By Kaitlin Thaney
Crime Log Entry of the Week
Monday, Feb. 3 4 p.m.
Resident Hall Staff on the fourth floor of White Hall responded to a student complaint about the heating system in the room not working properly. When the RA went to check out the situation, they found 21 canisters of nitrous oxide. The RA notified NUPD. An officer spoke to the resident who said it was his roommates. The 19-year old male roommate admitted to using the nitrous oxide to get high and said that he had been doing so for years. The canisters were confiscated and the student will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Tuesday, Jan. 28 Noon A staff member in Ryder Hall reported that their office on the second floor of the building had been left unattended for a short period of time. When she returned, she discovered her wallet and $200 were missing. She and her colleagues searched for the missing wallet and found it, minus the cash, in the trash barrel of a men’s bathroom.
7:30 p.m. A staff member in Snell Library reported three teenagers running around the library and making noise. The teenagers refused to leave. An officer reported and discovered that they were students at a local junior high school. One was wanted on an outstanding warrant in Lynn District Court for failure to appear to court for a previous assault charge. The male lives in Dorchester. The officer contacted the Department of Youth Services where the 13-year-old boy was returned to his father and will then be subject to juvenile court. The other two boys were sent home.
Wednesday, Jan. 29 11:30 a.m. A female student left her wallet unattended on the fourth floor of Snell Library. On returning a half hour later she found her wallet missing, which contained her license, credit cards, and over $100.
12:30 p.m. A 19-year-old male student left his book bag on the third floor in Snell Library while he left to run an errand. The man said he was gone approximately five minutes. The bag was missing when he returned to the library, which contained several notebooks, his calculator, and his passport.
1 p.m. Staff members at Snell Library reported an intoxicated man loitering around the building. The 53-year-old homeless veteran was offered a ride to a center in an ambulance.
1:30 p.m. Staff at Wollaston’s at the Marino Center reported a shoplifter who had stolen a protein bar. The alleged thief was a 22-year-old male student. The manager referred the student to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR) rather than have him arrested. The student is prohibited from entering Wollaston’s in the future.
7 p.m. A female staff member reported her bag stolen after being left in the atrium of Ryder Hall for approximately 45 minutes. She was waiting to go to an evening class after work. Missing along with the bag were credit cards, her cell phone, $45, her drivers license and a gold chain.
7:30 p.m. A staff member of the university reported scratches thought from a key on his car. His car was located in the Columbus Parking Lot.
9:30 p.m. An RA on the second floor of Speare Hall detected a strong odor of marijuana. Northeastern Police and the RA went to the room. It was a few minutes before the residents opened the door where the odor of marijuana was apparent. In the room were the two residents, both 19-year-old males, and an 18-year old male student also from the building. The students admitted to smoking in the room and turned a glass pipe over to the police. The students will be referred to OSCCR.
10:15 p.m. Several roommates in an apartment in Davenport A reported missing food from their refrigerator over the past couple of months. The roommates said that they had a “less than positive” relationship with another roommate living in the apartment. When that particular roommate was questioned she denied the allegations. The roommates were referred to Residential Life and OSCCR for mediation.
Thursday, Jan. 30 2 p.m. A male student reported his laptop missing. He left the laptop outside the Multi-Faith Center while he went into the facility.
5:30 p.m. A visitor returned to the Renaissance Park Garage where their rag-top jeep was parked. The visitor came back to find the top of the jeep forced open and four CDs taken from the glove box of the vehicle.
7 p.m. A student reported seeing a group of young teenagers on the upper level of the Renaissance Park Garage. An officer responded and stopped a group of three students who were from another college. The students were released after questioning. The officer then found another car with a broken window. The owner, who worked at Renaissance Park, was contacted and said that their portable CD player was missing. The young men previously questioned were not carrying anything with them.
7 p.m. New damage was found on the first floor corridor of White Hall.
Friday, January 31 9:15 a.m. The manager at the Wollaston’s at the Marino Center detained an 18-year-old male student that was shoplifting a pack of 99-cent twinkies. The officer questioned the man who said that he stole because he had “no money.” When the officer asked to see the individual’s identification, $20 was seen in the students wallet. The student is prohibited from entering either Wollaston;s establishments and will be referred to OSCCR.
10:30 a.m. The manager at the Wollastons in the Marino Center caught a 20-year-old male student shoplifting. The student was stopped and became aggressive with the manager and the officer, denying the allegation. Shampoo, cans of soup and pot pies, totaling around $15, were found in his pockets. The student will be referred to OSCCR.
Saturday, Feb. 1 5 a.m. A female student living at 780 Columbus Ave. reported being assaulted by her boyfriend, whom she said was not a Northeastern student. She said they argued throughout the evening and he struck her. She left the apartment and went to report the incident to an RA on a different floor. The man left and was found in a car parked outside. The man, Mahmoud Alsabbagh, a 19-year-old from Norwood was arrested for domestic assault and battery. Alsabbagh is a former Northeastern student.
4:30 p.m. Several people called to report a disoriented man in Curry Student Center who was screaming and harassing people and yelling profanities in the food court. The 23-year-old was emotionally and psychologically troubled. The part-time evening student was taken to the hospital.
11:45 p.m. Resident Hall Staff in Speare Hall reported the fourth floor corridor trashed in the building.
Sunday, Feb. 2 10:30 p.m. An RA in Stetson East reported hearing a commotion in the men’s bathroom. The RA found a mirror broken in the bathroom and thought that he recognized one of the voices in the bathroom. A public safety officer and the RA questioned one student to find out that he was not involved. Blood was on the floor. The officer and the RA found a student with a bleeding hand who admitted to hitting and breaking the mirror out of anger from an argument with his girlfriend. The student will be referred to OSCCR.
11 p.m. An RA on the second floor of Stetson West detected the odor of marijuana. Northeastern Police and the RA went and knocked on the door of the room where the residents initially denied smoking in the room. In the room was a 19-year old male resident, another 19-year-old male student, and an 18-year-old male student. They turned over a homemade smoking device made out of a juice bottle and a bag that had residual marijuana still in it. The students will be referred to OSCCR.
Monday, Feb. 3 1 a.m. Officers encountered an ambulance on Huntington Avenue near the Opera Place intersection. The officers went to offer assistance and discovered that an 18-year-old male student had been assaulted. The student said he had been walking down Huntington when a car stopped and two young men told him to empty his pockets. When the student refused he was punched in the eye and the car sped away. The student was taken to the hospital for the injury.
8:30 a.m. Several inhabitants of an office on the second floor of the Forsyth Building discovered it to be ransacked. The door was still locked when the office was found. University and personal property was stolen. Forty dollars in cash from an employee was missing along with a video camera, spare batteries and a camera case, belonging to Northeastern. The room was shared with several graduate students who said their belongings were missing. A list of missing property is being compiled.
2:30 p.m. A female student left her book bag unattended in the first floor of Snell Library. She reported it missing when she returned.
9:15 p.m. A 19-year-old male student reported his belongings taken from a locker in the men’s locker room in the Cabot Center. The handle of the locker was broken. His backpack containing his clothes and cell phone were missing.
9 p.m. In the same apartment in Davenport A, the roommate previously suspected was said to have left the kitchen a mess. An argument ensued over cleaning matters which led to one roommate throwing food at another person’s door and that person tossing pots and pans at the other door. There were allegations of pushing and shoving involved which were denied by one of the parties involved. Residential Life was again contacted. One of the roommates said that she would move temporarily.
