PENNSYLVANIA TIMELINE OF SCHOOL COMPUTER THEFTS The Sentinel Online : Local News

Here’s timeline of school computer thefts...
By Tatiana Zarnowski, January 7, 2006

Police in a handful of counties have logged about 15 school burglaries involving computer equipment in the past six months.

Here’s a timeline and inventory of the local heists compiled from Sentinel records:

• July — New computer equipment worth $18,000 in heists at Newville Elementary School and the old Big Spring High School, including 12 Hewlett Packard computers, three compact hand-held computers, two Mitsubishi power point projectors, a Sony stereo system and a 24-port Hewlett Packard server.

• Aug. 12 at Lurgan Elementary School in Chambersburg Area School District — $12,000 worth of computer equipment, including nine Dell GX270 power units, a Dell Dimension power unit and five Dell M782 monitors.

• Nov. 2 or 3 at Grandview Elementary School in Chambersburg Area School District — $38,500 in electronic gear, including 27 Dell laptop computers, three Kenwood headsets, a Dell palm pilot and a transmitting monitor for visually impaired users.

• Nov. 8 at Plainfield Elementary School in Big Spring School District — about $20,000 in computer equipment, including two Hewlett Packard laptop computers, two computer servers, four Mitsubishi video projectors and a JVC digital camcorder.

• Nov. 10 or 11 at Lurgan Elementary School — computer equipment and teaching supplies.

• Dec. 2 at Grandview Elementary School — $25,000 from at least 11 computers, LCD projectors and cash.

• Dec. 14 at Mifflin Elementary School in Big Spring School District — $11,000 worth of computers and computer parts, cash from the faculty lounge and student cafeteria.

• Dec. 24 and 26 at Hamilton Elementary School in Carlisle Area School District — more than $10,000 from the theft of six Dell computers and two “smart screen” projectors.

• Jan. 5 at Monroe Elementary School in Cumberland Valley School District — $40,000 to $50,000 worth of computer equipment, including between 30 and 40 laptop computers, four or five desktop computers and several digital cameras.