Projectors reported stolen from 5 buildings

Faculty and staff members in five different buildings across campus reported projectors missing from classrooms Monday and Tuesday, totaling an estimated loss of about $15,000 or more, said IU Police Department Lt. Jerry Minger, reading from a police report.\nAs of press time Tuesday, five projectors had been reported stolen from Swain Hall West, the School of Law, Ballantine Hall, the Fine Arts building and the Kelley School of Business. Minger said complainants who reported the thefts each said the projectors could have been stolen anytime between Friday and the day they discovered them missing, either Monday or Tuesday. Although the projectors were hooked up to alarm systems, no alarms went off, Minger said. \n"They all have similarities," Minger said. "It's the same type of equipment, and in each case, the alarm systems were compromised in that (the thief) would have had to have damaged the equipment trying to detach it from the alarm system."\nMinger said technicians are in the process of securing other electronic equipment to make sure it cannot be stolen again without setting the alarms off. He said the case is currently under investigation.\nMinger urged anyone with information on the case to contact IUPD at 855-4111 and ask to speak to a detective.