Patrick McElroy, 30, was arrested and charged with burglarizing a sorority home in Athens, Georgia
Students at a University of Georgia sorority were left shaken when an Uber driver was filmed peeping into their dorm room after allegedly burglarizing it, it was reported on Friday.
Patrick McElroy, 30, was arrested and charged with breaking into the sorority home in Athens, Georgia and walking away with thousands of dollars’ worth of property, WSB-TV reported.
Closed circuit television footage shows McElroy creepily lurking around their home and peering through the windows.
‘He came through this direction and he had a camera on his side right here,’ said Samantha Folk, one of the sorority members.
‘We hear shuffling down the stairs, went down to find out our roommate Alexis’ window was wide open,’ she said.
‘Everything had been taken, anything he could fit into a pillow case, back pack. It was quite scary.
A few days after the burglary, McElroy was filmed on surveillance cameras lurking outside the home with a camera
‘He took our laptops, everything,’ another resident of the home, Jessica Pickens, said.
‘He also went through my personal journal, which was very violating. But he also took little loves notes and things. I don’t know why he would do that.’
‘He took our laptops, everything,’ another resident of the home, Jessica Pickens, said. ‘He also went through my personal journal, which was very violating. But he also took little loves notes and things. I don’t know why he would do that’
‘He came through this direction and he had a camera on his side right here,’ said Samantha Folk, one of the sorority members. ‘We hear shuffling down the stairs, went down to find out our roommate Alexis’ window was wide open,’ she said
‘They took passports, they took all of our credit cards, prescriptions, anything they could take,’ student Kristin Brady said.
Police initially arrested McElroy for peeping, though a search warrant allowed investigators to look into his home.
There they reportedly recovered a number of the stolen items from the sorority home.
It was only later that the sorority members realized that the suspect was an Uber driver who had given them a ride days after the burglary.
They now believe he used his status as an Uber driver to get information about the girls’ whereabouts.
‘I’m not sure exactly what his intentions were through Uber but I do believe he used it as a tool to get what he wanted,’ Folk said.
An Uber representative said they take these matters seriously and that they are looking into the case.