By Matt Collette
Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern’s Division of Public Safety reports.
Crime Log Entry of the Week Friday, September 28 9:30 p.m. A 24-year-old male student reported that as he left the Snell Engineering Center, he was approached from behind by a man who demanded his wallet. The student said that he didn’t have any money in his wallet and gave the man the only dollar he had. The assailant still demanded his wallet and then ran toward Ruggles station. The student was not injured. Shortly after the incident someone reported finding the contents of the student’s wallet strewn across the bus station at Ruggles. A few credit cards were reported missing.
Tuesday, September 25 3 p.m. Office staff in Hurtig Hall reported a laptop computer, one of several purchased at the beginning of the semester for a lab class, was missing from a storage closet. Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officers found no forced entry to the supply closet and suspect the computer was never returned to its designated place.
5 p.m. NUPD called a 20-year-old male student to inform him they had his wallet, which had been turned into lost and found. When he came to pick it up, NUPD questioned him about a fake ID in his wallet. The student admitted the ID was his and demanded it back. The ID was not returned to him, and NUPD informed the student that possession of a fake ID was both illegal and against the university’s Student Code of Conduct. The student will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Wednesday, September 26 8 a.m. Residents of 204 Huntington Ave. reported a man sleeping in a hallway of the building. They woke the homeless man, William Jones, 45, who said he entered the building as someone else was leaving. They discovered Jones was wanted on a default warrant from Roxbury District Court for breaking into a car three years ago. He was arrested on the outstanding warrant, and told not to return to campus.
7:30 p.m. A 21-year-old female student reported her cell phone missing. She said she last saw it in Dodge Hall earlier that day. She described the phone to NUPD, which had already been turned in to the lost and found and was later returned to her.
Thursday, September 27 12:30 p.m. A 20-year-old male student reported that two days earlier he had discovered his laptop was missing from his Douglass Park apartment. He had returned at midnight that night and believes the front door was left unlocked. Nothing else of value was reported missing.
8:30 p.m. An NUPD officer saw a homeless man give alcohol to two males on Columbus Avenue, near Douglass Park. The officer recognized the man as someone who had purchased alcohol for minors in the past, but was unable to stop him. He did stop the two 20-year-old Massachusetts College of Pharmacy students for whom the alcohol was purchased, and confiscated the alcohol.
Friday, September 28 12:30 a.m. An NUPD officer on Hemenway Street spotted a man urinating through the fence of the Russell J. Call Children’s Center behind White Hall. The intoxicated 21-year-old student will be reported to OSCCR.
3 a.m. A Resident Assistant (RA) in White Hall reported a student was intoxicated and vomiting on the second floor of the building. Officers responded and the 18-year-old female student was taken by ambulance to Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She will be reported to OSCCR.
Friends of a severely intoxicated and vomiting 19-year-old female student called NUPD for assistance. The student was taken from Stetson West to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She will be reported to OSCCR.
11 a.m. The manager of the Marino Center Wollaston’s reported he was detaining an 18-year-old male student for shoplifting. The student first denied stealing anything, but then admitted to taking juice and health and beauty aids. He will be reported to OSCCR and was told he was banned from Wollaston’s.
3:30 p.m. Staff at Chicken Lou’s reported three juveniles had tried to shoplift food. An employee chased the juveniles, who boarded a Green Line train. NUPD boarded the train a few stops away, and found the three hiding at the back of the train. The 14-year-old and his two friends were told not to return to Northeastern.
6:30 p.m. A 23-year-old male student reported his bike had been stolen from World Series Way. He had parked it at 3 p.m., but when he returned, the bike and lock were gone.
Saturday, September 29 2 a.m. NUPD officers responded to reports of a fight in the West Village Quad. They found a 20-year-old male student who was involved in the fight and was bleeding from facial injuries. He would not tell the officers what had happened and was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment of his injuries, which included a broken bone. A friend told officers the fight started when the injured student had refused to sign a group of people into his residence hall and entered his building. While he was in the lobby, the group taunted him from outside. The student was upset and went outside, where the fight began. NUPD has not yet identified the group of students who asked to be signed into the residence hall, but are reviewing security footage from the lobby.
2:30 a.m. NUPD officers responded to a call of an intoxicated 19-year-old male student who was vomiting in Stetson East. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment and will be reported to OSCCR.
3 a.m. An RA in 780 Columbus Ave. reported smelling marijuana from an apartment. NUPD was called to assist, but officers found no marijuana in the apartment. However, they found and confiscated 13 bottles of beer. The 20-year-old female resident will be reported to OSCCR.
4:30 a.m. An RA in 780 Columbus Ave. reported seeing a male student urinating in the corridor. The 19-year-old male student said he had been drinking and had locked himself out of his apartment. He will be reported to OSCCR.
10 a.m. Someone turned in a wallet they had found in the West Village Quad. It belonged to the student who was injured in the fight earlier that morning. NUPD found a fake ID in the wallet and the student will be reported to OSCCR.
4:30 p.m. An officer noticed a man and woman carrying a sizable amount of beer outside of 212 Hemenway St. The officers asked their ages and learned that the male student, who had a 24-pack and a 6-pack of beer, was 22-years-old and the female student, who had a 12-pack and a pint of beer, was 19 years old. The male student said he bought all the alcohol, but could not carry it. All the alcohol was confiscated and both students will be reported to OSCCR.
9:30 p.m. NUPD got a call from a resident of 212 Hemenway St. about a man who was urinating from a fire escape. The caller’s description of the man on the balcony, who she also said threw a beer bottle at her window, matched that of the 22-year-old student who was stopped outside the same building that afternoon. NUPD called the Boston Police Department (BPD) for assistance as the building is not owned by Northeastern. There were three residents inside the apartment, but the student who had urinated from the balcony was either hiding or had left. All three residents of the apartment, as well as a 19-year-old female student who was leaving as NUPD arrived, will be reported to OSCCR.
Sunday, September 30 1 a.m. A 20-year-old female student attending a dance in the Curry Student Center Ballroom reported leaving her wallet unattended and returning to find it missing.
3 a.m. Several callers reported that they had been sprayed with water by residents of 118 Hemenway St. No one answered the door when NUPD arrived, but the building manager agreed to provide the names of the Northeastern students who live in the apartment. The students will be reported to OSCCR.
3 p.m. A 20-year-old student reported his bike missing from Bullfinch Mall, but his lock was still there. NUPD officers said they had found his bike, which had not been secured to the fence the lock was attached to, shortly after midnight the night before.
5:30 p.m. A 22-year-old student reported leaving her belongings unattended on the third floor of Snell Library for about 10 minutes. When she returned, her laptop, cell phone, wallet and book bag were missing.