By Kaitlin Thaney
Crime Log Entry of the Week
Friday, Feb. 21 12:30 a.m.
An 18-year-old male resident of White Hall called NUPD to report he was not feeling well. Officers arrived and examined the student. The resident admitted to smoking an entire bag of marijuana, taking cold medicine and sleeping pills. The combination, he believed, was what made him sick. He said that the marijuana may have been laced with some other sort of drug and that he had purchased it from a stranger on the street. There was whiskey, vodka, and rum along with a couple of bongs in the students room. He was taken to the hospital and will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Tuesday, Feb. 18 8:30 p.m. A female resident of Kennedy Hall reported articles of clothing stolen from the laundry room of the building twice in the past week. Each time, only select articles were taken.
Wednesday, Feb. 19 3 p.m. Northeastern University Police arrested Elliot Davis, a 47-year-old unemployed man who may live in Mattapan, for trespassing. Police say that Davis is well-dressed, somewhat articulate, and for years has frequented the neighborhood. He has been arrested on numerous occasions for trespassing. Davis is also said to be a “con-artist” for he would approach people on campus with a story evoking pity so that the listener would give him money. Davis was arrested in the African-American Institute after a couple of people had placed anonymous calls to NUPD. He is banned from the campus for previous trespassing accounts. It was learned that he was wanted for failure to appear in court for shoplifting.
4 p.m. A female student reported her credit card missing and, when she went to cancel the service, discovered charges made on the card at Wollaston’s. The student went to the store and Wollaston’s still had her card at the counter. Apparently, after someone had made a charge to her account, her card was again left behind.
Thursday, Feb. 20 4:30 p.m. A 21-year-old male student reported receiving harassing Instant Messages while he was in his room in Smith Hall. He said that the screen name was not familiar to him but the person appeared to know who he was.
5 p.m. A staff member reported leaving their cellphone unattended in the Egan Research Center. The phone was left for approximately 45 minutes and was missing when the owner returned for it.
6:30 p.m. A 20-year-old female student was walking to the Camden Street and Gainsborough footbridge when she was approached by four juveniles who tried to take her purse. She was pushed and pulled by the juveniles and fell to the ground. The group scattered after she screamed. Her purse was not taken and there are no reported injuries.
11:45 p.m. A 19-year-old female student was found intoxicated in White Hall by residential staff. An RA of the building found her sick in the bathroom. The student was taken to the hospital. She told the EMTs that she had been drinking vodka.
Friday, Feb. 21 2:20 a.m. A 24-year-old alumnus was visiting some undergraduate friends living in West Campus. They were walking back to the residence hall when another person near them starting making rude remarks. An altercation ensued during which the stranger pulled out a gun and struck the 24-year-old over the head. The gun discharged during this short altercation and the assailant fled. One of the friends called NUPD. Officers arrived and searched the area. Officers treated the scalp wound and there were initial indications that no one had been hit by the bullet. The alumnus believed that the gun could have been possibly a pellet gun. No one has yet been apprehended but NUPD are still aggressively interviewing and trying to track down the perpetrator. The alumnus was taken to the hospital. While he was there, hospital staff discovered a bullet hole in his jacket pocket and a bruise on his abdomen. The “bruise” then turned into a burn abrasion from where the bullet grazed the victim. Police are not sure what type of gun was used in the attack.
3 a.m. A 20-year-old student was found intoxicated and ill in Stetson West. She said that she had been drinking vodka and was taken to Beth Israel Hospital. She will be referred to OSCCR.
3:15 p.m. Graduate students that share an office on the fourth floor of Nightingale Hall, a male and a female, reported their book bags stolen. They had been left between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. The bags were later located with all property intact. No wallets or cellular phones were in each bag. Another male graduate student in Nightingale Hall on the fifth floor reported his wallet stolen. It had been left in an unattended, unlocked office between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. In the wallet was about $40 cash, credit cards, license, and his passport.
Saturday, Feb. 22 1:30 a.m. Three male students reported being assaulted while they were in a second floor room of Smith Hall. A group of five or six males came to their room, knocked on the door, and after the door was opened by the resident, began kicking and punching the three students. This attack caused significant injuries to at least two of the original three. One intruder was known by the students. All of the assailants are believed to be students at Northeastern and reside in Smith Hall. Injuries include scalp lacerations, bruises, a fractured jaw and a fractured cheekbone. Officers treated the students’ injuries while others went to find the perpetrators. The males that came to the room have all been identified. OSCCR has already been informed. The two students that were severely injured intend on pressing criminal charges. The attack appears unprovoked and the assault seemed planned and instigated by one student motivated merely by dislike for another student. The assailants are facing swift action by OSCCR and serious criminal charges.
