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Subscribe to RSSPolice in Pennsylvania are investigating how three gun-toting intruders got past a security official and into a Kutztown University dormitory early Friday morning.
Around 1:45 a.m., three men, two of which had guns, made their way into the dorm and knocked on one of the resident's doors, officials said.
When a student answered the knock, the assailants, dressed head to toe in black, forced their way into the room, police told NBCPhiladelphia.com.
The dorm invaders struck one of the students, searched the room, then fled without taking anything, according to school officials.
In order to get to the room, the men needed to get by a security officer at the building’s front desk and a key card is needed to open the outside door.
“These individuals bullied their way in and made their way to this particular room,” Matt Santos, a Kutztown University spokesman, told NBC Philadelphia. “It was definitely a breach of security.”
Officials at the school of some 9,000 undergraduates, located in western Pennsylvania, say the intruders likely targeted the dormroom and it was not a random act.
Police are offering a $5,000 reward for information about the break in.
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It could be these guys wanted to prove that the dorms weren't so secure after all.
Or they lived in the dorm.
Security card? It was an inside job. That is if it happened at all.
Security cards usually record the time and the person's name who used it.
Possible these kids made it up to heighten the awareness of the security just to stir the pot and give the security guards a kick in the pants.....
The kids probably complained that the guards were always sleeping or something...
Or perhaps the room broken into was one of the local campus drug dealers and the people who broke in knew that and were hoping to score a bunch of cash and "stuff".
The 'nothing was taken' part seems fishy... but of course if the guy had a brick of weed it's not like he would tell the campus cops about that.
Ya... when someone targets a room specifically and then "takes nothing" it usually means they took something the victims don't want the cops to know about. I bet the perps are still on campus, high as a kite and making cash once the heat dies down. chances are the victims have a good idea who it was as well.
I agree they took what they came for either drugs or money owed.
Fortunately, nobody tried to do something and nobody in the dorm room pulled a weapon or initiated a fight. The N.R.A. would love it if there was a shoot out and somebody dead (probably a couple of Fraternity morons dressed in black carrying an unloaded gun). Sort of like that Georgia mother that shot an intruder 5 times when she could have scared him away at the locked door with a shout (like her neighbor did) and had plenty of time to call the police. Too many guns. Too many stupid people.
Another Gun-Free-School-Zone incident. Perhaps, if this dormie had been armed, there might be dead criminals on the dorm floor, rather than "Police have offered a $5000 reward for information".
ANYONE who takes a gun with them while committing a crime has tried to commit suicide. The government needs to STOP violating our right to keep and bear arms, and allow us to defend ourselves from these criminals (and help them in their quest to commit suicide!)
Oh good. Finally someone mentioned that if everybody was armed............... I carry a bazooka in case of such events. It makes me feel safer because I live in constant fear, and I am sponsoring a bazooka appreciation day because of it.
Sounds like the sort of thing crazy college kids have been doing for umpteen years. Obviously, one of them already had or "borrowed" a dorm card from someone in the building.
In this Anti-Gun hysteria CLIMATE anything, and I mean ANYTHING will go on Media Front pages, if a gun of any kind is seen.
Do we know if the guns were REAL, TOYS or REPLICAS??????? You can buy those in stores and on Line.
On the flip side, I suppose anything resembling a gun should be investigated by the ATF, FBI, CIA, Local Police, National Guard, State Troopers, Federal Marshalls, Private Eyes, Navy Seals, USMC Force Recon, County Sheriffs, FEMA, blah, blah, Army Rangers, blah, blah.
Too bad, as this was probably just a college prank, but another chance for the Anti-Gun freaks to make their case. Anti-Gun people can now do just about anything to get another HEADLINE. They are REAL TRAITORS to the American People.
I lived in an on-campus apartment most of my time at school. You had to have a FOB to get into the building after 10pm, before 10pm you could get into the waiting area, but needed the FOB to get into the hallway that lead to the apartments. I can't tell you the number of times people would let others in. A big issue also was people putting a rock in the back exit door, so they didn't have to walk all the way around to the front of the building from the one parking lot to get into the building. I kicked so many rocks out of the door. The buildings are only as safe as residents make them.
Neale, are you serious? You want a bunch of drunken college kids to have guns in their dorm rooms? That sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Furthermore, the situation resolved itself... no one was injured, and nothing was taken from the room. That's a far better scenario than some judgement-impaired college student in a crowded dormitory grabbing his gun and frantically shooting in the general direction of the intruders.
