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Man arrested on suspicion of SDSU burglaries
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A 36-year-old man suspected of burglaries at San Diego State University was arrested Friday.
Troy Speaks, who is not a student or affiliated with SDSU, was identified as the suspect, according to the San Diego State University Police Department (UPD). He was arrested on suspicion of commercial burglary and is known to UPD as a repeat offender.
'Speaks was previously arrested by UPD for burglary approximately six months ago and had just been released from custody two days prior to these reported burglaries,' SDSU said in the news release.
On Thursday at around 1 p.m., UPD received reports of two separate classroom burglaries after faculty members reported stolen laptop computers from classrooms in the Professional Studies and Fine Arts building and the Storm Hall building.
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In one of the incidents, a faculty member saw a suspected burglar leaving the area carrying two laptop computers.
Then around 2 a.m., a UPD officer found the suspect on SDSU campus property attempting to gain access to a secured building during hours when the campus was closed to the general public, per UPD.
Speaks was booked into San Diego County Jail.
Anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact the SDSU Police Department at 619-594-1991 and reference case numbers 25-775 and 25-776.
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