By Jackie Rapetti, News Correspondent
Saturday, Dec.11
1:45 a.m.
A caller reported an 18-year-old intoxicated student was vomiting in the women’s restroom on the fourth floor of White Hall. She was drinking vodka while visiting another 18-year-old student. The student was evaluated by EMTs and allowed to go back to her own residence hall. She was reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Sunday, Dec. 12
8 p.m.
An 18-year-old student in White Hall asked students in a neighboring room to not be so loud because it was quiet hours during finals week. An 18-year-old student in the room then threatened her verbally. He was later questioned by Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) and reported to OSCCR.
8:15 p.m.
A 20-year-old student was punched by an 18-year-old student while waiting in line at Outtakes. The 20-year-old cut the line for the register and when students told him to go back, he struck the 18-year-old. NUPD located the 20-year-old, but the victim did not press criminal charges. The student was reported to OSCCR.
Monday, Dec. 13
8:15 a.m.
Grounds staff reported someone had cut the top three feet off of a Christmas tree in the West Village Quad.
1:30 p.m.
A student walking through Sculpture Park, near Curry Student Center, was approached by a teenager who asked to borrow her cell phone to call his mother. When she handed it to him, he ran away with it.
Tuesday, Dec. 14
1:30 a.m.
An NUPD officer patrolling Hemenway Street saw four students kicking and throwing full bags of trash down the street. They were cooperative and returned the trash bags to where they had been. The students were reported to OSCCR.
Wednesday, Dec. 15
12:30 a.m.
A 23-year-old student, who lives off-campus on Hammond Street, reported he was walking near his apartment when he was robbed by a man in his 20s near Cabot and Hammond streets. His laptop and wallet were stolen.
Thursday, Dec.16
7:15 p.m.
A Resident Assistant (RA) reported the strong odor of marijuana from a room in Loftman Hall. Officers followed the scent to an apartment, where they found a 21-year-old female not affiliated with the university who was visiting a 22-year-old student. They denied they had been smoking and officers found no evidence except the strong odor. The student was reported to Housing and Residential Life and OSCCR.
11:15 p.m.
Officers reported an 18-year-old student smoking marijuana on Forsyth Street. He was reported to OSCCR.
11:30 p.m.
A caller reported an intoxicated and unconscious female student in International Village (INV). The student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
Saturday, Dec. 18
7 a.m.
Vandalism was discovered in the religious holiday display on Krentzman Quad. The light bulbs in the menorah were broken and several of the figures in the manger scene were stolen.
8:15 a.m.
A proctor at INV reported that his scooter was stolen. He left it leaning against the proctor station when he took a break and found it missing when he got back. After playing back surveillance video, an officer located the scooter with a student who assumed it was discarded property. He was apologetic and returned the scooter. He was reported to OSCCR. – Entry of the Week
1:30 p.m.
A 21-year-old student reported his bike was stolen from the courtyard outside the Marino Center between noon on Dec. 17 and 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 18. It was an old bike secured with a cable lock, which was also gone.
Sunday, Dec. 19
2 a.m.
An NUPD officer noticed several people in the West Campus Quad drinking beer. A 22-year-old student had an unopened can of beer and there were 15 more unopened cans in a backpack that belonged to one of the two 19-year-old non-students present. All of the beer was confiscated. The student was reported to OSCCR and the two others were issued trespassing bans.
3:30 a.m.
A proctor at Willis Hall reported an intoxicated person outside the building. Officers discovered a 21-year-old student lying outside in pool of his own vomit. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and reported to OSCCR.
Monday, Dec. 20
5:30 p.m.
A 41-year-old woman with no affiliation to the university reported two teenage females attempted to grab her handbag as she walked along Tremont Street. She was pushed to the ground but never let go of her handbag. She called out and the two teenagers ran away. The woman was not injured.
Tuesday, Dec. 21
6:45 p.m.
A food service employee at the INV dining hall reported a brief argument between two male students. The students used to be friends but had a falling out in October. They saw each other in the dining hall, words were exchanged and one shoved the other. Both students were reported to OSCCR.
