Masked intruder escapes arrest

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Ryan White said word of a ski-masked intruder in his apartment complex spread quickly.

“People were all saying, ‘Did you hear what happened? Did you hear what happened?’” White, Dallas senior, said. “Everyone has heard what happened.”

White lives at The Hawker, 1011 Missouri St., where a man entered the apartment of four female students at 3 a.m. Saturday, wearing a ski mask and holding a handgun. Police said the man woke the victims one at a time and demanded their wallets and purses. When the victims told the man to enter a room in the apartment, they locked themselves in another room and called police.

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When the victims told the man to enter a room in the apartment, they locked themselves in another room and called police.

The man left before police arrived. Investigators had not determined whether anything was stolen from the property.

Jessie Berkenfield, Chicago senior who lives in the complex, said everyone at the complex was talking about the burglary.

“Yeah, I’m scared now,” Berkenfield said. “I’m sure to lock my door anytime I leave.”

Berkenfield said after a day of panic, things had returned mostly to normal.

“In the back of my mind, I’m thinking about it,” she said.

One resident who lives in the building that was burglarized and asked not to be named said she always felt safe in the complex.

“I think it’s a one-time thing,” she said.

Jessica Stewart is a property manager at Tuckaway Management, the firm that owns The Hawker. Stewart said no new information was available from the police department, and that she hadn’t seen the police report.

“From what I’ve heard, the apartment was not locked,” Stewart said. “It wasn’t an issue of breaking the door in.”

Stewart said all of The Hawker’s apartments were wired with security systems that the residents could activate for a fee. Lawrence Police Department units patrol the complex. Police urged all residents to take precautions to ensure their safety, and to call the police department at 832-7509 for non-emergency situations or 911 for emergency situations.

Kansan staff writer Erick R. Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@kansan.com.

— Edited by Darla Slipke

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