Crime log entries are selected from Northeastern’s Division of Public Safety Reports.
Tuesday, Oct. 6
4:30 p.m.
A Northeastern University Division of Public Safety (NUPD) officer noticed an 18-year-old student smoking marijuana from a pipe behind the pump house on the Fenway, across from Kerr Hall. The pipe was confiscated, and the student will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct and Conflict Resolution (OSCCR).
Wednesday, Oct. 7
4:30 p.m.
A student reported he had left his backpack, which contained a book and calculator, in the International Village dining hall the previous afternoon. The backpack was turned into lost and found and has since been returned to the student.
6:30 p.m.
An NUPD officer saw an 18-year-old student rolling a marijuana blunt near the pump house on the Fenway, across the street from Kerr Hall. The officer confiscated the blunt, and the student will be reported to OSCCR.
11:30 p.m.
A Resident Assistant (RA) observed a group of people in a Kerr Hall room through a window, who appeared to be passing around a marijuana joint. NUPD arrived at the room and discovered six 18-year-old students and one 17-year-old student in the room. The marijuana was confiscated, and the students will be reported to OSCCR.
Thursday, October 8
2 p.m.
A faculty member reported she left her purse in an office in Nightingale Hall and later discovered it missing. The purse contained credit cards, tickets, and $25 in cash. Upon checking the credit card transactions, NUPD discovered several of the credit cards have since been used for purchases at Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) stations. Detectives will obtain photographs of the person who used the card from MBTA security cameras.
3:30 p.m.
A student reported he had left his bicycle locked in Centennial Common around 11:30 a.m. and when he returned around 3 p.m., his bike was missing but his lock appeared undamaged.
10 p.m.
An officer saw three people sharing a marijuana pipe in the Fenway across from Kerr Hall. Upon questioning, the officer discovered the students are from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and will inform their school officials.
Friday, October 9
11 a.m.
NUPD responded to a call from the manager of Wollaston’s at the Marino Center, who reported he was detaining a shoplifter. The manager saw a student put a package of razor blades in his pocket before going to the register and purchasing lemonade and shaving cream. The student will be reported to OSCCR and has been banned from both Wollaston’s stores on campus.
12 p.m.
A staff member in Hayden Hall reported that a laptop-like device left unattended in an office went missing weeks ago, around Sept. 28th.
4 p.m.
A 19-year-old student came to the NUPD station to claim his wallet, which had been found on the steps outside Stetson East. Upon checking the wallet for identification, officers found a fake ID inside. The student will be reported to OSCCR.
4:30 p.m.
A student reported his bicycle pump was missing from his locked bicycle he left overnight on Speare Place.
6:15 p.m.
A student and her sister, who was visiting for the weekend, parked their car on Benton Street next to Davenport Commons and were approached by an aggressive man who asked for money. The women declined to give him money and walked away, then heard a crash and turned around. Witnesses confirmed the same man had smashed their car window, but NUPD has yet to identify the man.
Saturday, October 10
1:30 a.m.
An officer patrolling Gainsborough Street heard an argument and saw a crowd gathered around the street. The officer asked the individuals to quiet down and go on their way, but one man refused and struck the officer. Christopher Karassik, 26, of Quincy, was arrested for assault and battery of a police officer.
3 a.m.
An officer responded to a call about a student falling on the footbridge that connects Gainsborough Street to Camden Street. The 19-year-old male student cut his head and was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for treatment. He admitted he had been drinking and will be reported to OSCCR.
11 p.m.
An RA requested NUPD assistance at Melvin Hall after encountering a disorderly 18-year-old female student and her 24-year-old brother, who was visiting. The officer confronted the student and the guest, who had brought with him about a dozen bottles of hard liquor. NUPD confiscated the liquor and sent the visitor off campus. The student will be reported to OSCCR.
Sunday, October 11
12:30 a.m.
An officer saw a man with an open container of beer on the steps of an apartment at 610 Columbus Ave. Upon approaching the man, the officer heard a loud party upstairs and went to speak with the party hosts, who were cooperative and ended the party. The two 20-year-old male residents of the apartment who hosted the party will be reported to OSCCR.
