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Crime Log

by Bobby Mullen, News Correspondent

Tuesday, March 16
5 p.m.
A visitor sitting outside the library left her wallet on a bench. When she returned, the wallet was missing. It contained $100.

6 p.m.
A staff member reported his scooter was taken from the Snell Library Quad. He had left it there with no locking devices.

7:30 p.m.
A member of Residential Life called to report suspicious activity at 153 Hemenway St. Northeastern University Department of Public Safety (NUPD) Officers found a chemistry set and found a student who was making a homemade coffee machine in the reported apartment.

9 p.m.
Staff members completing inspections at 153 Hemenway St. discovered hookah pipes, a soft air gun and an asp baton [a tactical baton used by police] in the room of a resident. The resident who owned the items will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).

Wednesday, March 17
12:45 a.m.
The guest of student in International Village (IV) reported his laptop was taken from his room during a period when it was unattended for six hours. The door may have been left open.

1:30 a.m.
A custodian reported someone had used a chemical discharge shower in a classroom in Dodge Hall. The act is considered vandalism and is under investigation.

8:30 a.m.
A staff member in Holmes Hall reported they were receiving harassing phone calls. An investigation revealed the calls may be coming from a correctional facility. The investigation is ongoing.

6:45 p.m.
A resident in White Hall reported she found two pieces of jewelry missing from her room after returning from Spring Break. She discovered the items missing Feb. 27. Another resident reported a similar case at the same time. The second student was a missing a bottle of expensive perfume.

9 p.m.
A student reported leaving his bag unattended in Snell Library and returned to it missing. The bag was returned to the NUPD with a graphing calculator missing.

10:15 p.m.
Snell Library staff called NUPD to report suspicious activity around the library. A man who had been loitering inside the library after being signed in was identified the next day and has been banned from campus.

11 p.m.
Resident Assistants (RA) at IV reported graffiti on the 17th and 19th floors. Two suspects were identified and the investigation is ongoing.

Thursday, March 18
9:30 a.m.
A student reported he had left his bag behind in a classroom in Shillman Hall a few days prior and returned to find it missing. The bag contained drum supplies.

Friday, March 19
10:30 a.m.
A student in Speare Hall reported obscene graffiti on multiple doors on the second floor.

6 p.m.
A student in IV reported she was concerned somebody was tampering with her mail.

8:30 p.m.
A student left the key to his locker at the Marino Center unattended by the basketball court while he was playing. The key was gone when he finished playing and his locker was open. An iPod was missing.

10:30 p.m.
An officer on Camden Street found two students who looked underage carrying beer. The two men were identified as Wentworth students and will be reported to Wentworth authorities.

Saturday, March 20
2:30 a.m.
A student in Speare Hall reported obscene graffiti on multiple doors on the third floor.

5 p.m.
Officers transported a student to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center when she fell extremely ill after allegedly eating a cookie that was laced with marijuana. NUPD would like to stress that this is not the first instance of someone eating a “drug snack” and hopes that students would be careful about eating something suspicious received from a stranger.

10 p.m.
A student at 116 St. Stephen St. was locked out of his apartment and broke the apartment door to gain entry. He will be reported to OSCCR and will be charged with the cost of fixing the door.

Sunday, March 21
8:30 p.m.
A student in IV reported that their laundry items went missing during a three and a half hour period time.

Monday, March 22
9 a.m.
Officers received a call from a relative of a student in Melvin Hall who reported she was having a domestic issue. Responding officers found the student from a nearby college, who was dating a resident of Melvin Hall, in an altercation with her boyfriend. The resident was arrested for domestic assault and battery.

11:40 a.m.
A student reported finding a backpack in his car, which was parked in the lot near Ryder Hall. He had no idea how the backpack got there and an investigation to find the owner is ongoing.

1 p.m.
A person using the Renaissance Park Garage reported her wallet missing, but then got a call that it had been found. It was returned intact.

2p.m.
An officer on patrol near Shillman Hall reported graffiti in one of the elevators.

3 p.m.
A faculty member in Mugar Hall reported his bag had been stolen. The bag contained a laptop and other personal items. The laptop was taken when the faculty member left it unattended from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. earlier that day. An investigation is ongoing.

10 p.m.
While interviewing a student in IV as part of a follow-up of a previous case, officers confiscated knives, drug paraphernalia, nitrous oxide canisters and a small amount of marijuana. The student will be reported to OSCCR.

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