Compiled by Carolyn Willander, News Correspondent
Wednesday, Nov. 30
9 a.m.
A student left his flash drive Nov. 29 unattended for about an hour on a table in the Egan Research Center, in a teacher’s assistant’s (TA) office shared with several other graduate students. It was missing when he returned.
9:30 a.m.
A student was caught shoplifting from the Marino Center Wollaston’s. He paid for some items, but hid others in his pocket before being stopped by the manager on his way out. He was reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
10:30 p.m.
Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers arrested a man who was aggressively panhandling on the corner of Huntington Avenue and Forsyth Street. Officers questioned 21-year-old Jaime Jones and learned he was wanted on a Boston Police Department (BPD) warrant for credit card fraud. He was issued a trespass ban.
Thursday, Dec. 1
1:30 p.m.
NUPD detectives went to Stetson East to speak with an 18-year-old student as part of an ongoing drug investigation in residence halls. Detectives left the room with several pipes and a small amount of marijuana. The student was reported to OSCCR.
7 p.m.
Officers responded to a report of a person being shot at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Douglas Park Street. Officers discovered an 18-year-old male with a non-life threatening wound to his arm. The suspects already fled the scene. The male, a local resident not affiliated with the university, was taken to the hospital. Witnesses reported that shots were fired from a car and provided a license plate number. BPD visited the residence where the car is registered and spoke to family members before the owner came home. The owner was interviewed by BPD and he provided information regarding the identity of the alleged shooter. BPD arrested the 17-year-old boy suspected of the shooting at his Dorchester home. He was an acquaintance of the victim.
7:30 p.m.
A student was reportedly harassing a female student via Facebook. He was reported to OSCCR.
Friday, Dec. 2
5 a.m.
Officers encountered an intoxicated 20-year-old student on St. Stephen Street. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
8 a.m.
Neighbors reported an argument outside a Coventry Street apartment between a man, 30, and a woman, 20. NUPD responded and found they were arguing after one allegedly stole drugs from the other. BPD arrested both for drug offenses. Neither were affiliated with the university.
11:30 a.m.
A student reported she locked her bike with a cable lock at 3 p.m. Thursday in the West Campus Quad. When she returned the next day both the bike and lock were gone.
2 p.m.
A student left his backpack in a classroom on the second floor of Hurtig Hall at noon Thursday. When he went back an hour later, it was missing. The backpack contained his passport.
4 p.m.
A student reported she accidentally left her phone on the steps outside 337 Huntington Ave. for 30 minutes around 10 a.m. When she returned, the phone was gone.
7:30 p.m.
Students called from White Hall about an intoxicated 19-year-old male student on the fifth floor who was vandalizing a room. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
8 p.m.
A student went to Boston House of Pizza (BHOP) at 1:30 a.m. and left his wheelchair in the restaurant foyer and proceeded in on crutches. When he left a half hour later, he discovered his wheelchair, which was rented, missing.
A student accidentally left her BlackBerry unattended on a study table on the fourth floor of Snell Library from 6:30 to 8 p.m. When she returned it was gone.
Saturday, Dec. 3
2:30 a.m.
A student reported from the 10th floor of Willis Hall that her friend, a 20-year-old student, was intoxicated and vomiting. The friend was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
2 p.m.
A student reported she got into a cab on Columbus Avenue. The driver informed her that someone else had called for the cab, so she got out and left. She then realized that she left her phone in the cab. She called it and a student in the cab answered and promised to return it the next day. However, the phone was stolen that night from the other student’s jacket while at a party.
Sunday, Dec 4
1 a.m.
A resident assistant (RA) in West Village F called NUPD after seeing a student on the third floor with facial injuries that appeared to be from a fight. An officer responded and treated the student, who had been drinking off campus. The student’s friend reported that the injuries resulted from walking into a cement pole. The student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and was reported to OSCCR.
1 a.m.
A cab driver contacted NUPD about a woman who was heavily intoxicated on Columbus Avenue. The 18-year-old Fisher College student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
An officer on Westland Avenue saw a group of students smoking marijuana. Several left as he approached, but one 19-year-old student remained and turned over a small quantity of marijuana. He was reported to OSCCR.
Noon
A student was in a basement classroom in International Village (INV) Saturday night singing karaoke until 3 a.m. The next morning, he realized he left his laptop there and returned to find it missing.
7 p.m.
A student said he was walking past Tremont and Benton streets when four teens tried to steal his headphones. There was a brief struggle and the student was knocked to the ground but managed to hold onto his headphones before the boys ran off. A nearby surveillance camera recorded the incident and NUPD is working with BPD to identify the suspects.
8:15 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw three people on the front steps of Cahners Hall smoking marijuana. One was a 19-year-old student, and the others were two 19-year-olds with no affiliation to the university. A small amount of marijuana was confiscated and the student was reported to OSCCR.
9 p.m.
A student reported he locked his bike with a cable in Krentzman Quad from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. When he returned, both were missing.
Monday, Dec. 5
2 p.m.
A student studying in InfoCommons had his backpack on the floor behind him. Another student saw a man and a woman in their forties approach, and the woman stood watching as the man rummaged through the backpack, removed a laptop, and the two left. The second student notified NUPD was given a good description of the thieves, both of whom had properly signed into the library as visitors and given their names. NUPD is working with BPD to locate and arrest them.
3:30 p.m.
During a concert at the Fenway Center on Saturday night, a visiting performer left her purse backstage. The next morning, she found her cellphone missing from the purse.
5 p.m.
A student was walking on Dartmouth Street when she was approached by four teens, two male and two female, who attempted to steal her cellphone. A passerby assisted her and the teens ran off without the phone. The student returned to Northeastern and contacted NUPD, who reported the incident to BPD. Several hours later, the student identified one of the assailants in a mug shot. BPD is investigating the assault.
8 p.m.
A student was in Starbucks in afterHOURS with a large group of people from 4 to 5:30 p.m. When he went to leave, his backpack and laptop were missing from the floor next to the table.
10 p.m.
Officers saw two men smoking marijuana on a bench on Symphony Road. Both were Berklee College of Music students. The officers confiscated the marijuana and NUPD notified Berklee.
10:30 p.m.
A student in Stetson West woke up and found his iPad missing from where he left it on his desk at 1 a.m. He found his Husky Card in the hall outside his room. His roommate was in the room with a guest the previous night, and detectives are interviewing both students.
Tuesday, Dec. 6
2:30 p.m.
A student’s laptop was stolen from the Curry Student Center food court where she left it unattended for a few minutes to get napkins.
3:15 p.m.
A student was sitting on steps of Light Hall talking on his cell phone when he was approached by two young males who shoved him and attempted to steal the phone. He resisted and the assailants ran off without the phone. The student called NUPD immediately and gave a detailed description of the pair. They were spotted a few blocks away and arrested. The boys were 15-and-16-year-old Boston residents.
4 p.m.
A student’s backpack, containing mostly clothes, was stolen from the back of his chair in the Curry Student Center food court.
10 p.m.
A student locked his bike with a cable lock at 8 p.m. in the INV bike rack. When he returned both the bike and lock were missing.
Wednesday, Dec. 7
2:45 a.m. – Entry of the Week
The proctor in West Village E reported that a 22-year-old female student entered the building and walked into a wall. NUPD arrived and found the student was severely impaired after taking prescription medication which was harmful when mixed with alcohol. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