12:30 a.m.
NUPD responded to International Village where a middle-aged man with no affiliation to the university as in the lobby attempting to get past the proctor. NUPD escorted him out of the lobby and identified him as Raymond Richards, a 47-year-old man with a New Hampshire address. He is wanted by the Boston Police on a warrant for defrauding a restaurant and was arrested.
1:30 a.m.
An officer on Huntington Avenue noticed the aftermath of a fight. A 19-year-old male student had a split lip, and explained a man taunting him on the sidewalk punched him. The student would not explain why the pair was arguing and was taken to Beth Israel Hospital for his injuries.
2 a.m.
A 21-year-old student reported to an officer on Huntington Avenue that he had been at Mission Hill party earlier, where he was assaulted by another 21-year-old student with whom he is acquainted. The officer spoke with both parties and discovered the two were fighting over a mutual female acquaintance. The accused student showed the officer threatening text messages from the first student subsequent to the assault. Neither student wanted to file criminal charges, but both will be reported to OSCCR.
Sunday, October 11
3a.m.
An RA requested NUPD assistance concerning a loud argument in an apartment in Willis Hall. NUPD arrived at the Willis apartment to find a 19-year-old male resident who claimed the fight had been with his 19-year-old male roommate, and was just a misunderstanding. After questioning both students, the officer found the fight was over one roommate eating another roommate’s food and during the argument, one roommate punched the other. Brian Packard was arrested for assaulting his roommate, and will also be reported to OSCCR.
7:15 p.m.
A student reported he parked his car on Ruggles Street around 3:30 p.m. When he returned around 7 p.m., his passenger side window was smashed in and his radio/CD player was missing from his dashboard.
Monday, October 12
1:15 a.m.
An officer on Gainsborough Street overhead a man and a student arguing loudly on St. Stephen Street. The officer separated the pair and asked them to calm down. The man, a 20-year-old not affiliated with the university, was uncooperative and punched the officer before running away. Another officer apprehended the man a block away and arrested the man, Omar Washington of Boston, for misconduct, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a police officer.
2:30 a.m.
An officer patrolling through Ruggles T station overhead an exchange of argumentative voices between two groups of college-aged students walking through the concourse. As he approached the group, a student threw a full water bottle at another student. Neither student wanted to press charges, but all students involved will be reported to OSCCR.
3 p.m.
NUPD responded to Nutrition One in the Marino Center, where a manager called to report he had seen a man rummaging through a purse that was not his own. NUPD detained Stephen Prestori, 51, who claimed to be homeless, outside the store. Nothing was missing from the purse, but he was arrested for attempted larceny and trespassing, as he has been banned from campus before.
4:15 p.m.
An RA called to turn over a smoking bong from an apartment in West Village B, which she confiscated from a 20-year-old student. The student will be reported to OSCCR.
6:30 p.m.
An officer outside International Village saw two male students emerge from a cab, one of whom had to carry the other. Upon questioning, the 20-year-old male student admitted he and his 23-year-old friend had been drinking at a bar off-campus. The 23-year-old, who was heavily intoxicated and began to vomit, was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and will be reported to OSCCR.
8 p.m.
Officers responded to Melvin Hall after receiving a call about a strong odor of marijuana coming from a first floor room. Upon arrival, NUPD encountered two 18-year-old males and two 18-year-old females in the room. One female claimed she had not been smoking, but the rest admitted to smoking marijuana and turned over two bags of marijuana that were less than one ounce. The three students will be reported to OSCCR.
10:40 p.m.
A Wentworth Student reported a missing bike he had parked and locked with a cable lock in front of Kennedy Hall on Hemenway Street 10 minutes earlier.
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Kids drink too much because it is illegal. The fact that underage drinking is such a huge deal causes students to be undereducated about alcohol and their own drinking limits. It's similar to teaching abstinence instead of Sexual Education. If everybody in college was allowed to drink then their wouldn't be so much pressure on the underage kids to try and be like their older classmates and drinking wouldn't be such a big deal and everybody could be more mature about it.