By Jackie Rapetti, News Correspondent
Tuesday, March 29
6:30 p.m.
Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers looked through a student’s wallet, which had been turned in to lost and found, and discovered a driver’s license belonging to someone else. The student picked up her wallet and could not explain why this license was there when the owner of the license, who has no university affiliation, said she lost it a while ago. The student will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
8 p.m.
A student reported she was in the women’s bathroom on the first floor of the Curry Student Center when a man entered and peeped under her stall. He left after she yelled. She immediately reported it and pointed out a man sitting in the food court, a university employee, as the same person. After further investigation he was exonerated.
8:30 p.m.
A third party reported a student was threatened by her former boyfriend’s twin brother. Both brothers are Northeastern students. The incident occurred in an off-campus bar and the Boston Police Department (BPD) is nearing the conclusion of their investigation. A report of the incident will be sent to OSCCR.
Wednesday, March 30
9:45 a.m.
A student working at a computer at InfoCommons reported he left his flash drive plugged into a computer. He went back the next morning to find it gone.
11:30 a.m.
A staff member in Hurtig Hall reported a laptop stolen from a lab on the fourth floor. The lab was open and unattended for a few hours.
3 p.m.
A student reported she left her clothes in a dryer in the Stetson East laundry room overnight. When she returned at 1 p.m. Wednesday, most of her clothes were still there, but her North Face coat was missing.
5:30 p.m.
Food service staff from the Stetson West dining hall reported two or three college-aged males snuck in and stole food without paying. NUPD is currently investigating the case.
Thursday, March 31
4 p.m.
A student reported her iPhone missing after she left it unattended in the lobby of Shillman Hall for about 10 minutes after working at one of the computers.
8 p.m.
A student reported she was in the women’s room on the lower level of Snell Library when a man came in and peeked under her stall. NUPD officers checked the area and located a man who fit the description. It was the same man accused of peeking under the bathroom stall in the Curry Student Center on Tuesday. Joseph Banks, 47, of Dorchester admitted to both incidents. He has a lengthy criminal record and is currently sentenced to jail for unrelated incidents off-campus.
9:15 p.m.
A student reported his Droid phone missing after leaving it on the side of a basketball court at the Marino Center.
10:30 p.m.
A Resident Assistant (RA) reported the strong odor of marijuana on the third floor of International Village (INV). NUPD officers confiscated several pipes and less than an ounce of marijuana from four 18-year-old students. They will all be reported to OSCCR.
Friday, April 1
3 a.m.
A student reported she was walking home on a sidewalk through the Southwest Corridor Park behind Massachusetts Avenue T station heading toward Camden Street when a man attempted to rob her. She ran away unharmed. NUPD is investigating the case.
2 p.m.
A student reported her cell phone was missing from her apartment at 10 Coventry St. and she suspected her roommate’s guest, a Bentley University student, may have taken it. The student borrowed her roommate’s cell phone and called the Bentley student, who admitted to taking it. She now suspects he also took her iPod, which went missing a few weeks ago. Bentley police have been notified.
3:30 p.m.
A student reported her textbook stolen after she left it unattended between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. in Snell Library the previous night. She went to the campus bookstore the next morning to buy a replacement and realized the used copy she picked up was her book. Bookstore employees checked their records and found another student sold the book. He was questioned and said he had found the book abandoned. He will be reported to OSCCR and the book was returned free of charge to the student who lost it.
10:30 p.m.
An RA reported finding a 19-year-old student covered in vomit on the third floor of White Hall. The student said he had been drinking vodka in an 18-year-old student’s room. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR. The White Hall resident will also be reported to OSCCR.
Saturday, April 2
12:15 a.m.
NUPD officers responded to the fourth floor of Stetson East, where an 18-year-old student was unconscious after falling and hitting her head. She had consumed a large amount of vodka off campus. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
12:45 a.m.
An NUPD officer saw an intoxicated 20-year-old student throwing up outside of 337 Huntington Ave. She had been drinking vodka off campus and was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance. She will be reported to OSCCR.
1:30 a.m.
An officer on patrol on Gainsborough Street saw a group of five people fighting. One reported another student tried to cut in line getting into Our House East. They will all be reported to OSCCR
2:30 a.m.
An NUPD officer on Hemenway Street detected the odor of marijuana from an alley, where he found three students sharing a pipe. They will all be reported to OSCCR.
3:15 a.m.
