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Lawrence police arrested a 16-year-old male in connection with five automobile burglaries in and around Colony Woods apartments yesterday morning, according to Lawrence police reports.
Three of the vehicles involved belong to KU students.
One of those students was Nicole Trapp, Leavenworth sophomore.
She reported an unknown amount of damage to her car and a $250 MP3 player and an $80 radar detector stolen from her car Wednesday night.
Trapp said that she had never had anything like this happen to her since she moved into Colony Woods, 1301 W. 24th St., in July 2004.
Her personal safety was never an issue while living at the apartment complex, Trapp said.
“I don’t feel unsafe here,” she said. “This just makes me angry.”
Fred Marti, Colony Woods resident, reported the burglaries to Lawrence police around 11:50 p.m. Wednesday.
He told police he saw people walking in the parking lot checking the locks on car doors, said Dan Ward, Lawrence police department.
Police arrived shortly after the call. They identified and arrested one suspect at 1:13 a.m. yesterday.
Ward said he thought other people were involved, but police had not identified or located them.
Most of the burglarized vehicles were not locked, Ward said.
All items taken from the vehicles totaled about $1,000. Unknown amounts of damage to the vehicles were also reported, according to the police reports.
Colony Woods, along with other Lawrence apartment complexes, have tried to educate its residents about the importance of personal safety, said Gina Olinger, Colony Woods manager.
A Colony Woods security officer patrols the apartment complex four times a night in a marked vehicle, Olinger said.
Later this fall, Colony Woods might have a “courtesy officer” who lives at the apartment complex, Olinger said.
The officer, from the Lawrence police department, would likely begin living at Colony Woods later this fall, Olinger said.
“Residents are encouraged to keep their cars locked at all times and are advised not to leave valuable items in their cars,” Olinger said.
A second KU student reported $50 worth of damage to his windshield, also from Colony Woods, according to the police reports.
A third KU student reported that nothing was stolen, but that her car had been burglarized in the 1500 block of W. 25th Court, south of Colony Woods, according to police reports.
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