By Mike Napolitano
Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern’s Division of Public Safety reports.
Tuesday, September 23
10:30 a.m.
Callers reported young boys asking for money on World Series Way. Northeastern Division of Public Safety (NUPD) responded and found three boys skipping school. After questioning, officers discovered two boys were 9 years old and the other boy was 10 years old. Officers called the boys’ school to confirm their identities. The school confirmed they had not shown up that day. NUPD called the boys’ parents and one parent came to pick up all three.
3 p.m.
A woman visiting campus reported her wallet stolen in Snell Library. She said it went missing the previous day between 6 and 9 p.m. She was in the library, but she didn’t remember leaving her seat. The wallet contained $40, credit cards and a driver’s license. NUPD is investigating.
7 p.m.
A man was found using a public access computer in Snell Library to view inappropriate websites. NUPD officers questioned him and found he was a 49-year-old man not affiliated with Northeastern. He was escorted off campus and told not to return.
9 p.m.
NUPD responded to a report of a staff member outside Stetson West who was nearly hit by water balloons thrown from an upper floor of the building. Upon NUPD’s arrival, the staff member identified which window the balloons came from. Two male residents were interviewed, and admitted they threw the ballons. They will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Wednesday, September 24
2:30 a.m.
A Hemenway Street resident called to report a man attempting to steal a bike on the corner of the North Lot. NUPD officers responded and found a man bashing a rock against the bike’s lock. Police arrested 25-year-old Brandon George, who said he was homeless, for attempted larceny. The bike had minor damage.
2 p.m.
A student reported she had locked her bike to a fence in front of St. Stephen Street Tuesday night and found it missing at 1 p.m. Wednesday. She said she had locked the front wheel to the fence with a U-lock. Police found the front wheel of the bike still on the fence, but the rest was missing.
5 p.m.
A student found a tear in the convertible top of his car, which had been parked in the North Lot. He said he believes it was vandalized on purpose. NUPD is investigating.
Thursday, September 25
4 p.m.
A freshman student in White Hall reported her cell phone missing after she had left it in the game room Wednesday night at around 10 p.m. She found it missing at 1 a.m. and reported it that morning.
5 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw a student smoking in The Fenway across from Kerr Hall. Upon questioning, the student admitted he was smoking pot, and turned over his pipe and drugs. He will be reported to OSCCR.
5:30 p.m.
As the officer from the previous incident was walking away from the student, he passed a man smoking a cigar with marijuana in it. It was confiscated.
8 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw a man walk out of a liquor store on Huntington Avenue carrying bags of liquor. The officer watched him as four men approached and exchanged the liquor for money. Upon questioning, the officer found that all four were Wentworth students and the man was 53 years old. Two bottles of vodka and one bottle of rum were confiscated. The students will be reported to their campus police and the man will be summonsed to court for providing alcohol to minors.
9:30 p.m.
A female student reported her wallet missing. She said she thinks she misplaced it somewhere on campus during the day. The wallet contained $25 and some credit cards. The student contacted the credit card companies and discovered her cards had been used.
Friday, September 26
12:15 a.m.
A Resident Assistant at Stetson West reported smelling the odor of marijuana from the second floor. Students on the floor denied smoking, and no drugs were found. A report will be sent to OSCCR.
An NUPD officer saw a man on Columbus Avenue carrying a 30-pack of beer. Upon questioning, officers learned he was an 18-year-old Massachusetts College of Pharmacy student. The beer was confiscated. His school’s authorities will be notified.
12:45 a.m.
A 19-year-old male student called requesting assistance for a 17-year-old friend who had called him sick from drinking. NUPD officers found the female drunk and vomiting on Forsyth Street with her friend. NUPD officers found the girl unable to stand or communicate. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.
3 a.m.
A 19-year-old resident of Kennedy Hall called 911 when he became ill from drinking. He told officers he was concerned someone might have put an unknown substance in his drink but wouldn’t say where he had been drinking. He was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.
9 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw two men walking on Columbus Avenue, each carrying a 30-pack of beer. When the officer stopped them for questioning, one said he was 21, and his friend said he was underage. Soon after, the one who said he was 21 said he lied and gave the officer both his fake and real IDs. Both men are Northeastern students. The student with the fake ID will be summonsed to court for using a fake ID to buy alcohol and procuring alcohol for a minor. Both will be reported to OSCCR.
Saturday, September 27
2 p.m.
A custodian in Shillman Hall reported a group of young people trashing classrooms. NUPD officers responded, and the children ran away. Police found chairs turned over and dozens of boxes of chalk broken and ground into the carpet. Several of the kids were found a few minutes later in the Behrakis Health Sciences Center. They were brought back to Shillman and told to clean up the room while officers contacted their parents. The same kids have been on campus behaving badly and had previously been told to stay off campus. When the mother of two of the kids showed up, her children told her to clean up the room, and she did. She then told officers they were being too hard on her children. Officers told her all three would be summonsed to juvenile court. Two of the children were brothers, and the third is a relative.
10 p.m.
NUPD officers were called to West Village E by residents concerned about a 19-year-old friend who had shown up to their building drunk. She was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by ambulance and will be reported to OSCCR.
Monday, September 29
3:30 p.m.
A student reported money stolen from her wallet in Ryder Hall. She had left her purse unattended in the food court and returned to find her purse gone. A few minutes later, someone found the purse outside the building with only $10.
