Non-student issued verbal trespass warning
At approximately 1:20 p.m. on the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 25, officers responded to a call made by a female student in Carmichael Hall regarding a non-Tufts student accused of trespassing.
Upon the arrival of members of the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD), the female student indicated that she had had an argument with the non-student - a former ex-boyfriend - who had just left the premises. The female student assured officers that the fight was not physical. Authorities stopped the individual outside the dorm and subsequently gave him a verbal trespassing warning.
According to Captain Mark Keith of the TUPD, a verbal trespass warning is given to individuals who are not students, faculty, or staff of the University and thus have no right to be on campus.
"Should the individual be found on Tufts property again, they are subject to arrest for trespassing," Keith said.
Foglights stolen from vehicle
A Tufts student alerted authorities to the theft of external parts from his vehicle on the night of Saturday, Feb. 26.
The student indicated that he left his Audi vehicle in the Cousens parking lot on Thursday, Feb. 24 and returned on Saturday, Feb. 26 to discover that one of his fog lights had been removed. The second fog light was found hanging from the vehicle.
Police currently have no suspect for the crime. According to Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) Captain Mark Keith, however, the department is looking at the recent theft in conjunction with the theft of two headlights from a Lexus SUV on Saturday, Feb. 19 in Cohen parking lot.
The two incidents have led to an increase in security in University parking lots.
"We're stepping up our patrol of those remote parking lots," Keith said.
Vehicles drive on academic quad, walkways
On the morning of Sunday, Feb. 27 at 3:15 a.m., a Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officer observed three vehicles driving on the academic quad between Ballou and Bendetson Halls.
The officer successfully halted two of the three vehicles. The officer then gave the drivers, identified as students, citations for violating University traffic rules and regulations and sent a report to the Dean of Students office. The third vehicle left the area and was not identified by authorities. No damage to Tufts property was reported.
According to Captain Keith, alcohol did not seem to be a factor.
Multiple incidences of license plate theft reported
Tufts students reported a rash of license plate thefts throughout the day on Sunday, Feb. 27.
At approximately 7:00 a.m., two students indicated that someone removed the license plates from their vehicles sometime between the evening of Saturday, Feb. 26 the next morning. The vehicles, parked on Professors Row, had plates registered with Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
Later, at approximately 3:00 p.m., two additional students came to authorities reporting that their license plates were also stolen at some time on the morning of Feb. 27. One vehicle, parked on Whitfield Road, had a New York license plate while the other vehicle, parked on Sawyer Avenue, reportedly had a California license plate.
At the current time, police have no suspect in the crime.
