Compiled by Carolyn Willander, News Correspondent
Thursday, Dec. 8
A student reported his laptop stolen from the Curry Student Center (CSC) West Addition after he left it unattended from 5 to 11 p.m.
10 a.m.
A parking attendant at the Renaissance Garage found two cars with broken windows. GPS units were stolen from both. Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers urged everyone to remove both GPS devices and their mounts when away from their vehicles to prevent theft.
10:30 p.m.
A student reported his skateboard stolen from outside Stetson East several days after seeing another student riding it on Hemenway Street. NUPD found the suspect and questioned him. The suspect said he borrowed the skateboard from a friend who, when questioned, admitted to stealing it. That student was reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
11 p.m.
A resident assistant (RA) in Speare Hall detected the odor of marijuana from a room on the second floor. After NUPD officers knocked on the door, it took the two male residents five minutes to open the door. They admitted to smoking and turned over a small amount of marijuana and some paraphernalia, including a vaporizer. Both were reported to OSCCR.
Friday, Dec. 9
2:30 a.m.
A 19-year-old was found vomiting in the lobby of Speare Hall. At first, he told NUPD officers he was a high school student, then identified himself as a Harvard College student. NUPD officers identified him as a Harvard undergraduate. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. NUPD reported the incident to members of the Harvard administration.
Sunday, Dec. 11
11 a.m.
A student reported he left his laundry in a dryer on the 14th floor of International Village (INV) and returned to find it missing.
Monday, Dec. 12
9 p.m.
A student reported her wallet was stolen from her jacket, which was hanging on the back of her chair at Panera Bread on Huntington Avenue.
Tuesday, Dec. 13
A faculty member at the School of Law Library reported his iPhone was stolen Dec. 7 after he left it unattended in an office for five minutes around 8 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
During an anti-bullying event in Matthews Arena, an NUPD officer spotted an 11-year-old girl running up the stairs to the balcony level. She appeared to be in distress and when approached, gestured that she was choking. The officer, a certified EMT, successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver to eject several clementine wedges from the girl’s throat.
Wednesday, Dec. 14
1 p.m.
A student reported his laptop stolen from the eighth floor common room of INV after he left it there for 15 minutes.
7 p.m.
Two teenage girls accosted a student talking on her phone on Parker Street. The girls took her phone and ran. NUPD officers apprehended the teens with the phone and Boston Police Department (BPD) officers arrested them.
9:30 p.m.
A student reported his bicycle and cable lock stolen from where he had left it outside INV at 7 p.m.
11:15 p.m.
An officer found four students smoking marijuana in the alley behind Kerr Hall. The three men and the woman were reported to OSCCR.
Thursday, Dec. 15
4 a.m.
The Framingham Police Department called to notify NUPD that a 20-year-old Northeastern student was taken to a hospital, unconscious with alcohol poisoning, from a party.
Noon
A staff member in Hurtig Hall saw a suspicious man go into a faculty member’s office. The employee walked in and asked the man who he was, and the man gave an excuse and quickly left. Later, the occupant of the office reported his cell phone was stolen.
Friday, Dec. 16
Noon
A student left his backpack unattended on a nearby chair in the CSC West Addition for a few minutes and it was stolen. NUPD reviewed video surveillance of the area and saw a man and woman who have been suspected previously of theft on campus taking the backpack. The man, in his 50s, had since been identified and summonsed to court.
8:15 p.m.
An officer found a man tampering with a bicycle lock outside the SquashBusters. The man, 52-year-old Gary Brooks, was arrested.
Saturday, Dec. 17
3:30 a.m.
Friends called on behalf of a 21-year-old student vomiting in an apartment on Hemenway Street. He was taken by ambulance to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
3:15 p.m.
A law student reported her laptop was stolen from the School of Law Library two days earlier, where she left it unattended for 20 minutes that afternoon.
Tuesday, Dec. 20
2:30 p.m.
A staff member reported his cell phone stolen from the common area in the lower level of Dockser Hall, where he left it unattended.
Wednesday, Dec. 28
Noon
A teenager went to SquashBusters to use the bathroom. He was in there for some time before an NUPD officer went inside to check on him. He was then identified as a 17-year-old from Dorchester wanted by BPD for a number of offenses including distribution of marijuana and possession of burglary tools. He was arrested by BPD officers.
Thursday, Dec. 29
4:30 p.m.
A staff member noticed a broken window in the door to an office on the fourth floor of Richards Hall. Two unused laptops were reported missing, but many newer electronics appeared untouched.
Friday, Dec. 30
10:30 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw two young men moving beer cans from a cardboard container to backpacks in Robinson Quad. He stopped the 19-year-old student and his 19-year-old visiting friend, and confiscated a 12-pack and a six-pack purchased with a fake ID, which was also confiscated. The student was reported to OSCCR and the visitor was issued a trespass ban by NUPD and will be summonsed to court for buying alcohol for a minor.
Thursday, Jan. 5
1:30 a.m.
Concerned friends called NUPD to an apartment in Douglass Park, where a 21-year-old student was heavily intoxicated. Officers determined she was well enough to stay at the apartment and reported her to OSCCR.
3 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw a suspicious man walk into the ally behind 10 Coventry St. He followed him, and saw 28-year-old Hector Torres, a local homeless man, preparing to smoke crack cocaine. He was arrested for drug possession.
9:15 p.m.
An RA reported the odor of marijuana on the first floor of Burstein Hall. NUPD officers found two students and confiscated a small amount of marijuana and some paraphernalia. They were reported to OSCCR.
10:15 p.m.
An RA in Davenport A reported a noise complaint from a resident on the second floor. NUPD officers responded and detected the odor of marijuana coming from the room. The resident denied smoking, but was reported to OSCCR due to two prior drug-related offenses.
Friday, Jan. 6
4:30 p.m.
A student playing tennis at the courts on Columbus Avenue and Camden Street reported a stranger followed him to the Marino Center. After making a purchase on Huntington Avenue, the student sat down to make a phone call when the stranger snatched the phone and ran off. The student reported he pursued the suspect but did not catch him.
Saturday, Jan. 7
9 p.m.
A student returning from break reported his backpack and a pair of boots were missing from his suite in Loftman Hall. NUPD has not yet followed up on this to learn whether his roommates have any information or involvement.
Monday, Jan. 9
12:30 p.m.
An NUPD detective went to Davenport Commons to visit a student regarding a past drug-related incident. While speaking with the student, the officer saw two bottles of alcohol on a shelf in his room. NUPD confiscated the alcohol and reported the student to OSCCR.
5:15 p.m.
An RA reported the odor of marijuana on the fifth floor of Kerr Hall. An officer responded and noticed a fan in the window as he approached the door. The resident turned over a small amount of marijuana. He was reported to OSCCR.
Tuesday, Jan. 10
1:30 p.m.
A staff member’s laptop was stolen from Hurtig Hall, where he left it unattended on a bench for half an hour around noon.