Pair posing as painters steal computers from Philadelphia schools
A pair of thieves wearing dust masks stole $13,600 worth of computers from two city elementary schools in the last week by posing as painters.
The incidents are the latest computer-equipment thefts from district buildings in the last school year. District officials said Friday they could not say how much had been stolen. But an internal report obtained by The Inquirer put the value of computers stolen in that period at $615,000.
In the latest crimes, the men, believed to be in their 20s, are sought for the thefts of 12 laptops from Kinsey School in West Oak Lane on July 22 and of an iMac desktop computer from the Pennell School in Ogontz on Wednesday.
In each case, the duo showed up shortly after building engineers opened the schools at 7 a.m. and before most summer employees had arrived.
"We have had a spate of computer thefts over the last two years," said James B. Golden Jr., the district's chief safety
Read more: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/education/20100731_Pair_posing_as_painters_steal_computers_from_Philadelphia_schools.html#ixzz0vMRNtug1The incidents are the latest computer-equipment thefts from district buildings in the last school year. District officials said Friday they could not say how much had been stolen. But an internal report obtained by The Inquirer put the value of computers stolen in that period at $615,000.
In the latest crimes, the men, believed to be in their 20s, are sought for the thefts of 12 laptops from Kinsey School in West Oak Lane on July 22 and of an iMac desktop computer from the Pennell School in Ogontz on Wednesday.
In each case, the duo showed up shortly after building engineers opened the schools at 7 a.m. and before most summer employees had arrived.
"We have had a spate of computer thefts over the last two years," said James B. Golden Jr., the district's chief safety
Watch sports videos you won't find anywhere else
RECENT STORIES