By Kaitlin Thaney
Crime Log Entry of the Week
Tuesday, April 28 8:30 p.m.
An emergency caller reported seeing flames coming from a window at 780 Columbus Avenue on the fifth floor. An officer responded and noticed a small, portable barbeque grill with flames coming out of it on the ledge outside the window. The officer flashed a light at the window to get the residents attention and told the 20-year-old male student to extinguish the grill. The student then poured water on the grill to put out the flames, but the water then spilled onto the officer below outside the window. The student acknowledged the danger of having a grill on a windowsill on the fifth floor. He will be referred to ResLife and OSCCR.
Tuesday, April 22 12:30 p.m. The manager of Wollaston’s at the Marino Center reported that he was detaining a 20-year-old male student for shoplifting. The student had paid for other items but had left with a health and beauty aide in his pocket. The student will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution.
4 p.m. A staff member in an office on the fourth floor of the Curry Student Center left their office unlocked and unattended. The staff member saw a young teenager with his/her hand in a purse in the office. The teenager made a comment about looking for someone and then ran. The teen was not apprehended and nothing was reported missing from the office.
11:30 p.m. A Resident Assistant in West Campus A detected the odor of marijuana coming from a sixth floor apartment. Remnants of marijuana cigarettes were confiscated from the 19-year-old male resident. The student will be referred to OSCCR.
Wednesday, April 23 5:30 p.m. A 21-year-old female visitor to the campus who was using the Snell Library reported leaving her bag unattended for approximately 15 minutes on the second floor. It was missing when she returned. The bag contained $50, a cell phone and several credit cards.
Thursday, April 24 9 a.m. A shoplifter at Wollaston’s at the Marino Center was detained by a store employee. The 21-year-old male student paid for a sandwich and a bottle of water but left with another drink in his pocket. He will be referred to OSCCR.
11 a.m. A 23-year-old female student left her wallet unattended at the copier on the second floor of Snell Library. The wallet contained $70 and several credit cards. It was later turned in to the lost and found in the Library with the money missing.
Friday, April 25 4 a.m. A window in the Stetson East cafeteria was reported broken and a baseball bat was found lying outside the window.
10 a.m. The construction company that is working on the West Campus high-rise reported a tool chest broken into and over $1,000 worth of expensive tools stolen. The tool chest was said to be last used about a week earlier.
Saturday, April 26 11 a.m. An officer patrolling the Curry Student Center discovered a man and a woman sleeping on a couch on the first floor of the building. After waking up the two people, the officer discovered that the man was a 38-year-old Boston resident who had no affiliation with Northeastern. He said that he came into the building to sleep. The man had been encountered on campus previously and was ordered off the campus again. The woman, 18-year-old Victoria Chambers, was arrested on a warrant for three outstanding traffic offenses in Woburn.
Noon A 23-year-old male student reported that on Thursday, April 24, around 4 p.m., he was assaulted while talking to a faculty member after class. A fellow student in the classroom allegedly entered the conversation with the 23-year-old and the faculty member, became argumentative and kicked the other student. The student assumed that the professor would report the incident. It was the professor’s last class and he was leaving the university shortly thereafter. The student reported it when he realized that the professor had not. The name of the assailant is unknown but the Northeastern Police Department will be in contact with the professor in order to identify the student. The 23-year-old has not decided as of yet whether to press criminal charges.
4:30 p.m. A male staff member reported his wallet and clothes stolen while he was working out in the Cabot Center. His wallet contained $10 and several credit cards.
9:30 p.m. Residential staff at the YMCA reported that the sixth floor hall was vandalized. A fire extinguisher had been discharged and garbage was strewn about.
Sunday, April 27 3 a.m. An RA in White Hall reported a hole in the fourth floor wall bulletin. The hole was approximately one foot by two feet.
2:30 p.m. An NUPD officer discovered the glass on a door on the third floor of Ryder Hall shattered.
6 p.m. An officer discovered graffiti spray-painted on the back of White Hall.
9 p.m. An RA in West Campus E investigated the odor of marijuana coming from an apartment on the fourth floor of the building. An officer accompanied the RA and spoke with the resident. A pipe was in plain view when the officer and RA entered the room. Along with the pipe, a butterfly knife was also confiscated. No other drugs were confiscated but the investigation will continue and the student will be referred to OSCCR.
Monday, April 28 12:20 a.m. A 21-year-old female student was walking in Bullfinch Mal between Hayden Hall and the bookstore when a man seated on a bench with another man grabbed her as she walked by. She bit the man’s hand and screamed and both men fled the area.
1:30 p.m. A staff member in Dockser Hall reported leaving her office unlocked and unattended for approximately five minutes. She reported that when she was leaving her office she encountered a man on the other side of the door with his hand on the doorknob about to enter. He asked for directions then left. When she returned to her office her purse was missing. Her purse contained $10, her license and some credit cards.
4:30 p.m. A female staff member from Lake Hall left her office unlocked and unattended from approximately 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. When she left for the day she realized that her bag was missing. In her bag were credit cards, a Palm Pilot, her cell phone and MBTA passes.
9:30 p.m. An RA in Speare Hall detected the odor of marijuana coming from a fourth floor room. When the officer and RA knocked on the door they were invited into the room. They found a resident attempting to hide a bottle of rum. When the officer asked for identification, a resident opened his desk drawer revealing a bag of marijuana. There was also a glass pipe on his desk which appeared to contain marijuana. Another resident appeared and claimed that the rum, marijuana and the pipe belonged to him. There was a sheet draped in the doorway and a fan blowing in the room. Living in the room were two 18-year-old and one 19-year-old male student. Confiscated from the room were six cans of beer, three bottles of liquor, a bag of marijuana, and three pipes. All three students will be referred to OSCCR.
WHITE HALL FIRE UPDATE
Criminal charges have been filed against the student who admitted to starting the fire in White Hall on April 12. The name of the student has not been released yet. He is being charged with arson and will be arraigned May 6. There is said to be no tie between this fire and the one that occurred in Speare Hall following this incident.
