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  • WCU's Independent Student Uoice) AROLINIAlN Cyber Crime Conference Pg. 4 January 30, 2002, Vol. 66, Issue 08 www. westerncarolinian.com Cullowhee, USA Freshman Charged in $15K Computer Equipment Theft By Samantha Helms News Editor Western Carolina University freshman Colin Warren Lewis, 19, was arrested Jan. 23 for breaking, entering, Photo By Seth Sams Computers in the lab are now back in use after being recovered from Lewis' possession. and larceny in connection with the theft of approximately $15,000 worth of computer equipment from room 171 in the Belk Building. He has been released on $5,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Superior Court Feb. 18. "The arrest resulted from information received from an anonymous source," said Gene McAbee, director of Public Safety. The equipment stolen included six Dell Pentium IV 2.0 ghz computers, three keyboards, a Hewlett Packard laser printer, a print server, and peripherals. "Most of the equipment was recovered in the possession of the defendant," said McAbee. According to McAbee, Lewis gained access to the Belk Building by breaking a window and removed the equipment by cutting the security cables that keep the equipment in place. "Lewis parked his car between the Leatherwood and Belk buildings and transported the equipment to his car through the breezeway," said McAbee. McAbee said that Lewis was able to carry all of the equipment by himself because he made more than one trip. The computers are back in use by students, but there is still just under $400 The lab doors leading chained. worth of equipment that has not been recovered. An exact figure has been turned in to McAbee, which Lewis will have to pay in order to replace the lost equipment. "This is the largest computer equipment theft I can recall in my 16 years of being here," said McAbee. The window Lewis allegedly used to break in to the lab has been replaced, and the doors leading outside have been chained up. Improved security features are Photo By Seth Sams to the breezeway are now being planned for the lab. Judge Denies Anderson Extradition Hearing By Samantha Helms News Editor Former WCU graduate student Derek Nicholas Anderson, 32, was denied a hearing, which was intended to prove he is not a fugitive from North Carolina, by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Daniel A. Noonan. Anderson has been incarcerated in Milwaukee County 10 months since being indicted in North Carolina on a first-degree murder charge for the death of his father, Allen Krnak. Investigators discovered bones on a creek bank off Moses Creek road in Dec. 1999, which were identified in early 2001 as those of Krnak, 55. Krnak, his wife, Donna Krnak, 52, and their other son, Thomas Krnak, 21, vanished July 2, 1998. Anderson's mother and brother have yet to be found. Anderson reported all three missing six days after they disappeared, and later changed his name from Andrew Krnak. He denies any involvement in their disappearance and in the death of his father. Unless Anderson and Derek Anderson attorney Neil McGinn appeal Noonan's ruling, Anderson may be extradited to North Carolina, where he could face the death penalty if convicted. Anderson asserted that he was entitled to a hearing in attempts to prove he was not a fugitive from North Carolina because no evidence has been presented linking him to the murder nor to being in North Carolina when his father's body was dumped here. But Noonan noted that Anderson has not proved the contrary. "Anderson has not, as a part of his petition, alleged any evidence to show that he was not in North Carolina at the time the crime was allegedly committed," Noonan wrote in his decision. "This is not a situation where this court is refusing to allow Anderson to present evidence in support of an argument that he is not a fugitive. Rather, Anderson has simply failed to indicate that he has any evidence to present." McGinn said he and Anderson would seriously consider an appeal.
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