By Carolyn Willander, News Correspondent
Tuesday, Sept. 27
1:30 p.m.
A student reported her wallet either fell out of her backpack or was stolen from the lobby of Shillman Hall. Around 3:30 p.m., after cancelling her credit cards, she discovered a $20 charge was made on one of her cards.
6:30 p.m.
A student walking in front of Snell Library reported her wallet was stolen out of her hand. The thief ran off and was not caught.
9 p.m.
A student reported she accidentally left her backpack unattended for five minutes in Centennial Common. She later retrieved it from Northeastern University Division of Public Safety’s (NUPD) lost and found.
9:15 p.m.
A student reported she was walking on Forsyth Street near Ruggles Station when her cell phone was stolen out of her hand. The thief ran off and was not caught.
Wednesday, Sept. 28
2:30 p.m.
A student reported he left his cell phone outside the dance studio in the Marino Center at 10:30 p.m. the night before. When he returned for it five minutes later, it was gone.
3:30 p.m.
A student reported he locked his bicycle with a cable lock at 1:30 p.m. outside Behrakis Health Sciences Center. When he returned two hours later, both the bike and cable lock were gone.
4:30 p.m.
A student reported he locked his bike at 10:30 a.m. to the fence outside Willis Hall with a cable lock. When he returned six hours later, both the bike and lock were missing.
11 p.m.
NUPD received a report about a suspicious person loitering near a bike rack by Badger and Rosen SquashBusters Facility, then riding away on a bike. NUPD stopped the suspect and discovered the bike he was riding was stolen from outside of Willis Hall earlier that day. The suspect, a 47-year-old with no university affiliation who lives on Massachusetts Avenue, changed his story several times, saying both that he had bought it and that he had found it. He will be summonsed to court for receiving stolen property.
11 p.m. – Entry of the Week
The Boston University Police Department (BUPD) called NUPD to inform them they arrested Paul Mignosa, 27, for stealing a laptop from the BU libary. While booking him, BUPD officers found a Northeastern student’s Husky Card. The student whose ID was found reported his wallet stolen several days earlier. Mignosa was charged with theft and receiving stolen property. After being faxed his mugshot, NUPD compared it to video surveillance recorded Sept. 23 in Snell Library of a man stealing a laptop. An NUPD clerk then made wanted posters of Mignosa. While eating lunch at 1 p.m. Oct. 4 in the Curry Student Center, the clerk saw Mignosa sitting nearby. She informed NUPD, which dispatched several officers to the food court. They watched as Mignosa walked to an unattended laptop at a nearby table and picked it up before officers approached and arrested him. That laptop belonged to a student who left it unattended for 25 minutes. Mignosa provided his current address, which was a Boston homeless shelter.
Thursday, Sept. 29
2 p.m.
A student reported that while walking through Krentzman Quad her cell phone was stolen from her hand by a male teenager. He ran off and was not caught.
Friday, Sept. 30
12:15 a.m.
A student called NUPD to express concern for her friend, who she and several others found in his dorm in International Village (INV) heavily intoxicated. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
2:30 a.m.
NUPD was called to Stetson East where a Resident Assistant (RA) found a heavily intoxicated student. She had been drinking at an unknown off-campus location. The student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance, where hospital personnel found two fake IDs on her. She will be reported to OSCCR for both intoxication and possession of false identification.
9-11 a.m.
Four staff members discovered several laptops and ceiling projectors were stolen from unlocked rooms overnight. The laptops were from a fourth floor classroom in Lake Hall and first floor graduate student office suites in Nightingale Hall. Two ceiling projectors were taken from conference rooms on the fourth and fifth floors of Holmes Hall. There was no evidence of forced entry.
7 p.m.
A student reported he was walking on Hemenway Street at 6:30 p.m. when he bumped into what he described as a 50-year-old man. They had words before going on their way. A few minutes later, while returning to his apartment, the student saw the man again, who proceeded to run up to him. More aggressive words were exchanged before the two separated. When the student returned to his apartment, he reported the incident to NUPD, which transferred the report to the Boston Police Department (BPD). It appears the man is a neighborhood resident suffering from an emotional or psychological impairment.
8:30 p.m.
Two students walked into their privately leased apartment building on Hammond Street and, as they did so, exchanged words with several men sitting on the steps. These men followed the students into the lobby, where they exchanged words before one of the men displayed a knife and threatened them. One of the students called NUPD on his cell phone and the men fled.
11:30 p.m.
An RA reported a student stumbling and falling down outside Stetson West. NUPD responded and found the student intoxicated. After being evaluated by EMTs, he was allowed to proceed to his room. He will be reported to OSCCR.
11:30 p.m.
An NUPD officer’s cruiser was almost hit by a beer bottle thrown from a window at 1011 Tremont St. Officers responded and found a large party in an apartment hosted by two male students. There were copious amounts of alcohol and party goers were playing beer pong. Officers estimated that there were 200 people in the apartment before many fled the scene. They were able to detain and identify 24 of the people at the party. All but two are Northeastern students, who were reported to OSCCR.
Saturday, Oct. 1
12:30 a.m.
