The Case of the Filched Flat-screens: SENG burgled

The Science and Engineering building once boasted three HD, flat-screen TVs for student entertainment. Now, the building's walls can only boast thick, multi-colored wires sticking out of sockets–attached to nothing.

The TVs were stolen from the Science and Engineering building during Thanksgiving break last semester.

The first flat-screen was taken on Nov. 16 and the other two were taken on Nov. 20. The TVs were located on the second, third and fourth floors in between the A and B Wings of the building.

The TVs were part of lounge areas where students can sit on couches, study and play video games (each lounge has an Xbox console). Each Samsung TV is estimated to cost around $3,000.

UCCS Chief of Police Jim Spice told The Scribe that the case is still under investigation and would not disclose if there are any leads.

Spice did say that the department was checking pawn shops to see if the TVs have been sold.

Spice said he hopes the incident will help members of the campus community "stay vigilant to what's going on around them."

"We can't be in every building at all times. Public Safety is a small department," he added. "It's so important that people who see or hear suspicious activity report it. We're here twenty-four seven."

Replacements for the TVs are expected, but Spice was leery about saying how they intend to make sure the TVs are more securely fixed onto the walls this time, so as to not give anything away.

As of Feb. 2 the walls on which the TVs hung have been painted over, but the metal brackets that held the TVs are still up.