The New York Police Department arrested Nelson Almeyda last week and charged him with felony and misdemeanor counts for allegedly stealing several laptop computers from the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City and from two libraries at Columbia University, according to an article Friday in the Columbia student newspaper.
When arrested Mr. Almeyda, who is not affiliated with Columbia, reportedly had a laptop that was stolen from New York University.
One of the laptops he stole from Columbia contained a graduate student’s master’s thesis, according to the Daily Spectator. After the theft, the student appealed to the criminal in fliers posted around the campus to e-mail her the thesis. —Andrea L. Foster
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