Compiled by Gal Tziperman Lotan, News Staff
Thursday, Jan. 19
9:30 a.m.
Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers retrieved a wallet in Ryder Hall. They found one ID belonging to a 19-year-old student, and another belonging to his 21-year-old-brother. The student admitted he borrowed his brother’s ID over winter break to use for alcohol purchases. Officers confiscated the ID and reported the student to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
5 p.m.
A graduate student reported he parked his car in the Columbus Parking Lot around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, and returned at 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 to find one of the side-view mirrors torn off. The student also found a note on the car criticizing his parking and threatening to vandalize the car next time it is improperly parked.
A student called to report an aggressive panhandler was harassing her as she walked from a bus stop on Massachusetts Avenue to her apartment. The student said the man did not physically assault her, but was acting bizarrely, yelling and threatening to run into traffic. NUPD officers found the 35-year-old man, who is not affiliated with the university, and discovered evidence of illegal drug usage in his possession. He was taken to Boston Medical Center for treatment.
Friday, Jan. 20
12:30 a.m.
A caller reported finding a student sitting in the hallway on the 14th floor of International Village (INV) looking disoriented. Officers found the 18-year-old student, who said she got lost after drinking vodka and rum on the fifth floor of the building. EMTs determined she did not need medical treatment, and she was reported to OSCCR. While speaking with NUPD officers, the student mumbled the names of some students she was drinking with. NUPD detectives will follow up with them to investigate who served her alcohol.
10 a.m.
A law school student reported his laptop, which he thought he left in his locker Thursday night, was missing. A classmate later told officers he saw the student left his laptop unattended in a classroom, not his locker.
Noon
A caller reported a student who seemed intoxicated in the basement level of Columbus Place, outside the Resident Mail Services office. The student, 19, told officers he was still intoxicated from drinking the previous night. EMTs determined he did not need medical attention, and he was reported to OSCCR.
11:15 p.m.
A Resident Assistant (RA) in Loftman Hall reported a student who seemed intoxicated was trying to sign into the building without her ID or keys. Officers determined she was a 20-year-old student who lives at 319 Huntington, left her building to have a cigarette, became disoriented and wandered into Loftman Hall thinking it was her dorm. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in an ambulance, where she dropped her wallet. Officers found a fake driver’s license in her wallet, and she was reported to OSCCR.
Saturday, Jan. 21
12:15 a.m.
A proctor in Stetson West reported a 19-year-old student hit his head on a doorway entering the building with two friends and lost consciousness. Officers arrived and revived the student, who became violent and had to be handcuffed to the stretcher. The student’s two friends, both 18, said the three drank alcohol but would not say where. The injured student was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and all three were reported to OSCCR.
A resident of West Village A reported a friend, a 19-year-old student, was vomiting in the bathroom after drinking vodka. EMTs determined the student did not need medical attention and he was reported to OSCCR.
12:30 a.m.
A student in 780 Columbus reported ongoing problems with his roommate. He said the two have been fighting about apartment cleanliness, noise, locking the doors and incompatible schedules. The student said they never get into physical fights, but argue loudly and regularly. The Department of Housing and Residential Life spoke with the students and agreed to move one of them into a different room Monday.
1 a.m.
An officer on Huntington Avenue near Speare Hall found a 19-year-old vomiting from intoxication. The man, not a Northeastern student, was visiting a student on campus. EMTs determined he did not need medical attention. The man was allowed to stay on campus for the night, and his host was reported to OSCCR.
3 a.m.
A proctor at 337 Huntington reported an 18-year-old student who seemed intoxicated was trying to enter the building without an ID or keys. Officers found she was slightly intoxicated, but smelled strongly of alcohol. She had documents from Tufts Medical Center saying she was treated for intoxication after an ambulance brought her in from the Waterfront. EMTs determined she was well enough to return to her room. Officers let her in and she was reported to OSCCR.
5 p.m.
A caller in 780 Columbus reported the two roommates NUPD spoke with early that morning got into another disruptive yelling match. The building’s residence director moved one of the roommates into a different room for the remainder of the weekend.
