GRAND THEFT TOBOR TEMOC CITY

Two students were caught 'stealing' a Tobor near Northside but were just pulling a practical joke

A recent incident regarding a few students who put a UTD food delivery robot in the trunk of their car gained a lot of attention among Comets online, attempting to speculate what intent could have motivated this act.

On Tuesday, Sept. 14, two students were recorded carrying a food delivery robot, or Tobor, to their car next to the Northside Drafthouse. Many onlookers perceived the event as an attempt to steal the Tobor following the Devious Licks TikTok trend, which features students vandalizing or stealing school property, and one witness even called campus police to the scene. The police arrived around midnight and investigated the situation to assess whether there was any damage to the Tobor. After a couple of hours of confirming that there was no damage, the police let the students go without pressing criminal charges and left the case to be handled by the Dean of Students.

Lieutenant Adam Perry, division commander for UTD’s Criminal Investigative Division, said, “in this particular case, it appears that it was some students who were going to a friend’s house who they knew really enjoyed robots. They picked it up and they took it over to their friend’s house, showed the friend the robot and then immediately released it, so there was no deprivation of property. They didn't steal it and they didn't have it very long.”

According to criminal law, for an act to be considered theft, someone must be deliberately deprived of their property. Since the two students who took the Tobor had no criminal intent behind their action, the

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