Northeastern Crime Log

Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern’s Division of Public Safety reports.

Monday, September 26 10:30 a.m. A 20-year-old female student reported her purse missing after leaving it on a bench on Forsyth Street. It contained several credit cards and identification.

Noon A 20-year-old female student reported her bike stolen after she locked it in front of 132 Hemenway St. Video surveillance showed two men cutting the lock off the bike.

4 p.m. A 19-year-old female student moving into Rubenstein Hall reported her cell phone missing after leaving it in the lobby of the building for five minutes.

4:30 p.m. A 20-year-old male student reported his bike was stolen on Saturday between 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. from in front of Cabot Physical Education Center.

5 p.m. A 21-year-old male student reported his bike was stolen from the same location between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday.

Wednesday, September 28 Noon A 19-year-old male student reported his bike stolen from the sidewalk in front of Davenport A.

11 p.m. A Resident Assistant on the second floor of Burstein Hall reported a strong odor of marijuana coming from an apartment. Officers responded, and no one answered the door. The residents of the apartment, two 19-year-old female students, will be reported to OSCCR. A 21-year-old male non-student had been signed into the apartment earlier in the evening. Officers are investigating his involvement.

Thursday, September 29 3:30 p.m. A 21-year-old male student reported someone had stolen his identity and used his credit card numbers for online charges for $2,000 worth of purchases. The student reported the credit cards have been in his possession the entire time. Officers are assisting the student and the credit card company in its investigation.

6:30 p.m. While fire alarms were being tested in West Village E and students were evacuating the building, a 22-year-old male resident attempted to enter the building. He became belligerent after being asked to exit the building and had to be calmed down by an officer. He will be reported to OSCCR.

9 p.m. As a result of an ongoing drug investigation, a search warrant was served at a leased apartment at 170 St. Botolph St. Officers seized alcohol, marijuana and evidence indicating the resident was distributing marijuana. The individual was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and being a minor in possession of alcohol. The individual was arraigned at Roxbury District Court Monday. They will also be reported to OSCCR. All charges against them were later dropped.

Friday, September 30 12:30 a.m. An officer patrolling The Fenway saw two students walk behind a building in the Fens. He stopped two 18-year-old males who were smoking marijuana. A pipe and a small amount of marijuana were confiscated, and they will be reported to OSCCR.

2 a.m. An officer patrolling the Fens saw four students sitting on a bench smoking what appeared to be marijuana. The officer confiscated two bags of marijuana from two 17-year-old male students and two 18-year-old male students. Officers found one of the 18-year-old students had been supplying the marijuana, and was arrested. Alexander Woellner was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana. He was arraigned at Roxbury District Court Monday. All four students will be reported to OSCCR.

3 a.m. Officers responded to Davenport A on reports of a 19-year-old male student intoxicated and unconscious in his apartment. Friends told officers the student had been drinking all day by himself. He was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment. He will be reported to OSCCR.

10 a.m. A staff member reported several men were looking into parked cars outside Mugar Life Sciences Building. Officers responded and stopped three men on Gainsborough Street. One was in possession of marijuana and had a warrant out for his arrest for prior marijuana possession. Broshawn Coakley, 18, of Dorchester, was arrested on charges of possession of marijuana. He was arraigned at Roxbury District Court Monday.

3 p.m. An 18-year-old male student reported a 100 dollar bill he left on a shelf in his room in White Hall was missing. He had reported two other items stolen from his room earlier in the month. There was no sign of forced entry.

5 p.m. A 20-year-old female student reported a male guest who she had signed into her residence hall began using drugs in her apartment. The student reported she no longer wanted the guest in her apartment, and contacted officers after the guest left the apartment. Officers gave her advice on how to ensure he would not return to her residence hall.

Investigators visited another apartment at 170 St. Boltolph St. to discuss his knowledge of drug distribution in the area. The 21-year-old male student turned over two bags of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia. He will be reported to OSCCR.

7:15 p.m. An officer walking through the Curry Student Center spotted a man who has previously been arrested for trespassing on campus. Steven Mowring, 21, of Boston, was arrested again on charges of trespassing. He was arraigned at Roxbury District Court Monday.

8:30 p.m. Officers noticed a man enter Stetson East with a large red hockey bag with the outline of large boxes showing. Officers stopped the 19-year-old male student, who claimed he was returning from a trip home. The officer followed him to his room and knocked on the door. The student had opened the bag, and two 30-packs of beer and a liter of hard liquor were in the bag when the officer entered the room. The student will be reported to OSCCR.

11 p.m. Callers reported a fight on Huntington Avenue in front of the Marino Center. Officers responded and treated a non-student who was suffering from a cut to his head. Witnesses said he got in a fight with several other people, who fled down Forsyth Street toward Ruggles station. He refused medical treatment.

Saturday, October 1 3 a.m. An 18-year-old male student in Stetson West reported three strangers rummaging through his belongings after leaving his room to go to the bathroom. They pushed him aside and ran out an alarmed door onto Hemenway Street. An officer on Huntington Avenue attempted to stop three people who fit the description and began a foot chase. Officers stopped all three and recovered property that had been taken from the student’s room. Jerry Joseph, 19, of Hyde Park, Eaine Meca, 19, of Roslindale and John Whittaker, 21, of Randolph, were arrested on charges of burglary, larceny and assault. They were arraigned at Roxbury District Court Monday.

4 a.m. Officers responded to Stetson West on reports a 17-year-old female resident was intoxicated and unconscious in her room. Her roommate had found her and reported it to police. She initially claimed she and her roommate had not been drinking but eventually admitted that they had. The student was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment, and both will be reported to OSCCR.

9 a.m. Officers responded to Douglass Park, where a 21-year-old female student reported some of her personal property had been stolen by three men she had met the previous evening. She admitted she had been drinking with them and invited them back to her apartment. Some of the personal items were traced back to the three men arrested near Stetson West at 3 a.m. Oct. 1. They will also be charged with burglary in this case.

8 p.m. Officers responded to Stetson West on reports a man and woman were yelling and fighting on the third floor. Officers found a 20-year-old female student and her 23-year-old non-student boyfriend. She had fresh bruises on her face and neck and was bleeding. They claimed they were playing around and she tripped and fell, but it was clear she had been hit in the face. Damion Gorden, of Dorchester, was arrested on charges of assault and battery. He was arraigned in Roxbury District Court Monday.

Sunday, October 2 1 a.m. An RA reported a student was in the bathroom vomiting in White Hall. Officers responded and found an 18-year-old male student extremely intoxicated in his residence hall room. He was transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment and will be reported to OSCCR.

4 p.m. Investigators visited an 18-year-old male student in Loftman Hall about an ongoing drug investigation on campus involving the students at 170 St. Botolph St. Officers confiscated marijuana and other drug paraphernalia from his apartment. He will be reported to OSCCR.

Officers visited a second student in Loftman Hall, an 18-year-old male and confiscated an herb-like substance that may be drugs. They will be tested, and he will be reported to OSCCR.

 

Correction: An earlier version of this story provided the name of a student. The student’s was removed.