Today at around 8:20 a.m. a Georgetown employee reported that a laptop was stolen from an office in the Reiss Science Building. According to the public safety report, the employee had left the laptop in the office at around 5:40 p.m. yesterday afternoon, and when he returned this morning it was missing.

There were no physical injuries reported, and according to DPS, evidence indicates there was no forced entry into the office. At the time, the Metropolitan Police Department was contacted and went to the scene. No suspects have been identified yet.

The announcement reminds students that they should call DPS at 202-687-4343 regarding any safety concerns.

Between 5:45 and 6:00 p.m. Friday, a forcible fondling occurred at Village A, according to a public safety alert about the incident. At 6:19 p.m. a student called DPS to report the incident. DPS and MPD responded to investigate and search for the suspect, who was last seen walking west between Leo O’Donovan Hall and Southwest Quad. The search for the suspect was not successful. The victim was not physically harmed during the incident.

A witness described the suspect as a slim, non-student, college-age, 5’8″ black male, wearing a lime green jacket. The witness description also noted the suspect’s crooked teeth.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident, or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.

At approximately 2:30 a.m. yesterday, a Georgetown student confronted an unidentified male with a backpack inside his Henle Village residence. The man said he was looking for someone, and the student “escorted” him out of the apartment, according to a public safety alert. The student eventually learned that one of his roommates’ laptop was missing. The Department of Public Safety responded to the scene, and discovered no sign of forced entry.

The public safety alert describes the suspect as a six-foot black male, wearing a red baseball cap and a black jacket, and carrying a black backpack.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident, or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.

Update, 3:28 p.m.: In a public safety alert issued this afternoon, the Department of Public Safety offered a few details about the event. The alert also notes, “additional arrests related to this case are expected.”

Original post, 12:14 p.m. In a flurry of police activity that included multiple Department of Public Safety and Metropolitan Police Department squad cars, undercover DPS officers, and one MPD helicopter providing aerial support, two individuals suspected of burglarizing St. Mary’s were arrested in Burleith late last night.

The successful night for DPS and MPD comes after a spate of burglaries and other crimes in the area. According to University spokesperson Stacy Kerr, last night’s incident began when members of DPS’s Community Action Team, who were a part of increased security measures after multiple burglaries at the Medical Center, witnessed unknown individuals leaving St. Mary’s carrying computer equipment and boxes. The DPS officers were plain-clothed and monitoring the north end of campus in unmarked vehicles.

At this point, the undercover officers contacted MPD and followed the suspects to a large SUV parked on 37th Street, just north of Reservoir Road. One suspect was arrested there at 11:07 p.m.

DPS and MPD worked together to canvas the neighborhood to locate other suspects. One resident of Burleith tweeted shortly after the first suspect was arrested that DPS was looking for two men suspected of burglarizing St. Mary’s. Around this time, MPD also dispatched a helicopter with a searchlight to assist the search for suspects.

Within the next hour, at 38th and T Streets NW, another suspect (pictured above) was apprehended by reimbursable detail officers from MPD that the University pays to assist neighborhood patrols. According to an undergraduate who lives nearby, the apprehending officer tackled the suspect to the ground. This suspect was held on the curb on T Street for over an hour, during which time police searched a bag they found with the suspect and discovered a large roll of duct tape among other items.

DPS continues to work with MPD on this ongoing investigation. Several computers and other equipment were recovered by police during the incident.

Photo: Jackson Perry

At approximately 2:30 p.m. yesterday, two individuals stole several computer monitors from the loading dock area of the Research Building, according to a public safety alert. After an employee reported the theft at 9:00 a.m. this morning, authorities from the Department of Public Safety and the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the scene. Surveillance footage captured the images of the two suspects and their getaway vehicle.

One suspect is described as a roughly 5’11″ black male, 35-45 years old, wearing a black track jacket with a white stripe down the sleeve, dark pants, white shoes, and a baseball cap. The second suspect is also a black male wearing a baseball cap, 35-40 years old, wearing a dark jacket and dark cargo pants. Their getaway vehicle is described as a relatively new, white 2-door Dodge Ram pickup truck.

