On Jan. 29 reporting Officer Sgt. Reid responded to a vehicle break-in. When the R/O arrived on the scene, he met with the victim, a Winthrop student, who explained that she parked her vehicle in the Courtyard parking lot earlier that morning. She stated that when she visited her vehicle later in the morning, she found that the car had been rummaged through and the glove box was left open.
The victim told the R/O that she checked her vehicle but nothing was taken. The R/O advised her that he would return to the station and check the video surveillance to see if the cameras caught anything. The R/O checked the cameras but the particular camera where the victim’s vehicle was located was not recording.
Sgt. Reid met with the victim again on Jan. 30 and explained that the camera in the parking lot where she was parked in the Courtyard was not working and didn’t pick up anything. Sgt Reid asked the victim if he had permission to close the case with the promise of reopening it if RHPD came up with some suspects, which she agreed to.
On Jan. 31, the R/O was informed by Dispatch that there had been a possible larceny. The R/O met with the victim and her mother who informed the R/O that five items were unaccounted for since she recently moved out of her dorm room and had gone to collect her belongings. The victim stated the items in question were a humidifier, a t-shirt, various cups, a gray bowl and a Memory foam mattress cover. At this time, the R/O explained and presented the victim with a Victims Notification Form and informed them if they had any other issues to contact the R/O or Chief Charles Yearta.
