd Precinct, which includes the University of Minnesota and its surrounding neighborhoods, 14 thefts from motor vehicles were reported last week.
Hennepin Technical College junior Paul Fure walked back to his house on Eighth Street Southeast early Wednesday morning to find three people standing near his car in the parking lot, according to a Minneapolis police report.
The next morning, Fure said he noticed someone had taken his sweatshirt, gym bag and car title from the vehicle.
“It’s kind of a little eye-opener to what’s actually going down in Dinkytown,” Fure said, who moved in two weeks ago.
A University student had his credit cards stolen from his car early Sunday morning, another police report said.
The student had parked his car behind his apartment on University Avenue Southeast. After noticing the car had been broken into, he got several calls from his credit card companies about fraudulent charges on the cards.
Someone tried to break in to another University student’s car Wednesday, a Minneapolis police report said.
The student parked his car near the intersection of 18th Avenue Southeast and Rollins Avenue Southeast before walking to work. Later that day, he noticed someone had forced in the lock of his driver-side door.
Office thefts
A University staff member had his laptop stolen Tuesday when he stepped away from his office in the Regis Center for Art, according to a University police report.
University police recorded 145 thefts in the first five months of the year. That’s down from 208 thefts in the same period last year.
Another University staff member may have had her credit cards stolen from her office Monday in the 717 Delaware Building.
A University police report said the theft may have occurred at a movie theater the night before, but the victim didn’t start getting charges on her debit card until Wednesday afternoon.