Compiled by Carolyn Willander, News Correspondent
Wednesday, Nov. 9
1:15 p.m.
The manager of Wollaston’s in the Marino Center stopped a high school student who was shoplifting. Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers escorted the student off campus and issued a trespass warning.
4:30 p.m.
NUPD was notified that a middle-aged man was approaching students on Forsyth Street asking them to make change for dollar bills. NUPD officers stopped him and subsequently issued a trespass ban after escorting him off campus. He has no affiliation with the university.
5:45 p.m.
A student reported that between 3 and 4:30 p.m. she left her laundry in the 22nd floor laundry room of International Village (INV). When she returned, some of her laundry was missing.
10:30 p.m.
A student reported his cell phone was taken after he accidentally left it in the men’s room in Snell Library library for 15 minutes.
Thursday, Nov. 10
9 a.m.
A faculty member reported that two days earlier she left her wallet unattended in a Meserve Hall office for 10 minutes. When she returned, the wallet, which contained credit cards and $20 cash, was missing. As she was reporting it missing to an NUPD officer, a second faculty member approached and mentioned that her purse, which contained credit cards and $40, had been stolen that same afternoon between 1 and 4 p.m.
5:45 p.m.
A student reported a young man in his early twenties stole his wallet off the table where he was sitting in the first floor of Curry Student Center (CSC), and then ran outside through Snell Library Quad towards Ruggles Station. The student gave a detailed description of the man which was verified using video surveillance recorded in CSC. NUPD found and arrested the man on the platform of the Orange Line. He changed his story several times without admitting that he stole the wallet. However, NUPD found the student’s ID in the man’s pocket, and money in his sock. The man, Eric Brown, 21, of Dorchester, used to be a part-time student.
Friday, Nov. 11
12:15 a.m.
An officer found an 18-year-old student vomiting from intoxication on Hemenway Street outside Smith Hall. She was with her friend, a 21-year-old student, who admitted they were drinking off campus. The student was evaluated and allowed to return to her dorm. She was reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
2 a.m.
An officer observed an intoxicated 18-year-old student being held up by two other 18-year-old students as they walked on Speare Place. She was evaluated and allowed to return to her dorm. The woman gave a fake name and claimed not to be in possession of an ID, but was able to sign into her residence hall. NUPD then learned the students’ names and visited their rooms. None of them answered their doors and all three were reported to OSCCR.
4:30 p.m.
A student locked his bike at 11 a.m. outside the Marino Center. When he returned for it at 4:30 p.m. both the bike and cable lock were gone.
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A student locked a bike he had borrowed from a friend outside the Marino Center. When he came out a few hours later, all but the front wheel and cable lock were gone. He reported the theft to NUPD, but learned shortly after that the bike was dismantled by its owner and another student, who had seen the bike improperly locked and wanted to teach the student a lesson.
Saturday, Nov. 12
1:15 a.m.
A student reported her 19-year-old roommate was very sick and vomiting from intoxication on the third floor of West Village F. She was evaluated and allowed to remain on campus, and she was reported to OSCCR.
1:20 a.m.
A Resident Assistant (RA) reported an 18-year-old student was intoxicated on the 4th floor of Kennedy Hall. She was evaluated and allowed to remain on campus and reported to OSCCR.
3:30 a.m.
A student reported her 23-year-old former boyfriend called and harassed her repeatedly before arriving at the door of her dorm in INV at 2 a.m. He left before NUPD arrived, but he was contacted and issued a trespass ban. The student who signed him in was reported to OSCCR.
4 p.m.
A student reported that around 1 a.m., she dropped her wallet somewhere near St. Stephen Street. She realized it was missing later the next morning and when she called to cancel her credit cards, she learned one had already been used at restaurant nearby.
7:15 p.m.
A student reported that a man was trying to give away CDs outside Ruggles, but then was asking for money. An officer questioned the man and discovered that he was wanted by Chelsea District Court for selling drugs. Carlos Searcy, 27, of Everett, was arrested and issued a trespass ban. He has no affiliation with the university.
11:45 p.m.
A student walking on Hemenway Street reported a 20-year-old student crying and vomiting from intoxication outside. She said she watched the woman for some time before calling and observed no one stopping to help her. The intoxicated student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and was reported to OSCCR.
