Date/Time Occured
12/14/2021 at 7:35 PM
Specifics
Two students reported that at 11:00am on 12/14/2021, they left their private apartment in the 6000 block of Washington Blvd. When they returned to their apartment at 12:50 am on 12/15/2021, they discovered that someone had entered their apartment. Upon checking the apartment, the students discovered that several pairs of shoes, an iPad, debit cards and US currency was taken. There were no obvious signs of forced entry. It is unclear at this time how the subject gained access to the apartment.
The students did have a video system set up in their apartment and an unknown subject was observed walking around inside the residence earlier in the evening.
Response
St. Louis Metro Police Department is investigating
Precautions
Report suspicious activity immediately to Police at 911 or go to the nearest emergency blue light
telephone.
• Lock your door, even when you are at home.
• Lock the windows to your apartment when closed, even if you are home. Close and lock windows when
you leave your apartment.
• Remove objects such as coolers, chairs and small tables from outside your apartment. These objects
may assist someone to easily access windows.
• If you have a sliding glass door, secure it further by placing a piece of wood in the track to prevent it
from opening.
• Never prop open exterior doors or gates. If you see a door propped, close it.
• Don’t allow people you do not know to “tailgate” behind you into the building.
• When someone knocks at your door, don’t open it unless you know your visitor or you can confirm that
the person should be in the building.
• If you arrive home to find your door ajar, hear unusual sounds or believe your apartment has been
broken into, DON’T GO IN! Go to a telephone and call the Police.
• If you have security or safety concerns about your apartment or building facilities, discuss this
information with your landlord.
• Consider installing a personal surveillance monitoring device on the entrance to your apartment.
• When you are away from your residence, leave your interior lights on