Equipment valued at over $5,000 was reported stolen from the Doudna Fine Arts Center, and police are exploring a variety of possibilities.

Three items, including an iBook laptop computer valued at about $1,399, a projector worth $3,770 and an AV cart worth $320 were reported stolen on Oct. 10. A police report said the items were stolen between April and July from work room #215 in the Fine Arts building.

The computer and projector, which was digital and fairly small, were secured to the cart.

The report said the room was normally locked, but was frequently left open for people to move in and out of the room.

Art Mitchell, a university police officer, said between April and July, departments in the Doudna Fine Arts Center were preparing to move to different locations on and off campus. Departments were relocated until 2005 during the renovation and construction of the building.

Mitchell said because of the scale of the move, he believes the cart was probably misplaced.

“It’s probably sitting in a room somewhere, but no one knows where,” he said.

Also, the fact that the equipment was together and secured on the cart further suggests to Mitchell that the cart was misplaced.

“I don’t know what someone would want with that cart,” he said.

Joseph Martin associate music professor in charge of monitoring the Fine Arts Building, refused to comment about the incident.

A similar incident occurred last April during the Booth Library’s move from McAfee Gym back to the library. A projector valued at about $10,000 was reported stolen from McAfee, but police were hoping the projector had been misplaced during the move.

However, John Looby, chief instructional media system engineer for Booth Library, said the projector was never recovered and police now believe it was stolen