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BY TAYLOR COOPER The George-Anne staff
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Two University Store employees will face court soon after being charged with felonies this summer. The report states that University Store Operations Manager John Dotson Jr. was accused of stealing $72,020.56 from the bookstore by taking products that were supposed to be sold to students, such as laptops, software and textbooks and selling them on eBay.com, according to a report released by the Department of Public Safety. A second related report states that Assistant Director Administrative of the University Store Mehmet Samiratedu was accused of theft by conversion. He stole a $1,670.00 Samsung Smart TV. Mehmet was charged with theft by conversion and Dotson was charged with theft by taking. Mehmet is scheduled for court Aug. 30 and Dotson’s court date has not been scheduled. Richie Akins, administrative director of the University Store, alerted University Police to the fact that some stock had gone missing on June 22, and that one of the employees may have stolen it, according to the report. The second report states that Akins called University Police
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30 Macbook Pros = $49,819 iMac = $2,913 2 30 Macbooks = $2,048 Macbook Pros = $49,819 3 iPads = $1,997 iMac = $2,913 Macbook Air = $1,399 2 Macbooks = $2,048 iTouch = $399 iHome $109 = $1,997 3 =iPads Nikon Macbook D-300 = $516.02 Air = $1,399 Bamboo Pen and Touch = $99 iTouch = $399 Adobe Creative Suite = $522.19 iHome = $109 Sony 3-D Glasses = $95.34 Sony Blu-Ray Player = $329.81 Nikon D-300 = $516.02 Bose SpeakerPen = $799.99 Bamboo and Touch = $99 Airport Extreme = $159
Adobe Creative Suite = $522.19 Sony 3-D Glasses = $95.34 Sony Blu-Ray Player = $329.81 Bose Speaker = $799.99 Airport Extreme = $159
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Note: Police records indicate a total $72,020 in missing inventory. $2,913 of inventory was not specified.
= $69,107 Note: Police records indicate a total $72,020 in missing inventory. $2,913 of inventory was not specified. Arielle Coambes/ The George-Anne
again on June 27 to report the missing TV. The crimes that Dotson was accused of may have been committed as early as March 10, 2009.
Of the $72,020.56 stolen, $18,524.57 was recovered. University Police cannot comment on the incidents because they are still under investigation, Captain Michael Russell of
University Public Safety said. Dotson and Samiratedu have both been removed from the GSU online directory. The total amount of merchandise has not yet been recovered.
PIRACY,
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crime.” The program will warn users three times of their illegal actions. On the user’s fourth attempt, Internet access will be revoked and the user will be referred to Judicial Affairs. When the alert system intercepts an illegal downloading attempt, it will send out a warning in message form on that open browser. After four of those warnings, it shuts off a student’s Internet access and refers them to Judicial Affairs, Burrell said. Because the university does not want to interfere with students’ academic progress, once students reaches the fourth warning, their Internet access can still be restored, though the offender will still be reported to Judicial Affairs, Burrell said. Planning to implement this program began over a year ago and it took nine months to integrate the program due to special programming needed, Burrell said. “It’s a polite way of saying we know who you are and we know what you’re doing. When that fourth warning comes in it says your network access has been disabled and you need to go deal with this,” Burrell said. Judicial Affairs could not be reached for comment.
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