Three student apartments on South Campus’ Small Road were broken into early Friday morning. These break-ins, in addition to two others last weekend, total five burglaries on Small Road in six days.

Department of Public Safety Chief Anthony Callisto could not confirm the number of arrests made Friday, but said at least one of those arrested was a juvenile. A report was not made available by the Syracuse Police Department.

Callisto confirmed two of the three burglaries that took place Friday. The two were located at 250 and 175 Small Road.

A perimeter was set up by DPS and SPD, and some Syracuse University students chased the suspects, Callisto said.

An SPD report listed a third burglary Friday at 260 Small Road, though it is unknown if the incidents are related.

In the burglary at the 250 building, three iPods, cash, one laptop and one Wii video game system were stolen, two of the three residents said.

One of the residents made an hour-long phone call outside and came back into the apartment at 1:35 a.m. to see her window screen was slit. A second roommate was sleeping in her bed, and the third was out of town. A chair was situated beneath the bedroom window, one of the three female residents said.

The first roommate called DPS, and both DPS and SPD arrived at the apartment. Police photographed the scene and left before 5 a.m., the SU juniors said. They were told by DPS their possessions had been recovered.

In the second burglary at 175 Small Road, an SU sophomore walked out of the shower at 1:40 a.m. and saw three people standing in his bedroom and one more person standing in his living room. He yelled to his roommates, but three of the suspects jumped out of his bedroom window screen – which had also been slit – and ran. The fourth suspect ran out of the apartment door, the student said.

His two roommates chased the suspects and attracted the attention of a DPS car. The student said DPS stopped at least two of the suspects.

The student estimated the total value of the stolen items at $3,500, which included a Wii, an Xbox 360, eight video games, video game controllers, a laptop, an external hard drive, a cell phone, a wallet and a digital camera. SPD had recovered his possessions, he said.

The third burglary occurred at 260 Small Road sometime after 1 a.m. Friday. An SU sophomore’s credit card, debit card, ID card, driver’s license, keys and cash were stolen from her handbag, which was placed on a chair near the apartment’s entrance.

An SPD report of the 260 Small Road incident referenced the earlier two burglaries. The SPD officer who authored the report wrote he had been informed of the other two burglaries and that there had been arrests made in those cases.

The student said she left her door unlocked because another roommate was coming home late, according to the report. She noticed at noon Friday that the contents of her wallet were missing.

When reached by cell phone Friday night, Sgt. Tom Connellan of SPD could not confirm the incidents at 250 and 175 Small Road.

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Published on September 7, 2008 at 12:00 pm