A former officer with the Texas A&M University Police has been charged with burglarizing campus buildings.
54-year-old John Calvin Phillips was caught on surveillance video making three separate trips into the Texas A&M English department on January 2011, through a locked door by using a key. Once inside, Phillips can be seen stealing two cameras, a projector, and three camcorders, according to a police report.
Police said another burglary occurred June 11 in the Liberal Arts Department at the Blocker Building where a digital camera, sewing machine, multi-meter and a theatrical prop gun pistol were stolen.
John Phillips worked for the University Police Department from January 1978 until February 2007.
Several of the stolen items were later found at EZ Pawn in Bryan and at the Cash American pawn shop in College Station, authorities said. Pawn shop records reveal that all items were pawned by Phillips.
In total, Phillips pawned more than 40 items over the past year, authorities said.
Police said that since Phillips was employed by the university for several years, he would have had opportunities to come across building keys that might have been unattended.
Authorities have charged Phillips with two counts of burglary of a building, each a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine.
Phillips remained in the Brazos County Jail on Friday in lieu of $10,000 bail.
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