# Klein College Break-In

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An unknown male broke into the Klein College of Media and Communication overnight on Monday. According to an email from TUPD, the break-in happened at around 4 a.m. The burglar stole multiple cameras.

Police are investigating an early morning robbery here at Annenberg. A burglar took more than $10K worth of equipment out of Klein College early Monday morning.This investigation is still ongoing. Klein students and staff told me they’re not exactly afraid, but more curious as to the details of this theft.

Finn Bellomo is the equipment technician and systems coordinator at Klein.

“They were able to snag some things. Thankfully not too much, but yeah, definitely. It seemed like one guy got in here. Did as much damage as he did and left,” Bellomo said.

They got one of my grad camera kits, and then they got two from the FMA office because we share a door. The thief stole a GH5 camera, valued at over $4,000, from Klein's equipment office. Two cameras from the School of Film and Media Arts were also stolen.

"I don't think anyone should be scared. He was here at night. As far as we can tell, he didn't have a weapon. It seemed like he knew he wanted to take our cameras,” Bellomo said.

A source tells Temple Update that the burglar used a pry bar to enter the building. Detectives took fingerprints around the building.

The university sent an email saying the suspect broke into the building around 4 a.m. and left after a few minutes, but sources tell us he was here for several hours. For TU alerts, we get an active scene about burglaries or shootings or large crowds. But since this was a theft, and it was within campus, maybe it's different.

The daily crime log shows the times of occurrence from 12:50 a.m. to 4:04 a.m. The university and TUPD said they are unable to share additional information beyond the email sent because the investigation is ongoing. Klein students aren't scared, just confused.

“I wouldn't say I'm scared. I'm just more kind of like, why? Why did they do it?” senior Lizzy Fryer said.

Junior Jeremy Shover says the theft was not worrisome, just unusual.

“I think students can have a reason to feel scared. But I don't think this is widespread, like person to person issue for students. I think it's more of a one person doing their own acts on their own,” said Shover.