NEBRASKA COMPUTERS STOLEN FROM UNIVERSITY FIELD HOUSEThe Gateway - Computer equipment burglarized from Sapp FieldhouseMarch 30, 2004


More than $3,500 in computer equipment was stolen from several offices in the Sapp Fieldhouse during the weekend of spring break.

UNO campus Security reported that the equipment was taken between the hours of 10:30 p.m. March 13 and 2 p.m. March 14. The burglary was reported to Omaha Police on March 25.

The Omaha Police Department was sent to UNO to investigate the Fieldhouse. Upon their arrival, police met Dave Richardson of UNO campus security.

According to the report, Richardson said that by checking the security system, he could tell which doors were opened at which times. He concluded that whoever stole the items had to have a master key to all the doors.

The stolen items consisted of the following: A Hewlett-Packard Laptop PC, valued at $1,200; two Gem brand 19-inch flat-screen monitors, valued at $1,200 each; two computer speakers, valued at $30 each; one mouse, valued at $15; and one power strip, valued at $10.

Paul Kosel, campus security manager, said the matter is still under investigation