5:15 p.m.
A student reported her iPhone was stolen from her coat pocket while she attended an off-campus party at 430 Massachusetts Ave. Friday night. She left her coat in a back room for two hours, and noticed her was phone missing when she left.
7 p.m.
A student reported her wallet was stolen from her purse, which she hung on the back of her chair as she ate dinner at Au Bon Pain in the Marino Center. The wallet contained credit cards, one of which was used three times before she canceled it, and $50 in cash.
Sunday, Jan. 22
12:30 a.m.
An 18-year-old student was found vomiting from intoxication in the lobby of the Marino Center. He told officers he drank vodka at a Mission Hill party earlier and walked home drunk. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
2:30 a.m.
An RA in Smith Hall reported an 18-year-old student was vomiting in the third-floor bathroom. The student told officers she had been drinking vodka. EMTs determined she did not need medical attention, and she was reported to OSCCR.
3 a.m.
A student on the 16th floor of INV reported he checked on a 20-year-old student and found him in bed, vomiting and unconscious. The vomiting student was taken to Boston Medical Center and reported to OSCCR.
Sunday, Jan. 22,
4 a.m.
Entry of the week: A student at 122 St. Stephen St. reported she went downstairs to let in a friend and found a strange, disoriented man wearing only underpants in the outer foyer of the building. He said he did not know where he lived. She decided to take pity on him and invited him into her apartment, where she and her friends dressed him, got his name and tried to determine if they had any mutual friends on Facebook. Unable to get in touch with anyone who knew the man, the students called NUPD. Officers determined the man was a 19-year-old student who lived in another part of the building. He admitted he was using ecstasy and was reported to OSCCR. NUPD counseled the students who let him into their apartment on safer options should they find a disoriented stranger in their foyer.
9 a.m.
A student reported her coat, keys, and wallet were stolen from a Mission Hill party she attended Saturday night. The wallet contained credit cards, a CharlieCard, $100 in cash and $100 on gift cards. The student said she did not remember the names of the party’s hosts.
3 p.m.
An officer on patrol near the pump house in the Fens saw a 19-year-old Wentworth Institute of Technology student and his 20-year-old friend, sharing a blunt. NUPD disposed of the blunt and notified the Wentworth Police Department.
6:30 p.m.
An officer saw two students, 21 and 19, walking down Huntington Avenue carrying bags that looked like they contained alcohol. The 19-year-old said she was just helping her friend carry her purchases. NUPD detectives are investigating whether the 21-year-old was procuring alcohol for minors. Both were reported to OSCCR.
Monday, Jan. 23
8 a.m.
A staff member in the Mugar Life Sciences Building reported a new Kindle e-reader was stolen from a UPS box en route to his desk. He found the empty box on his desk Friday, and spent the afternoon trying to track down the device.
9 a.m.
A faculty member in the College of Professional Studies reported a student became disorderly with an adviser Friday afternoon. The student was upset when the adviser said he could not enroll in a certain course and spent hours in the office arguing. The faculty member was afraid the student would return Monday, but he did not. NUPD reported the student to OSCCR and the dean’s office.
A Department of Housing and Residential Life staff member in West Village G reported the front of a Coca-Cola vending machine was broken. No products or money were missing.
Noon
A student reported he entered INV with his saxophone around 9:30 p.m. Saturday and realized he did not have it when he woke up in his room Sunday. He said he thought he left it in the elevator. NUPD reviewed security footage and found he did not have his saxophone when he entered the elevator and must have left it elsewhere.
4:45 p.m.
A hearing-impaired Boston resident who visits friends at the university several times a week approached an NUPD officer and asked for a specific officer, who knows some American Sign Language and is friendly with the man. The man reported he was sitting on a couch on the first floor of the Curry Student Center reading around 6:30 p.m. Friday when two teenagers approached him and shoved him repeatedly. NUPD is reviewing security footage and looking for the teenagers. Anyone who saw the assault or has any information about the suspects can call 617-373-2121 or submit an anonymous tip at northeastern.edu/publicsafety/feedback.html.