A string of burglaries along Ostrom Avenue hit several houses and buildings owned by Syracuse University, including the LGBT Resource Center, during winter break. The Daily Orange was also burglarized.

SU’s Department of Public Safety crime logs show four burglaries and one attempted burglary reported at four locations on Ostrom Avenue over the course of five days, between Dec. 26 and Dec. 30. Another burglary occurred on Comstock Avenue in that time frame, per the crime logs.

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No arrests have been made in connection to any of the burglaries, Syracuse Police Department Detective George Hack said in an email. Investigations are currently underway by the SPD’s Criminal Investigations Division, Hack said.

The LGBT Resource Center, located at 750 Ostrom Ave., was the site of a reported attempted burglary on Dec. 26 and a burglary on Dec. 28.

Nothing has gone missing from the resource center, khristian kemp-delisser, director of the LGBT Resource Center, said in an email. The resource center was still operating at 750 Ostrom Ave. at the time of the burglary, kemp-delisser said, but the center is relocating to Bird Library this year.

The Daily Orange, located at 744 Ostrom Ave., was burglarized on Dec. 28. A small window on the building’s back door was smashed, which may have been used to allow entry, said Editor-in-chief Sam Ogozalek. Nobody was in the building at the time of the burglary, he said.

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The burglar or burglars stole a signed Buffalo Bills helmet, a company debit card and General Manager Mike Dooling’s laptop. The burglar or burglars attempted to make a $6 purchase at an Auntie Anne’s Pretzel location with the card, Ogozalek added, among other things.

All items were recovered and returned by DPS, Ogozalek said, and the debit card was canceled.

Houses at 830 Ostrom Ave., 838 Ostrom Ave. and 821 Comstock Ave. were also burglarized. Residents of those homes could not be reached for comment.

Published on January 13, 2019 at 7:40 pm

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