Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Later that day, two unidentified youths were seen in the vicinity of Kirkland, Winthrop, and Lowell Houses. In one encounter they disappeared onto Boylston Street carrying two filled laundry bags and a portable typewriter.
The following day University Police alerted House superintendants and dispatched plainsclothemen to the area. They nabbed two suspects and reportedly charged them with breaking and entering, illegal possession of hypodermic needles, and illegal possession of narcotics. A third suspect, also from Dorchester, has since been charged.
"We have traced many of the stolen goods to a pawn shop in Boston, and expect a good percentage of the articles to be returned," Lt. Shannon said.
"I got back from vacation before my roommate, and was feeling real lonely," Lawrence A. Boguchwal '72, a member of Leverett House and a robbery victim, said. "But then I discovered that our room had had some visitors. The cigarette ashes on the TV was really fingerprint dust."
Boguchwal, who hopes to recover his tape recorder, took his loss lightly. "It's given me the first opportunity to meet the guys on the other side of the fire door," he said.