By Kaitlin Thaney
Crime Log Entry of the Week
Tuesday, March 4 2:30 a.m.
Officers spoke with a 20-year-old male student in Burstein Hall who had in his room several knives that were not used for cooking or eating and a crossbow with several arrows. The knives, crossbow, and arrows were confiscated and he will be referred to OSCCR.
Tuesday, Feb. 25 10 a.m. A staff member in the Knowles Center reported their laptop missing from a storage closet. It is believed that the laptop was stolen the previous week. There was no sign of forced entry.
10 a.m. A 22-year-old male student left his cell phone in the Curry Student Center game room on Friday, Feb. 21 between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and later discovered it was missing.
11 a.m. A female graduate student reported her purse missing from a bag that she left unattended for approximately one hour on the fourth floor of Snell Library. In her purse were credit cards, IDs, and a small amount of cash.
2:30 p.m. A staff member in Hayden Hall reported a laptop missing after leaving it in an office unlocked and unattended on the fourth floor for 30 minutes
2:45 p.m. A 19-year-old female student was struck by a car crossing Huntington Avenue at Forsyth Street. There were no serious injuries reported. The student was taken to Beth Israel Hospital for the treatment of minor injuries. She did not see who was driving the car.
5 p.m. A Resident Assistant in Melvin Hall detected the odor of marijuana from the first-floor room of two 18-year-old male students. The two residents admitted to smoking in the room and said that there was no more marijuana in the room. Both students will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
5 p.m. A staff member in Dockser Hall reported that sometime in mid-February computer network parts were stolen from a computer equipment service closet in the third floor.
Wednesday, Feb. 26 11:30 a.m. Staff on the fifth floor of Dana Hall reported a brand new 4 X 10 foot rug stolen from the building. The rug was gray with red lettering and the Northeastern logo on it. It was just delivered a few days earlier and was missing from the fifth floor.
5 p.m. A female student in Melvin Hall received her credit card statement in the mail to discover $2,000 of withdrawals from an ATM that she did not make. When she went to check her wallet for her credit card she found that her card was still there. Her roommate was suspected of the theft. Officers questioned the roommate, a 19-year-old female student, who admitted to stealing the card and to knowing where her roommate’s PIN number was stored. She immediately pledged to make restitution. The student is not inclined to press charges if she is reimbursed. Her roommate was moved to a different residence hall and will be referred to OSCCR.
10 p.m. A 21-year-old female student left her purse unattended in Snell Library for five minutes. When she arrived at home she discovered approximately $200 worth of jewelry missing from her bag.
Thursday, Feb. 27 10:30 a.m. A 22-year-old female reported her cell phone missing. She said that she had been in the Snell Quad and around other buildings. She is not sure where she may have lost the phone.
6:30 p.m. A 21-year-old female student left a bag of clothes unattended near the door of her class in Dockser Hall between 4 and 5 p.m. Her bag was missing at the end of her class.
Friday, Feb. 28 1:30 a.m. An RA visiting with some students on the third floor of West Campus C discovered a beer funnel in the room. The groups of male students, all 20-years-old, admitted to using the funnel to consume alcoholic beverages in the past but were not drinking at the time. The funnel was confiscated and the students will be referred to OSCCR.
5 a.m. The Community Receptionist at West Campus C heard noise coming from the area around the elevator in the lobby. The receptionist discovered the front of a vending machine shattered and candy missing.
2 p.m. A faculty member in Richards Hall reported their briefcase missing after leaving it in the corridor outside an office for approximately 30 minutes. The briefcase contained the person’s cell phone, passport and several important papers.
2 p.m. Staff members at the Marino Center detained a shoplifter suspected of stealing from the Wollaston’s in that building. The suspect is an 18-year-old male student suspected of stealing health and beauty aides. The student was uncooperative and belligerent. The student would not consent to a search and was issued a trespass notice from both Wollaston’s establishments on campus. He will be referred to OSCCR.
8 p.m. A 23-year-old female student reported her laptop missing from the third floor of Snell Library after leaving the computer for approximately five minutes.
11:30 p.m. A 19-year-old male student came home intoxicated and became ill. His roommate called 911. The EMTs decided that the student was not ill enough to be taken to the hospital and just put him to bed. He will be referred to OSCCR.
