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A burglary that happened May 5 was reported Friday by students who were caught up in the end of year exams. 

Berkeley Police Capt. Bobby Miller said an unknown suspect apparently entered the apartment in the 2600 block of Durant Avenue and stole about 100 compact discs and a mountain bike. 

Another tenant recalled that on May 5 she heard a noise like a car door slamming and looked out her window and saw a man described as an Asian or Hispanic male, 5-feet, 10-inches tall, 180 pounds wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans. She saw him leap over a fence that led into the area of the victim’s apartment. 

Later she saw the same man with a mountain bike and a white pillowcase, place the pillowcase in the bushes and then return a few minutes later to retrieve it. 

Another burglary was reported at 1:25 a.m. Friday by a man and his wife who were awakened in their upstairs bedroom by their dog barking downstairs. The man heard the front door shut and he went downstairs and found it closed but unlocked and he had locked it before he went to bed. The prowler had apparently forced open a window and stole a Dell Latitude laptop computer.