Spring Break
Newspaper Burglarized
Melinda Fusco
Issue date: 8/31/05 Section: News
The Daily Campus, UConn's student newspaper, was the victim of a robbery of computer and computer and photo equipment totaling over $20,000 on Aug. 19.
The burglary, at The Daily Campus Building located at 11 Dog Lane in Storrs was reported to UConn police on Friday, Aug. 19 at 8:55 a.m. by Daily Campus staff that arrived sometime earlier, according to a press release by UConn police on Aug. 20. The newspaper's server was disconnected around 2 a.m. Friday morning.
Around $23,000 in computer and photo equipment was stolen, according to UConn Police Maj. Ronald Blicher. This equipment included five flat screen Apple monitors and two digital cameras, Gaffey said.
"In addition, the server was stolen, which is valued at $6,100," Gaffey said. "It was also several thousand [dollars] for installation."
"Nancy Depathy, [Daily Campus] financial manager, discovered the break-in after she couldn't connect to the server," Gaffey said.
According to Gaffey, Depathy checked the server room when she could not connect, and noticed the server was gone. She immediately called the police, he said.
According to Blicher, police initially responded to the call and detectives came in to process the scene for evidence gathered.
Initial reports indicate there was no forced entry to the building, and that exterior doors of the two-story building were locked. The burglary occurred sometime between Thursday evening and Friday morning, Aug.18 to Aug.19, according to the press release.
"The detectives stayed for several a few hours," Gaffey said. "They dusted for finger prints and asked us many questions."
According to Gaffey, The Daily Campus is insured and they are presently working with the insurance company to replace stolen equipment.
John Lynch, owner of Asset Recovery Center in Milford, who has no affiliation with UConn, donated a Dell sever to The Daily Campus, Gaffey said.
Lynch said he, "heard about the burglary on the Channel 3 morning news."
The burglary, at The Daily Campus Building located at 11 Dog Lane in Storrs was reported to UConn police on Friday, Aug. 19 at 8:55 a.m. by Daily Campus staff that arrived sometime earlier, according to a press release by UConn police on Aug. 20. The newspaper's server was disconnected around 2 a.m. Friday morning.
Around $23,000 in computer and photo equipment was stolen, according to UConn Police Maj. Ronald Blicher. This equipment included five flat screen Apple monitors and two digital cameras, Gaffey said.
"In addition, the server was stolen, which is valued at $6,100," Gaffey said. "It was also several thousand [dollars] for installation."
"Nancy Depathy, [Daily Campus] financial manager, discovered the break-in after she couldn't connect to the server," Gaffey said.
According to Gaffey, Depathy checked the server room when she could not connect, and noticed the server was gone. She immediately called the police, he said.
According to Blicher, police initially responded to the call and detectives came in to process the scene for evidence gathered.
Initial reports indicate there was no forced entry to the building, and that exterior doors of the two-story building were locked. The burglary occurred sometime between Thursday evening and Friday morning, Aug.18 to Aug.19, according to the press release.
"The detectives stayed for several a few hours," Gaffey said. "They dusted for finger prints and asked us many questions."
According to Gaffey, The Daily Campus is insured and they are presently working with the insurance company to replace stolen equipment.
John Lynch, owner of Asset Recovery Center in Milford, who has no affiliation with UConn, donated a Dell sever to The Daily Campus, Gaffey said.
Lynch said he, "heard about the burglary on the Channel 3 morning news."