Saturday, March 1 1 a.m. The Boston Police Department called the NUPD to have officers meet them at the Prudential Center where they had a Northeastern Student detained. A Boston police officer had seen the student punch a man and run away. The student was a 23-year-old male who was with three friends, one of which was a 24-year-old female student. The students came up to a row of taxis outside the Sheraton Hotel and got into the driver’s seat of the taxi while the cab driver was outside of the car. The student and driver argued and the group left after the driver took out his phone to call the police. Two members of the group returned and the 23-year-old student hit the driver. The female student picked up the driver’s jacket which had fallen to the ground and ran away. The 23-year-old was apprehended by the police and was loud, obscene, belligerent, and was making racially derogatory comments to the cab driver. He was arrested by the Boston Police for disorderly conduct. While being questioned, the student’s cell phone rang which an officer answered. It was the female student who had taken the driver’s jacket and agreed to return the jacket if her friend was released. The officer refused and the woman hung up. The male student was also charged with breaking and entering the cab, assault and battery, and the special hate crimes unit of the Boston Police are examining the case because of the racial comments made and may add charges. While the student was being booked, his father arrived with the three other people involved that night and the female student returned the driver’s jacket. The driver claimed that $100 was missing from the coat and the female was charged with stealing. Both students will be referred to OSCCR.
7:30 p.m. An officer on patrol in Shillman Hall came upon a man known to have no Northeastern affiliation and previous counts of trespassing on campus. Matthew Young, a 28-year-old unemployed man, gave his address to be the Pine Street Inn and was issued a trespassing violation.
Sunday, March 2 1 a.m. An officer discovered a 19-year-old female student on Columbus Avenue near Camden Street who was heavily intoxicated. The student lives in a residence hall on St. Stephen Street and had called her friend to retrieve her and walk her home after she became ill. The student was sent to the hospital for an alcohol overdose and will be referred to OSCCR.
3:30 a.m. An RA in Smith Hall heard excessive noise in the corridor. When the RA was speaking with students about the noise one student became angry. The RA called the NUPD. The student was belligerent. The student will be referred to OSCCR.
6 p.m. A 20-year-old male student reported his cell phone stolen when he left it unattended in the Curry Student Center for approximately 30 minutes.
7 p.m. Staff in White Hall reported a very large hole, about four feet high and two feet wide, in the corridor on the second floor.
Monday, March 3 9:30 a.m. Residential staff doing room inspections discovered drug paraphernalia in a leased apartment at 171 Hemenway. None of the residents were home at the time and police are continuing an investigation.
10 a.m. A female student living in a leased apartment at 97 St. Stephen St. reported $600 taken from her wallet which was on her desk. She had left the room momentarily unlocked as she went to the laundry room in the basement and returned to find her money missing. The NUPD are investigating further.
Noon A 19-year-old female student reported that on Saturday, March 1, she left her bag in Au Bon Pain in the Marino Center at 4 p.m. When she returned to Au Bon Pain on Sunday she found that it was gone. In her bag were a camera, cell phone, passport, and a computer disk.
1 p.m. Staff at the Wollaston’s in the Marino Center detained an 18-year-old male student who was shoplifting health and beauty aides. The student purchased a bottle of orange juice after pocketing a bottle of Nyquil. He readily admitted to stealing the medicine. He has been banned from both Wollaston’s establishments and will be referred to OSCCR.
6 p.m. An officer noticed some juveniles using cups to get beverages in the Curry Center Food Court. All of the juveniles cooperated except one who was escorted out and banned from the building in the future. They were local high school students.
*Follow Ups* -On Saturday, February 22 in Smith Hall last week there was a report of a group of students coming into a room and assaulting three residents of the building causing bruises, lacerations to the back of the head, and fractured facial bones. Since then criminal charges have been filed against two of the perpetrators who are known to have assaulted hit the three residents.
Frank McDonald, a 20-year-old male student has been charged with assault of one student and for destroying personal property when he threw the student into a table, shattering the table and breaking a printer. Zachary Conway, a 19-year-old student has also been charged. He was charged with two counts of assault for striking two students. A third student, who is 19-years-old is being charged with disorderly conduct for planning and instigating the assault, though it is not thought that this individual actually hit any of the residents. His name can not be released as of this time. Complaints for Conway and McDonald have already been filed and they have been summoned to court. All three students have been banned from Smith Hall and are facing rapid internal disciplinary action.
*On Friday, February 21 there was a report of an altercation that resulted in a serious head wound to an alumnus and a gun was discharged. A 28-year-old student, previously residing in West Campus E has been arrested and charged with the assault. James Clarke has been suspended and banned from the Northeastern campus pending the outcome of the case.
