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Canadian detained at border with 11 computers allegedly taken from school

By MELISSA WEST
Tribune Staff Writer

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An Andrews University student who was detained last week at the Canadian border with more than $8,000 in computer equipment reportedly stolen from his school was arraigned Monday in Berrien County Trial Court.

U.S. customs and border protection agents stopped Nathan Dinsley, a 25-year-old Canadian citizen, as he tried to enter Canada on Nov. 23 via the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit, a news release from the Berrien Springs Police Department said. Police said Dinsley was not able to explain his possession of 11 new computers that were found during a search of his car.

The agents contacted Berrien Springs authorities with information about Dinsley about 7:30 p.m. About eight hours earlier, police in Berrien Springs had investigated a computer larceny in one of Andrews University's residence halls. A study room in Burman Hall, where Dinsley lives, had been broken into and 11 computers valued at $8,484 were stolen, the release said.

Berrien Springs police requested that Dinsley be held and obtained a warrant for his arrest Wednesday. He was brought back to Berrien County and held on $250,000 bond until his arraignment Monday. The computers were returned to Andrews.

Dinsley was charged with breaking and entering with the intent to commit larceny, a possible 10-year felony, and receiving and concealing stolen property $1,000 to $20,000, a possible 5-year felony.

His bond was set at $50,000 cash/surety and his preliminary examination conference is Friday.

Tribune staff writer Jeff Romig contributed to this story