NUPD received a call expressing concern about a woman who appeared to be intoxicated attempting to enter the West Village Parking Garage, which was closed. The caller saw the woman enter the lobby of West Village F. Officers found and identified her as Ryan Sullivan, a 24-year-old student. They determined she was intoxicated and was trying to get her car that was inside the lot. Officers told her she would not be allowed to drive home but could call a cab or a ride. She called her mother, with whom she lives with in Framingham, for a ride. The student then asked the officers if she could go to her car to retrieve some belongings while they waited. They escorted her to the garage, where she jumped inside her car and tried to drive away. The officers had to forcibly take her keys, remove her from the car and place her in the police cruiser, during which time she became increasingly violent. She then hit an officer in the face with both hands. The officers arrested her for assault and battery on a police officer. She will be reported to OSCCR.
1:15 a.m.
A proctor in West Village E reported that an apparently intoxicated student was carried into the building by two other students. She was found in her room by NUPD. She was intoxicated, but was being carried because she had tripped on the Green Line tracks and injured her ankle. EMTs determined she did not require hospitalization. She will be reported to OSCCR.
1:40 a.m.
A student reported that while he was walking from a bar to his apartment on Parker Street, he was attacked by four men on the service road behind the library. He threw his wallet, hoping to end the attack. His attackers did flee, but did not take the wallet and left the student with minor injuries to his face. Officers later stopped four young men who closely matched the descriptions of the attackers, but the student could not identify them. Several hours later, the student’s friend called NUPD to report he had spoken with the student, who now confirmed that NUPD had found his attackers. They have the names of the attackers on file and are working with the District Attorney’s office to determine whether they have enough evidence to charge them with assault and battery.
3 a.m.
A custodian in Hurtig Hall reported the ceiling projectors from three classrooms were missing from where he saw them and an hour and a half earlier. Monday night, another projector was also reported missing from a classroom in Churchill Hall. Each of the projectors that were stolen were installed recently, and had not yet been alarmed, as are all campus ceiling projectors. NUPD detectives believe the thefts are related.
Sunday, Oct. 2
2 a.m.
An RA in Davenport A reported a student, along with two visitors not affiliated with Northeastern, tried to enter the building without signing in properly. Earlier in the evening, the students had been warned by another RA who suspected them of playing beer pong. They did not have a ride home, so they were instructed to remain in their room for the remainder of the night. The RA then called a third time to report that the students were in the her office wanting to file a complaint about the initial report. NUPD told them that if they left the room again they would be arrested. They did not leave their room again. The Northeastern student will be reported to OSCCR. When told this, he said he “didn’t care.”
5 p.m.
A student reported that while walking on the service road behind Snell Library he was approached by three men, one of whom asked for the time. As he looked at his watch, holding his cell phone in the other hand, one of the men grabbed his phone and the three ran away. Officers detained a suspect several minutes later, whom the student could not positively identify. A half hour later, another student reported while he was in Curry Student Center food court at 5 p.m., two men, matching the description of the thieves approached him and asked to use his computer. When one sat down and began typing, the other sat and started talking to the student. After they left a few minutes later, the student noticed his cell phone missing from the table. NUPD has video surveillance of the men walking out of Curry and are using it to identify the theives.
8 p.m.
A student reported he was robbed of his cell phone and iPod at 1:30 a.m. earlier that day on Tremont Street. At 6 p.m., he called his cell phone and a man picked up. He told the man that he had his cell phone, and the man said he had bought it for $20 and would sell it back to the student for the same price. Because Tremont Street is out of NUPD jurisdiction, NUPD called BPD to accompany the student to a meeting with a man on Monday afternoon. NUPD is waiting to learn the outcome of this meeting.
9:30 p.m.
NUPD received a called from a student at Berklee College of Music reporting that the previous night, he held a party in his apartment on Hemenway Street, and several uninvited guests arrived and were asked to leave. Following their departure, however, they realized that the student’s laptop was stolen. The next day, the student found his laptop for sale on Craigslist. He arranged to meet the seller on Forsyth Street in front of the NUPD substation in Ruggles. A cadet surveyed the meeting by video. The student, accompanied by six friends, told the seller that he would be taking his laptop back. The seller then took the laptop, displayed a knife and threatened the students before fleeing. NUPD caught the seller and an accomplice on the other side of Ruggles and arrested Jordan Foshee, 19 of Roxbury, and Mustafa Alzobier, 18 of Roslindale. They will be charged with joint venture of armed robbery, threatening with a knife and receiving stolen property. The Berklee student was able to identify one of the sellers as a guest at his apartment.
Monday, Oct. 3
4 a.m.
The City of Boston 911 Center called NUPD to report they had been notified that a Northeastern student was heavily intoxicated and passed out in a caller’s apartment at 171 Hemingway St. NUPD found the student unconscious, along with her friend, also a student, who made the initial call. The friends admitted to drinking at Our House East and Conor Larkin’s Grill and Tap. Because both students were under 21, NUPD is investigating their alcohol consumption at these locations and suspect the use of fake IDs. Both were reported to OSCCR.
8 p.m.
A student reported her laptop was taken from her backpack during a rehearsal at the Fenway Center between 6 and 8 p.m. She and other cast members left their belongings piled nearby and following rehearsal, noticed that several backpacks had been ransacked. Only the laptop was missing. NUPD spoke with three other people who were in the building at that time who had noticed a suspicious person loitering in the building.
