The warning followed a report of a breaking and entering and larceny from a dorm room in the John Q. Adams residence hall Monday.
Surveillance video shows the suspect entering the John Quincey Adams dorm.AMHERST - University of Massachusetts police are reminding students not to allow non-residents to follow them into their dorms after a report of a breaking and entering and larceny from a dorm room in the John Q. Adams residence hall Monday.
A laptop computer and an IPOD Touch were reportedly stolen in the incident.
The resident was not present but a witness described the suspect as a white male, six feet two inches tall with a thin build wearing a green Celtics logo T-shirt, black jacket, blue jeans, brown shoes and a black and gray back pack.
A photo of the suspect entering the residence hall has been posted on the police Crime Alert web site. Police are investing two other reports where laptops were stolen in the Southwest Residential Area. The suspect description was similar.
In at least one of these cases the suspect entered the building by so-called “tailgating” behind a student.
People are asked if they have information to contact the police detective bureau at (413)-545-0893 or (413)-577-TIPS (8477).