Sunday, Nov. 13
2 a.m.
A student reported a 19-year-old friend was vomiting from intoxication and bleeding from a scalp wound in Loftman Hall. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and was referred to OSCCR.
3:15 a.m.
A student reported her purse was stolen while attending a party at Harvard University.
12:30 p.m.
An officer standing in the INV concourse looked outside and saw a man approach the bike rack, pull out a small set of bolt cutters and steal a bike. He rode out of sight on Ruggles Street before the officer was able to arrest him.
Monday, Nov. 14
12:30 p.m.
A faculty member reported she left her purse unattended in Behrakis Health Sciences Center for 10 minutes. When she returned, her change purse – which contained keys, IDs, an iPod, a Charlie Card and $30 – was missing. About an hour later, a person found the change purse near Hemenway Street and turned it into an NUPD officer. The iPod, Charlie Card and $30 were missing.
2 p.m.
A student left her backpack, containing her laptop, in the first floor corridor of the Mugar Life Sciences Building at 12:30 p.m. She returned after eating in CSC for an hour and it was missing. She told NUPD she leaves it there all the time.
2:45 p.m.
A staff member reported she borrowed an office chair from a colleague in a different building. She left it outside CSC to go into Starbucks in afterHOURS. When she emerged a few minutes later, it was gone.
4:45 p.m.
A student reported her wallet was stolen from Shillman Hall. It contained $30 and credit cards.
5:45 p.m.
An employee reported her shoulder bag, containing her licence, glasses, credit cards and $60, was stolen. She believed she left it hanging over the back of a chair in the CSC food court between 5:15 and 5:45 p.m., but she may have left it in Snell Library earlier.
6:30 p.m.
An NUPD detective observed two middle-aged men loitering in Snell Quad. They fit the description of men who were recently stealing phones from campus. They were kept under surveillance over the next half hour, during which time they engaged several students in conversation. There was no incident and they eventually left. The officer then approached students who had spoken with the man and identified a pattern of conversation where the men asked for cigarettes. This was similar again to previous thefts on campus. Officers found the men in Ruggles Station and questioned them. One was very cooperative, while the other became loud, offensive and difficult immediately. Dini Varris, 37, of Boston, was arrested for disorderly conduct. He resisted, shoving and kicking officers. Both were issued trespass bans. Neither is affiliated with the university.
7:30 p.m.
An officer patrolling on a bike saw two middle-aged men loitering around the bike racks in Snell Quad. He radioed for back up, and kept them under surveillance. Within minutes, one of the men took a bike off the rack and the two rode off (the other was already on a bike). The officer pursued them outbound on Huntington Avenue. One of the men rode towards the Museum of Fine Arts, while the other attempted a U-turn before losing control and falling in the street. Both were apprehended by officers, and a set of bolt cutters were recovered from some bushes. Other officers outside Snell Library were engaging students before someone identified the bike as his. Tyrone Davis, 40, of Boston, was arrested for theft. His accomplice will be summonsed to court as a conspirator.
9:15 p.m.
An RA in West Village E reported the odor of marijuana on the seventh floor. Officers identified the source as the dorm of a 19-year-old student. Another 19-year-old student was also present. They confiscated a small amount of marijuana and some paraphernalia. Both will be reported to OSCCR.
An RA in Stetson East reported the odor of marijuana on the first floor. NUPD identified the source, a room with a towel underneath the door, and knocked. The resident, an 18-year-old student, opened, revealing a joint and paraphernalia on his desk. Three other 18-year-old students were in the room. They claimed they had not been smoking, but were just preparing to go smoke outside. One of the guests went down the hall to his dorm and retrieved a pipe which he turned over to the officers. All four were reported to OSCCR.
10:45 p.m.
An RA from White Hall reported the odor of marijuana on the third floor. NUPD knocked on several doors before finding an 18-year-old student under the influence. He had paraphernalia in his room, including a scale. The student called his roommate, who returned to the room and turned over more than an ounce of marijuana. They admitted it was jointly purchased and owned. The students were cooperative and not arrested on the scene. However, they will be summonsed to court.