Moore, Mitchell await court appearance

The two men responsible for many of the burglaries across campus in recent months are awaiting court appearances. Laptops and other items of value were reported stolen from various locations on campus, including Pearsons, Hepburn, Stewart and Forest halls, as well as the library.

Bucky Mitchell is out on bail, waiting for a court appearance. He is being charged with multiple counts of cell phone and laptop thefts, Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley confirmed in an e-mail.

As of last Friday, Adrian Moore was in jail, held on bond. He is charged with trespass on private property — a College dorm — and other unrelated incidents in the town of Middlebury.

Neither of the men are being charged with the attempted trespass and burglary on March 13, where a screen was cut out of a Hepburn dorm window. There are no new persons of interest in the any of the cases of attempted burglary.

Hanley continues to urge students to be cognizant of their surroundings and report any suspicious behavior.

“Students need to improve their situational awareness and report suspicious activities to [Public Safety] immediately,” he wrote. “[Students] need to adequately lock up and protect their possessions.”

These recommendations, however, are all that Hanley can offer in terms of assuring such events do not happen again. Like any private property, the Middlebury Police Department does not enter unless it is alerted to a crime in progress.

“College property is private property and by agreement with the College (property owners) the police do not patrol or conduct deterrent activities on campus property,” he explained.

Rather, students need to rely on the College’s Office of Public Safety.

“They are your own resource in providing the campus community with helpful information to secure property and keep the campus safe.”