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Liar, liar

Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a complaint at 12:04 a.m. on Jan. 19 about a loud party on Chetwynd Road. Somerville police were also called.

Officers from both departments arrived on the scene and broke up the party. A female resident claimed that there were not any other people in the house.

When police officers went downstairs, however, they found about 40 people, according to TUPD Sergeant Robert McCarthy. The individuals were consuming alcohol from a keg.

"In other words, she lied," McCarthy said.

To pee or not to pee

TUPD received a call at 12:04 a.m. on Jan. 19 from a resident who claimed that a student was urinating on his driveway.

Somerville and TUPD officers arrived at the scene to find the resident and the student yelling at each other. The resident claimed that the student urinated on his driveway. The student said that he did urinate, but it was not on the driveway.

Somerville police plan on summoning the individual to court on one count of lewd conduct, according to McCarthy.

Jump rope stolen

A student reported that a baseball glove and a jump rope were stolen out his unlocked gym locker sometime between Jan. 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Jan. 22.

On Jan. 24, the same individual reported that his swimming goggles were taken out of his locker. He said that this time he had locked up his belongings before he left the area, but that when he returned the lock was removed and the goggles were gone.

-by Sarah Butrymowicz