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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

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Crime Logs

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.

Crime Log: November 4 – November 11

November 14, 2013
Entry of the week: Wednesday, Nov. 6, 3:02 p.m. A student reported that on Sunday, he was at Tavern in the Square in Allston, when he was engaged in conversation with another man. The student said the man told him he was also a student, and asked if the student could cash a check for $460 because banks were closed at that time of night. The student gave the man $300 and the man gave him the check. When the student attempted to cash the check at Bank of America, he was informed that the check was fake. The student was also advised to file a report with the Boston Police Department (BPD).

Crime Log: October 28 – November 3

November 7, 2013
Entry of the week: Friday, Nov. 1, 1:26 a.m. A student reported he was approached at the rear entrance to Stetson East by a man who shouted “Yo,” and then punched him in the face when he turned around. The suspect was described to be wearing a fake beard and all camouflage. The victim was not in need of medical attention.

Crime Log: October 21- October 28

October 30, 2013
Entry of the week: Sunday, Oct. 27, 4:32 p.m. A student reported a man stole his cell phone from the Clemente Park football field, jumped into the water and began to swim away. Boston Police responded to the same call and assumed jurisdiction.

Crime Log: October 14 – October 20

October 24, 2013
Entry of the week: Saturday, Oct. 19, 1:06 p.m. University Health and Counseling Services staff reported a student waiting in the lobby to file a report on fraud. An officer reported the student’s mother in China was scammed for $12,000 after a friend sent the mother a video from the student stating she was her daughter and she needed the money for a course at Harvard University.
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