2 a.m. An officer was flagged down on Columbus Avenue by two brothers, one a 19-year-old student, the other a student at the University of Rhode Island. It appeared that the brother, who was not a NU student, was cut by a broken beer bottle and was bleeding severely. They did not say where exactly the fight had taken place, just in the vicinity of Columbus Avenue. The 19-year-old student was not injured but intoxicated and became so disorderly with the Boston Police Department while talking to them that he was arrested for disorderly conduct. He will be referred to OSCCR. The student’s brother was taken to the hospital for his injuries.
Sunday, Feb. 23 1 a.m. Fresh graffiti was discovered in an elevator in White Hall.
1 a.m. A 19-year-old female student became very ill after consuming alcohol that she said was provided by her 19-year-old boyfriend, a resident of White Hall. They had been drinking in the male student’s room that night. An RA saw her walking down the hall and reported the incident. She was taken to the hospital. Both students will be referred to OSCCR.
4 a.m. A male student in Smith Hall returned to his room around 3:30 a.m. and turned his lamp on his desk on. Seeing that his roommate was sleeping and not wanting to wake him up, he threw a shirt on top of the lamp and left the room. His roommate awoke to smoke in the room from the shirt catching on fire. The roommate ripped the shirt off the lamp, quickly threw the shirt in the sink in the bathroom and extinguished it. There was no other damage, however the fire alarm was set off.
Noon A window in the fifth floor corridor of Willis Hall was found broken and had apparently been taped up after being broken for a couple of days. As students were interviewed that lived nearby, it was discovered that a 20-year-old male student had broken the window. He had been visiting a female friend, said to be someone he was previously in a relationship with, and became frustrated after leaving, therefore hitting the glass. He is anxious to pay for the repair and will be referred to OSCCR.
Noon A male 18-year-old student in Stetson East reported his cellphone missing after her had left it overnight on his dresser. There were two other people that were in and out of the room that night, one saying the room was locked all night, the other saying that it was unlocked. There was a guest in the room who left to return to Maine. The student does not believe that the visitor took the phone.
11:45 p.m. Residential Staff in Stetson West found new graffiti in the second floor corridor.
Monday, Feb. 24 8 a.m. Building Services staff reported soap dispensers stolen from several men’s rooms in Snell Library.
Noon A 26-year-old female student left her cellphone unattended in Snell Library on the night of the 23rd and ten minutes later found that and her book bag missing.
12:30 p.m. A 19-year-old female student reported her wallet missing after leaving it on a counter at Dunkin’ Donuts in Shillman Hall. She realized that she had left it there around noon that day and when she went back it was gone. In her wallet was her license, $30, gift cards for various stores, and credit cards.
1 p.m. A 19-year-old female student had lost her cellphone a few days earlier and had not yet canceled the service. A friend of hers received a call from the stolen phone where the caller said that they had the phone in their possession and to come meet them to get it back. The student and her friend went to meet them and no one came. Her friend’s phone rang again saying that they were in the wrong place and to walk around the corner. The girls refused and the caller hung up. The student reports seeing someone around the corner duck into a window in the building.
2:30 p.m. A staff member in Hayden Hall reported a university-owned digital camera missing from an office. The camera was said to not have been used for a month and was left in an unlocked desk drawer.
4 p.m. A 20-year-old female student left her wallet unattended on Feb. 21 while she was working in a room on the third floor of the Student Center. When she returned for her wallet it was missing. Also missing were credit cards, IDs, and about $16.
4 p.m. A large amount of new graffiti was found on the walls of the second floor men’s room in Churchill Hall.
9:30 p.m. An 18-year-old and a 19-year-old female students that live in the same room in Kerr reported stolen belongings from their room. They say they had locked their room and went to dinner around 7:30 that night and returned to find the room still locked but property missing. Clothing, a cellular phone, DVDs, hats, coats, and other small items that could be concealed easily were taken. Access to the room was gained by a key and the NUPD is working with ResLife to see who had access to spare keys for the building.
10 p.m. A 29-year-old male alumnus was working out in the Cabot Center and left his bag in an unlocked locker between 8 and 9 p.m. He returned to find the bag missing which had around $20 and a credit card.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old female student that had left her bag outside the racquetball courts while she was on the courts returned to find her bag missing. In the bag were clothes and her cellphone.
The Northeastern Police Department strongly recommends that if you lose personal property and someone contacts you to retrieve it, NOT to agree to go. Contact the NUPD and let the police arrange to get your belongings or accompany you.
