By Colin Young, News Staff
Tuesday, Aug. 2
9:30 a.m.
A Snell Library staff member reported a man using a library computer to view inappropriate material. Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers responded and escorted the 59-year-old man off campus and issued a trespass warning.
Wednesday, Aug. 3
1 a.m.
An NUPD officer saw a man standing at the corner of Gainsborough and St. Stephen streets smoking marijuana. The officer approached the 32-year-old, who has no affiliation to the university, disposed of the marijuana and sent the man on his way with a warning.
Noon
A staff member in Shillman Hall reported finding a young man watching pornography on a university computer in a vacant classroom on the third floor. The man fled when he saw the staff member. Officers responded and discovered the man left his Facebook account logged in on the computer. Officers recognized the name as a juvenile they previously arrested. The next day, at noon, the same staff member saw the young man in Shillman Hall and called NUPD. Officers arrested the 16-year-old Boston resident, whose name they withheld because he is a juvenile, for trespassing.
3:30 p.m.
NUPD officers arrested Joel Sylvia, 52, of Boston, for shoplifting from the university bookstore. Sylvia was also seen shoplifting on security video July 28. Sylvia has no affiliation to the university.
10:15 p.m.
A custodian in Dodge Hall found a man with no affiliation to the university using a computer in a fourth-floor classroom. Officers arrested Kyshawn Hill, 19, from Hyde Park, on a warrant for failure to appear in court. NUPD issued Hill a trespass warning in 2010.
10:30 p.m
An officer on patrol on Parker Street detected the odor of marijuana as two men walked by him. The officer stopped the men for questioning and discovered one was smoking a joint. The man initially gave the officer a false name and denied he was a student. He later told the officer he lied because it would be his second marijuana offense. He was reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
11:15 p.m
A student reported he left his iPod in a restroom on the second floor of West Village H at 6 p.m. When he went to retrieve it at 11 p.m., it was gone.
Thursday, Aug. 4
2:30 a.m.
An officer on patrol on Tremont Street was flagged down by a pedestrian who said a man had been stabbed nearby. While one officer attended to the stabbing victim, a 48-year-old Boston resident, other officers apprehended the suspect, a 39-year-old homeless man. The Boston Police Department (BPD) assumed jurisdiction over the case.
9 p.m.
A patrolling officer saw a woman on St. Stephen Street who appeared to be in distress. The woman, a student, reported a man tried to take her cell phone. She provided a detailed description of the man, who other officers apprehended after a brief chase. While talking to an officer, the victim received a phone call from a friend who said she was indecently assaulted outside the Marino Center by a man of the same description. BPD assumed jurisdiction over the case because they received a call from a woman who reported she was assaulted by the same man at the corner of Gainsborough and Hemenway streets. The man, a 31-year-old Bridgewater resident, had two prior incidents of open and gross lewdness and is being held without bail.
Friday, Aug. 5
4 p.m.
A Resident Director (RD) doing room inspections in 110 St. Stephen St. reported she found a bong and a plastic bag covering the smoke detector in an apartment. Officers questioned the resident who admitted to smoking marijuana in the apartment. She will be reported to OSCCR.
6:30 p.m.
A student reported he left his backpack unattended in Snell Library for 30 minutes and when he returned, the backpack was gone. His laptop was in the backpack.
Sunday, Aug. 7
2:30 a.m.
A student reported that her partner, also a student, assaulted her. NUPD arrested a 22-year-old female and charged her with assault and battery. She will also be reported to OSCCR.
10:15 p.m.
BPD informed NUPD of a group of 15-20 teenagers walking on Massachusetts Avenue toward Northeastern. The group had reportedly assaulted several people along the road. An NUPD officer saw a group of teens running behind Snell Library toward the Ruggles T station and pursued them. Seconds later, a female student reported that she was robbed by a group a kids on the steps of the Columbus Lot footbridge. NUPD and BPD detained four juvenile males, who were identified by at least one victim. BPD arrested the 15- and 16-year-old males, one of whom was the young man arrested by NUPD in Shillman Hall Aug. 4.
Monday, Aug. 8
1 p.m.
A student reported she left her laundry unattended in the Davenport B laundry room for an hour on Saturday afternoon. When she returned for her clothes, they were gone.
3:30 p.m.
A summer camp counselor working in the Cabot Physical Education Center reported his backpack was stolen from a hallway in the building. The backpack contained his cellphone and credit cards.
Tuesday, Aug. 9
1 p.m.
The manager of Wollaston’s in the Marino Center reported that he detained a female student for shoplifting. The student admitted she shoplifted about $25 worth of food and will be reported to OSCCR.
3:15 p.m.
A student reported two young men approached him and asked if they could borrow his cellphone to make a call. When he handed them his phone, they ran off with it.
4:30 p.m.
A student reported that her roommate stole a check from her checkbook, made it out to herself, forged the signature and cashed it. Officers spoke with the roommate, who admitted to the crime. She was moved to a different residence hall and will be reported to OSCCR.
6 p.m.
A detective went to a student’s residence to follow up after the student was found smoking a joint on Parker Street Aug. 3. Inside the room, the detective found a pipe and less than one ounce of marijuana. The student will again be reported to OSCCR.
Wednesday, Aug. 10
1:30 a.m.
A proctor in Davenport A reported two intoxicated female students ran into the building, followed by a taxi driver who said they didn’t pay their fare. Officers found them in a male student’s room, but the resident was not home. The students were evaluated by EMTs, but did not need medical attention. They were told to leave the building and will be reported to OSCCR. – ENTRY OF THE WEEK
4 p.m.
A staff member reported he was talking to friends outside Richards Hall when a teenage male approached him and asked to use his cellphone. As soon as the staff member handed it to him, the teen ran away with the phone.
9 p.m.
A student taking a nap in Snell Library woke up to see a man standing over him take his cellphone and walk away with it. The student followed the man, who hid the phone on a bookshelf and continued to walk. The student found his phone and used it to take a picture of the suspect. Officers could not find the man in the library, but they have security video footage of him. Half an hour later, a student reported his iPod was stolen during his nap.
Thursday, Aug. 11
4:30 p.m.
A student reported his backpack was stolen after he left it unattended on the first floor of the Curry Student Center for 10 minutes. The backpack contained his laptop and passport.
6:30 p.m.
A student reported he was using a vacant room in International Village to study and left a friend’s laptop there at 9 a.m. When he returned at 4 p.m., the laptop was gone. Officers contacted the custodial supervisor, who said a custodian turned the laptop in. The laptop was returned.
7:30 p.m
A student reported he locked his bike in Krentzman Quad with a cable lock at 5 p.m. When he returned, his bike and the cable were gone.
11 p.m.
An officer on patrol saw a group of people drinking from open containers on the steps of a building on Westland Avenue. Officers questioned the group, which included a 19-year-old Berklee College of Music student who will be reported to Berklee College officials.
Friday, Aug. 12
Noon
A student reported she locked her bike outside her apartment on Symphony Road at 6 p.m. the previous day. When she returned, her bike was gone.
Saturday, Aug. 13
2:15 a.m.
Wentworth Institute of Technology Police called NUPD for assistance with a heavily intoxicated female Northeastern student on Parker Street. The student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.
