DeKalb police made an arrest last week for an August robbery of the former Lambda Chi Alpha house, 917 Greenbrier Road.

NIU student Mark Lehman, 23, of DeKalb, was arrested Jan. 2 after police found items missing from the former Lambda Chi house in his possession.

According to police, Lehman, a member and former president of Phi Kappa Theta, was found to have speakers, a camera, a leather jacket, a Captain Morgan sign and a Budweiser clock in his possession. All those items, and others, were reported stolen from the Lambda Chi Alpha house in early August 2003.

Lehman was caught after one of the victims from the Lambda Chi house spotted someone at the Market Square Cinemas, 2160 Sycamore Road, wearing what he said looked like his stolen coat, DeKalb Police Lt. Jim Kayes said.

The victim wrote down the license plate number of the person wearing the coat, which eventually led police to Lehman and the Phi Kappa Theta house, Kayes said.

Lehman was charged with two counts of burglary and could face jail time, although Kayes said a jail sentence is unlikely. Police still are trying to determine if other people were involved.

Kayes said that normally, when someone breaks into a residence and steals property, he or she is charged with residential burglary, which carries a mandatory prison term.

The fact that no one was living at the former Lambda Chi Alpha house at the time of the burglary may have had something to do with the lesser charge, Kayes said.

The Lambda Chi fraternity was banned from NIU last spring, following a string of illegal behavior. Their house, owned by alumni, remains unoccupied.

Lehman has yet to face any university sanctions. Both University Judicial Director Larry Bolles and Director of Greek Affairs Chris Juhl said they are waiting for additional information on the case before they take any action.

Juhl said there is no procedure in place for these types of incidents, adding that they are taken on a case-by-case basis.

Depending on the results of the case, Lehman also may face disciplinary actions from his fraternity, said Paul Mikolajczyk, president of Phi Kappa Theta.