Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern’s Division of Public Safety reports.
Tuesday, October 21 10:30 a.m. A varsity athletic coach in the Cabot Physical Education Center reported his digital camera stolen after leaving his office unlocked and unattended for approximately five minutes.
Wednesday, October 22 2 p.m. A female staff member in the Snell Engineering Center reported her purse missing after leaving her office unlocked and unattended for a few minutes. The purse was later recovered on the floor of the bookstore with $65 missing.
2:30 p.m. A 22-year-old male student reported his wallet, containing $40, missing after falling asleep in the Curry Student Center. He suspects that the wallet fell out of his pocket while he was sleeping.
5 p.m. A female staff member returned to her car parked in the West Village Parking Lot and found that one of the windows had been smashed. The car was parked in a handicapped parking space, but did not have handicap plates.
Thursday, October 23 11 a.m. A 20-year-old female student reported that the front door of her apartment on 238 Hemenway Street had been forced open. The Northeastern University Police Department contacted the Boston Police Department; both searched the apartment, but found it empty. The resident reported a laptop and some cash missing.
6 p.m. A male resident of 110 St. Stephen Street reported that while he was in his apartment with the front door unlocked, a middle aged man walked in. The man asked for someone who does not reside in the apartment, then left. Officers were unable to locate the man after searching the building.
7 p.m. A female resident of 110 St. Stephen Street reported that while she was in her apartment with the front door unlocked, a man fitting the description of the suspect in the previous incident walked in, asked for someone who does not live there, then left. The man was not located. NUPD has asked the Residential Life staff to urge all residents in 106, 110, 116 and 122 St. Stephen Street to keep their front doors locked at all times, since the St. Stephen Street apartments do not have community receptionists.
Friday, October 24 2 a.m. A Resident Assistant in Stetson East reported seeing a male resident stumbling down the corridor. The student was suspected to be intoxicated and was covered in vomit. NUPD located the 18-year-old freshman, who admitted to having consumed an entire bottle of vodka. The student was taken to the hospital and will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Saturday, October 25 4 a.m. Officers responded to a report of the odor of marijuana coming from a room in West Campus E. Upon arrival, officers found a 21-year-old male resident, a 20-year-old male student, a 17-year-old female student and an 18-year-old male visitor not affiliated with NU. Although no drugs were found, the four admitted to smoking marijuana. The visitor was escorted off campus and told not to return. The three students will be referred to OSCCR.
1:30 p.m. A 19-year-old male student reported his digital camera missing from his room in Davenport A. The student reported that his roommates had signed in several guests the night before while he was not in the room. NUPD questioned the roommates and identified the guests that had been signed in the previous evening. The list of guests led officers to Burstein Hall, where a 19-year-old female student and her 21-year-old male guest admitted to having been at the party. The male guest then admitted to stealing the digital camera and handed it over to officers. The camera was returned to the student, who decided not to press charges. The male guest was escorted off campus and will not be able to return to the building. While talking to the female resident about the stolen camera, officers spotted a bag of marijuana on the floor of the room. The resident claimed that the marijuana was not hers, but she was reported to OSCCR.
2 p.m. A 21-year-old female student came to the NUPD after receiving a call about her missing wallet. The student had left the wallet in the library, but never reported it missing. The wallet was missing $22.
Sunday, October 26 12:30 a.m. Officers responded to the report of a loud crowd in the alley outside of 109 St. Stephen Street. Officers found a crowded keg party inside one of the apartments not leased by NU. Officers broke up the party, which a 20-year-old male student was hosting. A 21-year-old male student admitted to having purchased the keg and providing it to underage students. Both students will be referred to OSCCR.
1:30 a.m. Officers came upon a fight on Huntington Avenue near White Hall. Two groups of male students who had altercations in the past had met, exchanged words and fought. Most students fled upon the arrival of officers, but three students were detained. Two 21-year-old male students and one 20-year-old male student will be referred to OSCCR.
1:30 p.m. A 21-year-old female student reported that she was verbally accosted and shoved by two juveniles as she crossed the footbridge between Camden Street and Gainsborough Street. The student returned to her Symphony Road apartment before contacting NUPD. Officers responded and found BPD on the scene, responding to reports of a purse snatching in the same area by suspects matching the description of those who had harassed the student. The suspects were not found. 2 p.m. A student reported that he was unable to remove his bike from outside the Marino Center because someone else had locked a bike to his. Officers told the student that unless he had proof of ownership, measures could not be taken to unlock his bike. The student did not report a further incident.
Monday, October 27 7 p.m. A 19-year-old female student reported her cell phone and wallet missing after leaving her book bag in an unlocked locker in the women’s locker room in the Marino Center for several minutes. The wallet contained several credit cards.
Crime Log Entry of the Week Friday, October 24
2:00 p.m. Two 18-year-old students, one male and one female, were robbed after being approached by juveniles in The Fens. A staff member witnessed the robbery while rollerblading and called the NUPD on his cell phone to report the incident. The suspects knocked the male student down, took a bag of DVDs and fled. The staff member followed the suspects on his rollerblades in order to inform the NUPD as to where the suspects were heading. NUPD located the 16-year-old, not affiliated with NU, sitting on a bench outside Hayden Hall. The male was arrested. The DVDs had been disposed of in a dumpster and were recovered. The other male was not apprehended.
