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attended. Police arrested a 23-year
old man April 7 at Smith Family
Bookstore for trying to sell back
Bayley’s property. The case is pend
ing investigation, and Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Paul Graebner said
he does “anticipate that an indict
ment will be returned.”
Associate University Librarian
Andrew Bonamici said book and
backpack theft is “definitely a prob
lem.” Bonamici said he believes
some of the thieves who target stu
dents at the library are profession
als. In response to theft reports,
DPS has placed more patrols in the
library, Bonamici said.
Noting the size of the library,
Bonamici compared leaving pos
sessions unguarded at the Knight
Library to leaving them unattend
ed outdoors. Ten to 15 theft re
ports have been filed at the
Knight Library since November
2001, he said.
“Part of the problem is that stu
dents are easy marks,” said Nan
cy Smith, manager of the Smith
Family Bookstore. “Students have
a casual way of life and don’t
think anything is going to happen
to them.”
Smith said her store gets reports
every day from students who have
fallen victim to theft. Theft reports
are most common on Mondays,
Smith said, because students of
ten leave backpacks — complete
with books — in cars during the
weekend, which makes for opti
mal theft conditions.
Another loss-prevention agent at
the University Bookstore, who also
requested not to be identified, said
students need to file theft reports to
prevent thieves from cashing in
books and to help bookstore em
ployees recover stolen items.
'‘If students don’t file a report,
we don’t know if it’s stolen,” the
agent said.
Students should file a theft re
port, including details of what was
stolen, with the EPD, DPS and all
local bookstores, the agent added.
While filing a report at one book
store may prevent a thief from sell
ing back books at that particular lo
cation, not all stores communicate
collectively.
To prevent theft,
and aid in the
recovery of
stolen material,
students should:
• Never leave possessions
unattended, even for a moment
•Report theft to the
Department of Public Safety at
346-5444 and the Eugene
Police Department at 682-5111
• Report book theft to Smith
Family Bookstore at 345-1651
and the University Bookstore
at 346-4331.
• To help bookstore employees
identify stolen materials,
mark books with an V
or initials, either in the
front of the book or
on a specific page.
SOURCES: EPD, m,
University Bookstore,
Smith Family Bookstore
Photo Illustration by Heather Gee-Pape and Adam Jones Emerald
Theft prevention specialists sug
gest students pick a page in each of
their books to mark. By picking a
random page and marking it with
an “X” or with one’s initials, books
become quickly identifiable and
can be easily spotted by loss pre
vention employees.
Attempting to curb the resale of
stolen books, the University Book
store videotapes all book buybacks,
creates a paper trail to record all
transactions and requires a poten
tial returnee to display a student
identification card.
At Smith Family Bookstore, em
ployees handle each situation dif
ferently. If an employee suspects
someone of selling back stolen
books, often they will lie to the re
turnee, Smith said. Such fibs could
include saying a new edition of a
book is coming out or saying a com
puter froze and that the returnee
will have to come back.
If Smith Family Bookstore is
aware that a theft has happened,
employees are told to watch for the
stolen books. Sometimes, Smith
said, employees will pay a small
amount for the books and will get
reimbursed by the books’ original
owner. Other times, she said, em
ployees will stall the returnee and
call police.
E-mail reporter Brad Schmidt
at bradschmidt@dailyemerald.com.
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