A few days ago, an office suite in the New Research Building was burglarized and a computer monitor was stolen, but there has been no indication that the two incidents are related. DPS and MPD are investigating both incidents.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident, or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.

The Citizen’s Association of Georgetown is in the process of installing security cameras throughout Georgetown in an attempt to discourage crime and catch wrongdoers. “We hope that it will be a deterrent in the neighborhood and that we’ll catch people,” CAG President Jennifer Altemus (COL ’88) told the Georgetown Current last month. Three cameras are expected to be operational by the end of January, and at least one is already in place.

Outside Martin’s Tavern at N Street and Wisconsin Avenue, a camera, pictured here, now continuously surveils the area. It can record any activity up to 200 feet away, and has the capacity to zoom in on license plates and facial features.

While the Current reported in December that the group has raised funds for ten cameras, WJLA-TV suggested last week that nearly three dozen cameras will be installed throughout the community. Altemus did not respond to a request to clarify the planned number and planned locations of the cameras.

Quoted in the WJLA report, ANC commissioner Ed Solomon applauded the initiative: “I think it gives the police another tool to use, whether it’s a deterrent or a prosecutorial tool after the fact.”

2011 saw a 12 percent decrease in violent crime in Georgetown over the previous year, but a 12-14 percent increase in property crime (i.e. break-ins and thefts), according to the Metropolitan Police Department. CAG is planning to post the cameras at “gateways” to the Georgetown community, such as stretches of P and 34th Streets, to ward off potential criminals, Altemus told the newspaper.

Altemus told the Current that the cameras will be placed on private property, with the permission of owners, and will film public space. Signs will inform passers-by that they are being filmed. The CAG president did not respond to Vox‘s request to comment on who will have access to the camera footage.

According to the Department of Public Safety, a University employee’s purse was stolen in St. Mary’s Hall yesterday afternoon. At approximately 4:00 p.m., the employee left her office for roughly fifteen minutes. When she returned, she discovered that her purse, including her wallet, credit cards, and cash, had been stolen. The thief or thieves entered through the front door of the office, and there was no sign of forced entry, according to the public safety alert. MPD responded to the scene, and is in charge of the investigation.

There are no known suspects, but DPS did say that one of the employee’s credit cards was fraudulently used at various stores.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.

On Sunday, December 11 at 8 p.m., a Georgetown graduate student was the victim of an attempted robbery at R and 37th Streets NW in Burleith, according to the Department of Public Safety.

The student was walking south on 37th when an unknown male approached her, grabbing her in an attempt to steal her backpack. Yelling, the student ran south on 37th toward Reservoir Road. MPD was notified, and its detectives are handling the case.

The grad student informed DPS of the incident at approximately 1:30 p.m. today.

The DPS public safety alert describes the suspect as a thin 25-year-old, 6’5” Black male with light skin and a thin, scruffy beard, wearing an olive green hooded jacket and baggy light light jeans.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.

At approximately 8:20 p.m. last night, a Georgetown graduate student was robbed on 41st Street between Calvert and Davis Streets in Glover Park, according to a Department of Public Safety alert. While the student was walking home on 41st Street, two males emerged from a black sedan, which then drove off. One of them, who was armed with a handgun, shoved the student to the ground and took his bag, which contained a laptop and school books. He then stole the student’s cell phone and demanded his wallet.

Having stolen the student’s laptop, cell phone and wallet, the two suspects ordered him to walk away without looking back. As the student did so, the two suspects fled in an unknown direction. The student called MPD, who responded to investigate the incident, when he arrived at his residence. This morning, he reported the incident to DPS headquarters.

The public safety alert describes the two suspects as African American males.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.

Shortly before noon yesterday, a Georgetown employee reported to the Department of Public Safety that a laptop computer had been stolen from his office, according to a DPS public safety alert. DPS’s initial investigation showed that forced entry had been made to steal the laptop, which had been on the desk. The employee told DPS that he had left his office Monday afternoon around 1:00 p.m., returning Tuesday morning at 11:45 a.m. to discover the theft.

A nearby office was also burglarized, but nothing was taken. There are no known suspects in the incident.

DPS requests that anyone who has information regarding this incident or who noticed any suspects before or after the incident, to contact them immediately at (202) 687-4343.