The UNC Department of Public Safety is investigating a report today (Fri., Dec. 6) of a burglary occurring in Lewis Residence Hall on the UNC Campus.
A female UNC student reported that she was sleeping when a male suspect entered her room at around 2:40 a.m. When the victim awoke, the suspect quickly fled the room; no weapons were reportedly seen. The suspect was described as a White male wearing a dark tee-shirt.
Continue to monitor Alert Carolina website (alertcarolina.unc.edu) for any updates in investigations into this incident. UNC Police are asking anyone with information about this incident to call the UNC Police Department at 919-962-8100 or contact the Chapel Hill-Carrboro-UNC Crime Stoppers at (919) 942-7515. Calls are confidential and anonymous. You can also submit information to Crime Stoppers online at www.crimestoppers-chcunc.org.
Students should take extra precautions: make sure to keep room doors locked at all times, don’t allow strangers to “piggy-back” through entrances to residence halls or any campus buildings, and call 911 immediately to report any and all suspicious activity on or near campus. For a list of additional safety tips, see the following link through the Alert Carolina page:
http://www.alertcarolina.unc.edu/go/doc/1395/1762999/
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