A private donor is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for a rash of recent thefts of audio-visual equipment on campus.
In the last six months, six video projectors - valued at $6,700 each - have been stolen, said Ron Landis, equipment services supervisor for the University Teaching Center. Landis added that only two projectors had been swiped in the previous five years.
"People are dependent on these machines," he said. "Teachers base their classes on our projectors and the thefts are crippling these instructors' ability to teach."
The most recent theft was Feb. 5 in the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Building, when a video projector attached to the ceiling, along with a $500 amplifier in a locked cabinet, were taken from Room 338.
"They slice right through the steel cables," Landis said. "These machines are popular and they are portable."
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