New York student’s items stolen from vehicle after arriving to Peterborough for university: police

Peterborough police are investigating the theft of items belonging to a New York state student last week.

Police say on Aug. 31, they received an online report that items worth about $7,000 were stolen from a vehicle which was parked overnight at a hotel in the city.

Police say the victims — a mother and son — from New York state, had recently driven north to the city. The son was being dropped off to begin his semester at Trent University, police said.

A photo of some of the stolen items was released by police on Tuesday.

Anyone with information is asked to call Peterborough police at 705-876-1122 ext. 555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.stopcrimehere.ca