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The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

Crime Logs

Crime Log: March 10 – March 16

March 20, 2014
Entry of the week: Sunday, March 16, 5:09 a.m. A man on the second floor of Snell Library was reported to have an “altered mental status” and was vomiting. Officers spoke to the student, who had just been reported as missing by a roommate. The student was escorted to their residence.

Crime Log: February 24 – March 10

March 14, 2014
Entry of the week: Sunday, March 2, 1:28 p.m. An officer reported a woman inside of an NU recycling truck attempting to collect bottles and cans. The officer asked the female to exit the truck but the woman would not. The woman was banned from all Northeastern property.

Crime Log: February 17 – February 23

February 27, 2014
Entry of the week: Sunday, Feb. 23, 12:36 a.m. A student living on Westland Avenue reported his downstairs neighbor, a tall male in his mid 20s, was attempting to gain access to his apartment. The neighbor was throwing garbage and water at the door to the apartment. The student reported that one of his roommates got into an argument with the man the night before, and that the man also tried to gain access to their apartment at that time. NUPD and BPD responded, and the residents of the apartment, all students, said they no longer felt safe in their apartment. Residential Life (ResLife) was unable to find a safe room for the students, but they were all able to find alternate places to stay for the night.

Crime Log: February 11 – February 17

February 20, 2014
Entry of the week: Saturday, Feb. 15, 11:45 a.m. Officers received a report about white paint over the mouth of the statue in front of Shillman Hall. Officers requested the camera footage from the front of the building.

Crime Log: February 3 – February 10

February 13, 2014
Entry of the week: Friday, Feb. 7, 3:11 a.m. A caller from Allied trash removal reported a man asleep inside his vehicle in the Ryder Lot. The vehicle was on and in drive, and was moving forward every time the man moved. Officers reported the driver was intoxicated and unresponsive, and had vomited in the car. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were requested, and the man was woken and the car placed into park. The driver, a student, was transported to the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and the car was towed.

Crime Log: January 17 – February 2

February 5, 2014
Entry of the Week: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 11:27 p.m. Someone reported the smell of marijuana coming from a room in Speare Hall. Officers spoke to two students in the room, who had placed a towel under the door, and whose eyes were “bloodshot and glassy.” No drugs were found.

Crime Log: January 20 – January 26

January 30, 2014
Entry of the week: Thursday, Jan. 23, 5:31 p.m. A staff member called to report a purple backpack containing a Windows laptop, a wallet and other personal items was stolen from the Sacred Space in Ell Hall. The victim stated she was meditating for about 15 minutes and when she was finished, the bag was gone. The bag was about 15 feet from her, and she did not see or hear anyone else in the area.

Crime Log: January 13 – January 19

January 23, 2014
Entry of the week: Thursday, Jan. 16, 10:53 a.m. A student reported someone took her underwear from the laundry room in West Village H. He tied them together in knots and wrote inappropriate messages on them.

Crime Log: January 6 – January 12

January 16, 2014
Entry of the week: Saturday, Jan. 11, 10:58 p.m. An RA in White Hall reported someone wrote “[Expletive] the Police” on a smoke free sign.

Crime Log: December 22 – January 5

January 9, 2014
Entry of the Week: Dec. 28, Saturday, 2:12 a.m. Boston Police Department (BPD) reported a man, who was wearing a blue sweatshirt and was covered in blood, had snatched a purse from a woman and was heading from Huntington Avenue towards Forsyth Street. Northeastern officers quickly found the man inside Ruggles Station’s upper busway and took him into custody after he had been identified by the owner of the purse.

Crime Log: November 19 – December 1

December 5, 2013
Entry of the week: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 9:06 a.m. A staff member reported an unknown person sent fraudulent purchase orders worth several thousand dollars to companies all around the country impersonating him and using Northeastern’s financial information with a ship-to address in Billerica. The NUPD special services unit is investigating in coordination with Billerica Police and the FBI.

Crime Log: November 11 – November 17

November 21, 2013
Entry of the week: Thursday, Nov. 14, 10:29 a.m. A student reported she had been receiving threatening phone calls from a man identifying himself as a State Police trooper. The man was requesting personal information from her. The student stated she filed a report in September when she received a similar call, during which the caller stated he was from customs and immigration services.