By Jen Nelson
Crime Log entries are selected from Northeastern’s Division of Public Safety reports.
Tuesday, January 27 3:30 p.m. Officers responded to evidence found in Speare Hall that an 18-year-old male resident had fired a paintball at the door of another 18-year-old male resident’s room. The two residents involved have a history of conflict with each other. The resident denied firing the paintball and will be referred to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Wednesday, January 28 8 a.m. A 19-year-old male resident of Speare Hall reported a dispute the night before with his 19-year-old roommate and his roommate’s 20-year-old male non-student guest. The roommate and his guest were allegedly being noisy and were suspected of drug and alcohol use. The guest was asked to leave by a Resident Assistant.
Noon The RA from the previous incident was walking In Speare Place when he encountered the student and his guest from the previous night. The student’s guest bumped into the RA, and there was an indication of threats being made towards the RA from both the student and his guest. The RA then contacted NUPD, who arrested the guest, 20-year-old Michael Schran of Saugus, for trespassing. He was arraigned at Roxbury District Court on Thursday, Jan. 29 on charges of trespassing. The student was relocated to a different residence hall and has been banned from Speare Hall. He will be referred to OSCCR.
Thursday, January 29 2:30 a.m. An officer was flagged down on Columbus Avenue by a cab driver who claimed that he had dropped off two 19-year-old females at Davenport B 15 minutes earlier. The females had claimed to not have enough money on them to pay the fare and went inside to get more money. The females never returned. The two roommates were found in Davenport B and admitted to never intending to pay the cab fare. They were required to pay the fare and will be referred to OSCCR.
9:30 a.m. Staff at the Renaissance Parking Garage reported disorderly conduct from a 23-year-old male student who had verbally threatened a parking attendant on two separate occasions. The student received a warning and will be referred to OSCCR.
1:00 p.m. An 18-year-old male resident of Stetson West reported that he had been assaulted two weeks earlier by his 19-year-old roommate and his roommate’s 19-year-old male guest. The conflict arose over accusations of stolen property between the two roommates. The victim filed a restraining order against his roommate, who was moved to another residence hall. Criminal charges are being considered, and the student will be referred to OSCCR.
2:30 p.m. An 18-year-old female student reported her laundry bag missing after leaving it unattended in the lobby of Smith Hall to be picked up by a laundry service. The laundry service claimed to have never seen the bag.
5 p.m. An 18-year-old female student reported her purse stolen after leaving it unattended in Levine Marketplace while she ate dinner. The purse contained $40, several credit cards and a cell phone.
Friday, January 30 4:30 p.m. A 23-year-old female resident of West Campus E reported a man who had been loitering on the plaza outside the resident hall for several hours two nights earlier.
Saturday, January 31 1 a.m. Three roommates, two 19-year-old females and one 20-year-old female, reported several personal items stolen from their 337 Huntington Ave. apartment after leaving the door unlocked while they were out for the night. Stolen items included a DVD player, a video camera, several CDs, a suede coat, four purses and textbooks. The roommates believe that a former roommate, who they had a conflict with in the past, may be behind the robberies. The former roommate was around the building, and the community receptionist reported seeing someone connected to the former roommate signed into the building with nothing then later leaving carrying a large amount of belongings.
3 a.m. A 19-year-old female student was walking alone on The Fenway behind the Museum of Fine Arts when she was approached by two men who asked her to make change. She did, and as she was walking away she was approached from behind by the same two men who then demanded her purse. The female screamed while being dragged along the sidewalk by the men, and a motorist who witnessed the attack pulled over, causing the assailants to flee without the female’s purse. Officers searched the area but were unable to find the assailants.
8 p.m. A 21-year-old male student reported the license plate from his car missing. He believes it was stolen while his car was parked in Columbus Parking Garage the previous day.
Sunday, February 1 12:30 a.m. An RA in Speare Hall detected the odor of marijuana coming from a room on the third floor. Officers responded and found an 18-year-old female resident with her 20-year-old male guest in the room. The female denied smoking in the room and the guest admitted to being the one smoking. No other drugs were found in the room. The resident will be referred to OSCCR.
4 a.m. Three freshmen females consumed drinks supplied by the host of an off campus party that contained pills said to make the drink “fruity.” An hour later one of the females left the party after being touched inappropriately by a host of the party. Upon returning to her residence hall, the female became concerned for her two friends left at the party and called NUPD. Officers responded to the party, but found no one there but the hosts. The next morning, an officer interviewed the other two girls, who claimed nothing unusual happened at the party. The report of sexual assault is under investigation.
2 p.m. An anonymous caller reported a suspicious person loitering in Dodge Hall. Officers found a man on the first floor of the building who did not belong there. Dariusz Gniadek, 36, of Boston, was arrested for trespassing and arraigned on Monday, Feb. 2 at Roxbury District Court.
4:30 p.m. An officer on patrol at Davenport Commons saw two men leave Davenport in the direction of a liquor store on Tremont Street. The men returned several minutes later carrying cases of beer. The officer stopped the two men as they were trying to put the beer into duffel bags in front of Davenport. The beer was confiscated from a 20-year-old student and a 21-year-old student, who admitted to purchasing the alcohol. They will be referred to OSCCR.
10:30 p.m. A fire alarm was pulled in Smith Hall.
10:30 p.m. An 18-year-old male student was visiting a friend in Smith Hall when the fire alarm went off, evacuating the building. While standing outside the building, someone came from behind and pushed him to the ground. The assailant, a former acquaintance of the student, pushed him to the ground again when the student attempted to get up. The assailant then went back into the crowd gathering on Hemenway Street.
10:45 p.m. An 18-year-old female student in Smith Hall reported her laptop missing after leaving her door unlocked while evacuating the building for the fire alarm.
Monday, February 2 1 p.m. The student and his friend from the incident in front of Smith Hall were in Levine Marketplace when they noticed the assailant from the previous evening, who had been told to stay off campus. The two students notified officers, who arrested Jay Denopoulos, 22, a student at Curry College who lives on Hemenway Street, for trespassing. He was arraigned on Tuesday, Feb. 3 at Roxbury District Court on charges of trespassing, where the charges were dropped.
