Crime Watch
By Daily Bruin Staff
March 31, 1997 9:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 2, 1997
Robbery
Three pulse oximeters were stolen from the Center for Health
Sciences sometime between noon on March 17 and 7 a.m. the next day.
The machines, valued at $2,400, were taken from the CHS’s 9th Floor
East.
During approximately the same time period an otoscope was
allegedly taken from Room 255 in 100 Medical Plaza. There was no
value given for the stolen equipment, police reported.
Across campus at the Men’s Gym, a thief made off with a soft
black leather briefcase valued at $300. The briefcase was stolen at
approximately 11 a.m. Wednesday after being left on a locker room
bench.
Auto Theft
Over the break, a white 1988 Honda Accord was stolen sometime
between 10 p.m. on March 21 and 7 a.m. on March 22. The car was
taken from 10801 Le Conte, police reported.
Sometime between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. last Tuesday a thief rolled
away in a 1986 Mazda 626 from Level 1 of Parking Lot 14. No
suspects are in custody.
Car burglaries were also the crime of choice last Wednesday in
Lot 14.
In the first incident, a white 1987 Toyota van had its driver’s
side door lock picked and its contents stolen. Sometime between 10
a.m. and 1 p.m. a thief pried open the driver’s side door and
removed miscellaneous goods worth $360.
Around 2 p.m., a thief pried open the passenger side door of a
Blue 1985 Toyota Celica and stole $120 worth of speakers.
In a third incident on the second level of the structure, a
thief attempted to burglarize a burgundy 1989 Toyota Camry. The
thief damaged the driver’s side door lock but was unable to break
into the car, police reported.
Arrests
Last Thursday, university police, under direction of detectives
Terry Brown and Debbie Mills, arrested a former UCLA employee on
charges of embezzlement and theft.
Police arrested Marena Keyes at her home in Inglewood after a
warrant search produced $10,000 in goods allegedly bought with
embezzled money. Police charge that Keyes diverted University
Credit Union checks to her own accounts by using phony
identification. Keyes was released on bail.
Compiled from the UCPD media log between March 21 and March 31
by Scott P. Stimson, Daily Bruin contributor.
