By Mike Napolitano
Five Northeastern students will be arraigned in Roxbury District Court today on charges following their early morning arrests yesterday, a spokesperson for the Boston Police Department (BPD) said.
The students were arrested at 1 a.m. Sunday after BPD officers responded to a loud party at 610 Columbus Ave., BPD spokesperson Eddy Chrispin said.
Three of the students were arrested and charged with possession of alcoholic beverages by persons under 21 and disturbing the peace. A fourth was also arrested and charged with disturbing the peace, trespassing and resisting arrest.
Officers entered the lobby of the Columbus Avenue apartment, a private off-campus apartment, after they heard loud music, screaming and laughing coming from the upper floors of the building while patrolling nearby, Chrispin said.
Officers told a group of people to leave unless they lived in the building, Chrispin said. One of the students who was later arrested told the officers he needed to get his coat, and BPD followed him to the fifth floor apartment. He then fled into the apartment, almost slamming the door on an officer’s hand, Chrispin said.
Soon after, BPD officers found the student leaving the apartment with a large crowd through a back door and escorted him back inside. Chrispin said officers found several beerpong balls and a keg inside, and after questioning, found that the student was one of the three tenants. All three were then arrested.
At the same time, other officers arrested one of the party attendees when he refused to clear out of the hallway with the rest of the crowd, Chrispin said. The student became belligerent with officers and resisted arrest, which led to his additional charge.
Chrispin said BPD was on patrol near Columbus Avenue due to a recent increase in complaints from neighbors about loud college parties. He said BPD is actively trying to address the issue.
“We generally try to break up parties, but if students get uncooperative or aggressive, then we will arrest them,” he said.
Interim university spokesperson Jim Chiavelli said Northeastern is saddened that alleged misbehavior by a few students can give the rest of the school a bad reputation.
“We are always disappointed when students’ behavior warrants the intervention of police,” he said.
Correction: An earlier version of this story named the students who were arrested. The Huntington News has since changed its policy to not name students who are arrested, so the names have been removed.