I support the right to bear arms, but it is naive and unrealistic to think that our society would be safer if everyone constantly had a gun at arm's reach.
Great!! what's the date of the appreciation day?
Yes, great idea... let's arm dorm students.
I remember the dorms... we would wake up with a beer or cocktail, drink all day, go to class, come back to the dorm and party some more. The dorms were literally a constant party zone. Then add in the drugs, mostly weed which kept everyone calm, but the occasional juice head would always cause some trouble with his short fuse.
So... obviously... the best thing to add to this environment is a loaded weapon. What could go wrong? I can't think of anyone more responsible than testosterone-fueled, drunk, high, or raging college kids.
That must be the new NRA motto: "The best gun owner is a drunk and high gun owner."
Nice try freak. It only works for your kind. Not the intelligent ones...
Nice try, but try again.
Eastern Pennsylvania. That's why the story quoted NBCPhiladelphia, not NBCPittsburgh.
Thank you Harold for catching that. We pasted Kutztown signs on our way out to Pottsville, Pa. Whatever happened to editing the news before it's printed. Definitely eastern PA, not western.
But yeah, if you want to know who the assailants were or what they were looking for, just ask the victim. Glad no one was hurt.
Gun toting?
Cap Gun? BB Gun? Water Pistol? Paint Ball Gun?
No bullets, No "bang bang," No story.
Here's the deal. People who are decent American citizens have a Constitutional right to keep and bear arms. PERIOD. If someone gets drunk and fires his/her weapon, they get seriously screwed to the wall. You cannot legislate intelligent actions. You ALSO cannot legislate safety. Criminals do not obey gun laws. Therefore, We, the People, must vigorously defend our right to own and carry weapons. not all dormies are drunks. The dorm I occupied for a year had three drunks, and 93 sober students. 3 people do NOT get to determine the rights of the 93.
doesn't matter if it was a toy gun or a real gun. if you use a toy gun or even threaten that you have a gun (and you don't) during the commission of a crime, you will be still be charged.
@ Ralph43,
you are completely wrong about the lady in Ga that had to use a firearm to protect herself and her family. the man chased her and her two children through several locked doors before cornering them in a crawl space in their closet. even after being warned he still proceeded to come through the crawl space door in an attempt to get at the women and her kids. a warning at the front door would not have prevented the attacker from going back to his car and breaking into the house with a crowbar. the women was completely within her right to shoot the intruder
three men dressed in black sneak into the dorm and bust into the room looking for something and take nothing.......hmmmmmmmm either as mentioned before something WAS taken and not reported or this was the worlds worse case of mistaken identity. oops sorry wrong room......not buying that, i'm betting on the former and not the latter..
I am waiting for someone to say that the students should have been armed.
the students should have been armed.......
The students should have been armed.
nothing here but a drug incident most likely, time to move on to a real story.
But if the students were armed the world could be less two worthless loser sociopaths.
Yes, they should have been armed!
Seal Team3!
Perhaps the robbers were looking for weapons. After all, firearms are among the most often stolen property. They are VERY easy to convert to cash.
The students should have been armed.
The students should have been armed
The students should have been armed. When seconds count the police are only minutes away...
So, somebody please describe the guns being toted. Even better, describe the bullets. As far as we know, the students were armed and the intruders stole their guns. Ian is right.
How do you think deadbeat criminals get their guns in the first place?
The students definitely should have been armed. Preferably with assault rifles with large clips to be emptied.
Frat boy prank, or initiation rite!
I don't think armed intruders is a frat boy prank.
Doc, Then you don't know much about Frat Boys do you?
C'mon dude, we don't even know the guns were real. Get a grip on yourself.
Yeah, if a frat boy popped a paper bag in a locked and loaded dorm, game over.
Paranoia and gun powder don't mix.
Better to invest in Kevlar undies if you are terrified of strangers. It would have helped the Bladerunner's ex-girlfriend.
13dev,
doesn't matter whether the guns were real or not, the crime was real. if it was a prank, then it was a ill thought out prank and is still breaking the law.
Holy cow! When did they move Kutztown to the other side of the state?
It's NBC, why would facts have anything to do with a story?
Talk about the total absence of even rudimentary fact checking. How bright do you have to be to use Google or Bing maps?
