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A man who gained entrance to a residential hall at 1777 Euclid Ave. Sunday night was thwarted in his burglary attempt. 

Around 11 p.m. Sunday, the man entered a second-floor room where the occupant, a UC Berkeley student, was away and the suspect stole her camera, wallet, laptop computer and cassette disks. 

Carrying all these items he walked down into the common living room area and one person there began talking to him, thinking he was a relative of one of the students. Then another resident, a 24-year-old man, noticed what the suspect was carrying, and asked him who he was. 

With the inquiry, the suspect turned and ran. The witness chased him and almost caught him, said Berkeley Police Capt. Bobby Miller. 

In the chase the suspect dropped the stolen property, and it was recovered by the witness. 

The suspect was described as a Caucasian male in his 20s or 30s, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, around 200 pounds. 

At the time of the incident, he was wearing a dark vest, a short sleeve shirt and blue jeans.