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Adams House Student Catches Thief in the Act

HUPD responds quickly but fails to call Master, tutors

"I don't know the specifics, but I assure youthe police wouldn't do anything to endanger awitness," he said.

Still, Biller said he was satisfied with theHUPD response.

"I was very pleased with their service," hesaid.

According to Biller, police responded withinthree minutes of his call.

Jenn Wu '99-'00, the other student whose roomwas burglarized, said she saw a man who wascarrying a television set leaving the A-entrywayaround 11:30 p.m.

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But it was not until an hour later, when shereturned to her room after visiting a friend nextdoor, that she realized it had been her TV thatthe man was stealing.

According to the HUPD's log, police receivedBiller's call at 11:53 p.m. on Thursday and sentofficers to the scene. Officers already on thescene responded to Wu's call, which HUPD receivedat 12:22 a.m. Friday morning.

On Friday, the log reported an HUPD arrest ofonly one suspect--31-year-old David J. Concoran ofCambridge. But yesterday the log showed that HUPDhad arrested a second suspect--30-year-oldFernando Victoria of Dorchester--in connectionwith the burglaries.

Concoran is being charged with breaking andentering at night with the intent to commit afelony, larceny of property over $250 andtrespassing according to the log.

According to Wrinn, the delay in listing thesecond arrest in the blotter stemmed from HUPD'slack of concrete evidence to charge Victoria withthe Adams burglary.

Wrinn said after the arrest of Concoran,Victoria was apprehended when he was seen in thearea carrying a television and had an outstandingwarrant for his arrest from an unrelated incident.

HUPD took Victoria's fingerprints in order tocompare them with those found at the crime scene,Wrinn said.

Though she had passed a man leaving Adams witha television, Wu said she was unable to identifythe suspect in question.

Wrinn said HUPD has not charged Victoria withthe burglary, pending the results of the HUPDprint work.

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