Compiled by Jackie Rapetti, News Staff

Tuesday, March 20
4:30 p.m.
A student reported she was walking on Gainsborough Street near St. Stephen Street talking on her cell phone when two college-aged males ran by and grabbed the phone out of her hand.

9:45 p.m.
A Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) detective following up on a previous case interviewed a student in his room on the second floor of Speare Hall. The detective confiscated a bottle of whiskey and a small amount of marijuana from the 19-year-old student. He will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).

Wednesday, March 21
9 a.m.
A food service employee reported he rode his bike to work and locked it outside of Stetson East at 6 a.m. When he returned at 6:45 a.m., the bike and lock were gone.

5 p.m.
A student reported she left her cell phone in the women’s restroom on the first floor of Curry Student Center (CSC) at 2 p.m. She remembered and returned at 3:30 p.m. and searched various lost and found locations but could not find it.

Thursday, March 22
1:45 p.m.
A student in Smith Hall reported her laptop was stolen the previous night from her room. She said her roommate left the door propped open between midnight and 1 a.m. NUPD officers are following up with a suspect, a non-student, who was signed in by another resident of Smith Hall, and was seen wandering around the building at that time.

2:30 p.m.
NUPD officers responded to a fight between two students on the first floor of Curry Student Center. One of the students said he bumped into the other, prompting a fist fight. Both students will be reported to OSCCR.

5:30 p.m.
A student reported she left her purse somewhere on campus between 10 a.m. and noon and could not find it.

Friday, March 23
12:15 a.m.
Entry of the Week: A student reported her laundry was stolen from the laundry room on the 22nd floor of International Village (INV). She left her laundry at 2 p.m. on March 20 and when she returned at 7 p.m. on March 22, it was gone.

11 p.m.
An NUPD officer found an 18-year-old student with an open can of beer walking outside Curry Student Center. The student initially said he didn’t have identification with him, but the officer recognized him from previous offenses. He will be reported to OSCCR again.

11:30 p.m.
A security officer stationed at the footbridge between Camden and Gainsborough Streets reported several teenagers trying to get into the Massachusetts Avenue MBTA station through the exit doors. One of the teenagers struck the officer and ran away with the group. NUPD officers are investigating the incident.

Saturday, March 24
1:30 a.m.
A student reported he locked his bike in the Snell Library Quad at 10 a.m. the previous day. When he returned at 1:30 a.m., the saddle bag from his bike was gone.

An NUPD officer on Forsyth Street saw an 18-year-old student vomiting outside White Hall. The student said she had been drinking at an off-campus party. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.

3 a.m.
A resident assistant (RA) on the third floor of Stetson East reported a student who appeared to be intoxicated. NUPD officers found the 18-year-old in her room. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.

3:25 a.m.
A student reported her intoxicated friend was vomit on the ninth floor of INV. NUPD officers found the 18-year-old vomiting student and determined she did not need medical attention. She will be reported to OSCCR.

8 a.m.
A student reported someone trying to steal a bike outside of the Cabot Center. NUPD officers found and arrested James Nelson, 18, of Boston, who has no university affiliation, for attempted larceny. Nelson was also cited for posession of a small amount of marijuana.

9 p.m.
A student reported her cell phone stolen from Blackman Auditorium. She said she left it unattended for five minutes during a performance and when she returned, it was gone.

NUPD officers were flagged down on Huntington Avenue by a person who said a man was acting disorderly inside of a liquor store, threatening to fight with customers and employees. Officers found and arrested David Gramer, 52, of Melrose, who has no university affiliation, for disorderly conduct.

Sunday, March 25
12:15 a.m.
An RA in Smith Hall reported students on the roof. NUPD officers found four 18-year-old and three 19-year-old students with beer on the roof. NUPD is investigating who supplied the alcohol. All seven students will be reported to OSCCR.

2:15 a.m.
A proctor in Kennedy Hall reported a guest who appeared intoxicated was signed in on the first floor. NUPD officers responded and found two residents with two guests. One 19-year-old student and her roommate’s 17-year-old guest were intoxicated, but didn’t require medical attention. The roommate, 21, will be reported to OSCCR for hosting the 17-year-old, who is her cousin, and the 19-year-old student will be reported to OSCCR for underage drinking.

2 p.m.
A student reported his laptop was stolen from his apartment in Douglass Park between 1 and 10 a.m. He said he held a party and after guests left, his laptop was gone.

Editor’s Note
As an editor, I accepted a long time ago that the main reason students pick up The News isn’t because of news stories, sports coverage or arts and entertainment reviews; it’s for the Crime Log. 

Everyone loves to read about the freshman girl unconscious in the Stetson East bathroom, whose friends clearly ditched her, or the awkward older men (unaffiliated with the university) who watch porn in the library. 

The reason you get to read about these shining moments is because Jim Ferrier, associate director of public safety, patiently sits at his desk thumbing through incident reports week after week with a reporter scribbling down the details.

After 37 years at Northeastern, Jim’s last day is tomorrow, before he enters a retirement that is sure to be fulfilling, and a lot less eventful or something than working on a college campus. 

And while he ensures all the drunk underagers are sent to OSCCR (sorry you got caught, kids), he also lets the rest of us hear about it. 

So on behalf of The News, thank you Jim for keeping the incident reports more open than most college campuses allow, and thank you for being a fierce ally of our organization regardless of university affiliation. You’ll be missed.

– Jenna Duncan, editor-in-chief