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Man enters apartment claiming to be maintenance workerWest Lafayette IN

audio iconBurglary
Near E Columbia St, West Lafayette, IN 47906

A man entered an apartment near E Columbia St claiming to be maintenance and said he was looking for a leak. The resident was not expecting anyone and had no maintenance requests. The man used a key to enter, causing the resident to feel unsure about his legitimacy.

Audio|Source: Tippecanoe County Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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1436. So it says funeral at near E Columbia St apartment 111.
00:05
Somebody somebody's knocking their door very hard.
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Colors in the bathroom.
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Untrip and the person is trying to come through the door or not.
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They're not expecting guests, so.
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Copy in room.
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141. 141.
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150 will be in route?
00:27
141, 136. Where are you coming from?
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Okay.
00:37
31, 7.
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No 5.
00:41
Coffee,
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if you were one-third or two, we want to disregard him almost there.
00:47
Do you have those that moved off the road to the circle, okay.
00:50
No. Okay.
00:55
Okay. Okay.
00:57
The mail is back at the door. It's a heavyset white male, black shirt, snapback hat.
01:02
Mail saying his maintenance, but he's not in state call, he's not expecting maintenance.
01:08
Seventy-9-12.
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Hello?
01:12
136-141-0, just stay in route for now.
01:17
Can you run a 27[1] triple I on the Christian subject I put in the notes and that the 28[2]th of the Nissan?
01:26
Copy.
01:27
Okay.
01:29
You just put in a folder for me please.
01:32
150 all stay in route as well.
01:36
Ever.
01:37
Okay.
01:39
The person did key into the apartment,
01:42
saying that they're looking for a leak, but again, caller is unsure of anything that wouldn't need maintenance.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
27: Driver’s license/permit information check
[2]
28: Vehicle registration/license plate information

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Near E Columbia St, West Lafayette, IN 47906
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