Thursday, Dec. 23
11:30 p.m.
A caller reported a loud argument near 327 Huntington Ave. Both NUPD and the Boston Public Police Department (BPD) responded. A 32-year-old Northeastern international transfer student was assaulted by her 31-year-old boyfriend, a Northeastern alumnus. The boyfriend was arrested and BPD learned his immigrant visa was expired, so he will have to leave the country.
Friday, Dec. 31
7 p.m.
A student called from Rubenstein Hall to report his girlfriend, who was visiting, had become disorderly and he wanted her removed from his apartment. Officers spoke to both of them, escorted her off campus and told her not to return. After reconciling, the student asked that his girlfriend be allowed to visit again. NUPD refused.
Saturday, Jan. 1
12:45 a.m.
An officer on patrol on Massachusetts Avenue came upon two men with no affiliation to the university fighting on the sidewalk. The two were arguing over a woman. One of them, Matthew L’Italien, 27, was wanted by Danvers Police Department for receiving stolen property and was arrested. Nobody was injured in the fight.
2 a.m.
A student reported that while he was walking back to an on-campus residence hall from Mission Hill, a pedestrian running toward him on the sidewalk reached out and struck him when they passed each other. The student was not injured.
2:15 a.m.
An officer on Hemenway Street came upon a group of about 10 people involved in an argument in which there had been some fighting and punching. Most of the group took off when police arrived. Two males with no connection to Northeastern received facial injuries and were taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance. BPD is still investigating the case.
Sunday, Jan. 2
1:15 p.m.
A 19-year-old student reported that when he woke up he discovered his laptop, cell phone, camera, iMac, iPod and $70 were missing from his apartment. He had a party the previous night with several guests he knew and friends of guests he did not know. BPD is still investigating the case.
Wednesday, Jan. 5
3:30 p.m.
A 23-year-old claimed her wallet at the lost and found and reported $30 was missing from it. She believes she dropped it on Forsyth Street earlier that day.
Thursday, Jan. 6
11 p.m.
A 20-year-old student called to say he had been walking through the Ruggles T station when he saw a man on the lower bus platform who he believed was holding a handgun. The student said the man pointed a gun at him. The student, on his way to INV, ran back to the library and reported it 15 minutes later after speaking to other students. NUPD is currently working with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to follow up.
Friday, Jan. 7
10:15 p.m.
An RA in West Village A reported a strong odor of marijuana on the fifth floor. Officers responded and followed the scent to a room with loud music and voices which promptly stopped after they knocked. A 20-year-old student opened the door. Officers found where there was a 25-year-old visitor was in the room and another student hiding in a bedroom closet. The 25-year-old visitor was in possession of a bag of less than one ounce of marijuana. A search of the room turned up a variety of marijuana related instruments which were later confiscated. The two students were reported to OSCCR. The visitor was issued a permanent trespassing notice and is not allowed back.
11:45 p.m.
An officer on St. Stephen Street saw a person carrying a bottle of liquor, which he quickly hid upon seeing the officer. The 20-year-old student took the half-full bottle from a party he attended. The bottle was confiscated and the student will be reported to OSCCR.
Saturday, Jan. 8
6 p.m.
A woman in her 30s was riding on the Orange Line with her cell phone on her lap. As the train approached the Massachusetts Avenue stop, a teenage male grabbed the cell phone off of her lap and ran off. She ran after him through an exit onto the Gainsborough-Camden Street footbridge where an NUPD officer was posted. The officer apprehended the 16-year-old and MBTA police arrested him.
Sunday, Jan. 9
5:30 p.m.
The BPD drug control unit was led on a car pursuit through the heart of campus following a fleeing suspect who they attempted to arrest on Westland Avenue for selling crack cocaine. Police caught the suspect near Westland and Fenway while many students were moving in. The fleeing car struck another car during flight, but nobody was injured. An NUPD officer on bike trailed the pursuing BPD cars and recovered several pieces of crack cocaine evidence. A 32-year-old Boston resident, who bought cocaine from this person, was arrested. Neither has any affiliation with the university.