Maybe it was one of Jerry Sandusky's tickle monsters.
What did they expect him to say, "They stole my weed."?
That's what we'd tell the cops in CO. I'm not sure if it would be covered by home owners or renters insurance though.
And if the dorm students were armed and shot the guy stealing the weed I think that's a justified homicide in CO under the Make My Day law permitting citizens to use deadly force to defend their property. It will be interesting when this is tested in court, esp. the appeals process through federal courts.
They were obviously looking for drugs.
Hey, NBC. Where is the story on the D.C. drive-by shooting? You know, that safe, gun-free haven?
And Mr. Giffords buying an AR-15 with high capacity mags? I guess they don't really report the news, just their agenda....
This seems to be a false or fabricated story. A few people dressed totally in black, with guns, unlocks a door, gets past a security guard, goes to a dorm room, just to hit a student?
....and take a bunch of drugs, which of course the student isn't going to report. Give it a few days, I'm sure the rest of the story will come out.
I agree - it just doesn't make ANY sense at all. Maybe just a continuing story in the "we need to ban guns" saga.
Or maybe the three intruders live in the dorm?
It is also possible that the intruders knew someone who lived in the dorms and let these three intruders in or security knew them and simply let them in. Either way the university could be facing a law-suit
or is it possible that the intruders hung around a back entrance (or front entrance, whichever was used) for someone to enter the dorm and then just piggybacked in after them. happens all the time. from the story we just don't know
Intruders don't seem to remember that guns are banned from college campuses as a general rule. Yep, another stupid gun law that isn't protecting law abiding citizens....
You truly think guns should be common on a college campus? If so, you're a champeen cracker. Thanks.
Ever heard of Virginia Tech? A student stopped the rampage, not the cops.
Guess they didn't read the sign that it is " A Gun Free Zone."
If only...the dorm residents had been armed...this could have ended better
remember you said that if it does come out that the reason for the attack was stealing the kids drugs. You would be advocating armed drug dealers.
Yes, a bunch of people who just woke up in the middle of the night could have started shooting anyone moving. That would be great! Thanks!
students block these doors open to allow friends in. I woke to a guy standing over me once. He left evidence.
LMAO!!!!!
BRAZZERS!!!!
(sorry, had to do it)
HELLO! See the obvious! More gun control advocates trying to push the point! This isn't the first time!
I think we need drones doing surveillance over colleges.
I have the solution to protect our kids.
1. disarm the American public, force our children to think guns are evil and bad
2. armed drones over colleges
3. Facial scanners and finger printing our college students
4. all emails, text messages and phone conversations taped by the NSA so we can solve crime before it happens
5. TSA at dorm entrances
6. DHS armed guard check points onto campuses around the nation
Spoken like a true liberal.
Thrill, don't give the government any more ideas than it already has.
thrill22- I am assuming you are being sarcastic, in which case, Kudos. IF you are serious, well, take those meds- they will make life easier!
Curious to know what type of guns they were toting? BB guns, super duper earth ray guns maybe plastic guns? Whole thing sounds a little hard to believe to me!
doesn't matter whether the guns were real or fake, a crime was still committed
This is a LIE a sad lie to keep the gun haters all worked up and scare them into supporting all this illegal gun control bans.
The only thing that stops crime isn't the law , a ban or even a black president its people that refuse to be crime victims, its people that enforce the law, its people that defend themselves and make the criminals go to other places where the democrats are Pro Crime and Pro Gun Control.
No way. Everyone knows that it's illegal to have guns in college dormitories! That's why that legislation was created, and therefore as a result of that legislation, there is NO WAY someone had a gun on campus! (sarcasm level = 11)
A security guard on a college dorm in rural PA is no Rambo! The guy probably dozed off since kids with passes can get in and those without them ring a bell to be let in by security. This was an inside job. The guys in black had someone's pass card and were hitting that dorm's "medicine cabinet". The kid who was robbed will not admit to the theft since it was illegal stuff. Kutztown used to be a sleepy Pennsylvania Dutch community but it looks like urban crime has arrived in full force.
They are lucky it wasn't a DRONE
Did they have a sign on the door that stated it was a "Gun Free Zone"? That should have stopped em'.
How DARE they carry guns in a GUN FREE ZONE!! That's it, now I'm mad!! We need to declare all college campuses a NO break in past security zone, oh and a no rape zone too! That'll teach those baaad people a lesson.