MANHATTAN — Reports of a burglary in process on the campus of Manhattan Christian College on Friday quickly were found to be a case of being locked out without a key.
The Riley County Police Department and Kansas Highway Patrol responded a college dormitory just before 1 p.m. Friday after a motorist reported seeing a man climb through a dorm window.
“She observed a black male climb into the lower window the MCC apartments,” said Capt. Kurt Moldrup said. “She saw him take a window out and heard him say ‘stick ‘em up,’ which obviously led her to believe some sort of crime was occurring.”
Police responded, found evidence the window was tapered with and quickly blocked off areas of the college. Dorm management, however, quickly helped locate the individual, who was a resident of the dorm.
“He didn’t have a key to his place and simply went through his friend’s window,” Moldrup said.
“MCC did a great job of basically locking people in place so we didn’t have too many people around. We asked them to hold people in place in case of a dangerous situation,” he added. “Everything worked how it was supposed to.”