An RA in Smith Hall found an 18-year-old student unconscious in the basement. The student said he was drinking off-campus and went back to his room after being evaluated by EMTs. He will be reported to OSCCR.
11:15 p.m.
An RA detected the strong odor of marijuana on the second floor of Stetson East. An NUPD officer confiscated three pipes and less than an ounce marijuana from an 18-year-old student and a student visiting from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Wentworth police will be notified and the visitor is no longer welcome on campus. The student will be reported to OSCCR.
11:25 p.m.
NUPD officers saw an intoxicated 18-year-old student who stumbling down a hallway in Stetson East. She had to be physically restrained as she was kicking and flailing. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
Sunday, April 3
12:15 a.m.
A caller reported a heavily-intoxicated 19-year-old student at 407 Huntington Ave. who had smoked marijuana while drinking vodka. The student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and she will be reported to OSCCR.
1 a.m.
An RA reported an intoxicated 18-year-old student in the Stetson East lobby. The student said she drank rum and felt nauseated. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
2:30 a.m.
NUPD officers responded to the fourth floor women’s restroom in White Hall where an 18-year-old student was vomiting heavily after drinking a large amount of vodka. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
4:15 a.m.
A proctor at Willis Hall reported a resident signed in a guest with a bloody face. The resident told NUPD officers the bleeding guest, also a student, was actually visiting another Willis resident. The guest was found in another student’s room and didn’t know how he was injured. He was intoxicated and had been drinking off campus. The last thing he remembered was a cab driver trying to help him into an ATM. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
NUPD officers responded to West Village B, where someone had discharged a chemical fire extinguisher on the fourth floor, setting off the fire alarm.
4:30 a.m.
An RA in Stetson West reported a student sleeping in the lobby. The student was identified as an intoxicated 19-year-old resident of Stetson West. He left the building without his ID and decided to sleep in the lobby. NUPD officers went to his room to see if his roommate was there to get his ID. Officers found his 19-year-old roommate slumped over a chair, unconscious and covered in vomit. The roommate was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
10 a.m.
An NUPD officer was walking down World Series Way and recognized a man walking toward her as a person who had previously trespassed. The officer questioned him and he claimed he was just taking a shortcut. Tyrell Lowe, 22, of Dorchester, was told again to stay off campus and was arrested on a warrant by the Transit Police for disorderly conduct, trespassing and resisting arrest.
Noon
Two students reported one was missing an iPhone and the other a wallet after attending a fundraiser for the victims of the disaster in Japan sponsored by a Northeastern student group at an off-campus apartment on Hemenway Street Saturday night. The wallet contained $30 and credit cards. Her credit cards had already been used for $1,000 in charges. The students also said the organization was charging $10 to get in and supplied alcohol. NUPD has informed the student activities office to investigate the organization’s fundraising practices.
6:30 p.m.
A visitor who had come to participate in an event at the Sacred Space in Ell Hall left her backpack in the lobby for several hours. When she returned, her wallet was missing. It contained $40, credit cards and IDs.
8 p.m.
An NUPD officer patrolling Columbus Avenue noticed a few men hanging out in Carter Park near the footbridge. One of the men tried to hide behind playground equipment when he saw the officer. The men, who have no university affiliation, said they were going to smoke when the officer asked what they were doing. The officer discovered one of them was carrying a gun, while another had a few knives, which were not illegal. William Bautista, 19, of Dedham was arrested for possession of an unlicensed firearm.
9:45 p.m.
A student reported he parked his bike outside INV Friday at 6 p.m. When he returned Sunday at 7:30 p.m., he discovered the seat missing.
Monday, April 4
9:30 a.m.
A student reported he put his laundry in a machine in the laundry room on the 22nd floor of INV Thursday. When he went back to retrieve his laundry on Saturday, it was gone.
2:30 p.m.
An RA from West Village G reported the strong odor of marijuana on the third floor. NUPD officers investigated the room and found no evidence. The residents said it was probably their other roommate, who had violated the drug policy previously. The investigation is ongoing.
3 p.m.
A staff member reported he saw a student’s backpack that had been reported missing from Dodge Hall March 24. He returned it to the student. None of the contents were missing from the backpack.
10:30 p.m.
An RA at 319 Huntington Ave. reported the strong odor of marijuana. NUPD officers found a 19-year-old student with several pipes and jars with marijuana. He had a significant amount of cash which led officers to believe he may have been dealing. While the student insisted the money was from his part-time job, the investigation is ongoing and he will be reported to OSCCR.
