Student assaulted; perpetrator flees
The Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) received a report on April 10 that a student was assaulted near 26 Winthrop St. around 9:45 p.m.
While she was walking along the sidewalk, an individual allegedly grabbed her from behind. She yelled, and he turned and ran up Tesla Avenue. The student was not able to give a description of the individual other than that he was male and was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and light pants. TUPD alerted the Medford Police Department (MPD) of the incident.
Man doesn't know how he got into West's lobby
TUPD officers were dispatched to West Hall at 2:58 a.m. on April 14 because of a report that an older man wearing a green and black hat was sitting in the lobby. The officers saw the individual sitting there. He appeared to be intoxicated, was slurring his words, and was not able to walk without assistance. According to McCarthy, he could not tell officers how he got there.
The individual, who turned out to be 62 years old, was given a verbal trespassing warning and was told that he was not allowed back on Tufts' campus. He was then transported to the Medford Police Department. "[We] have no idea how he got there," McCarthy said. "He doesn't know."
Bacon and...
TUPD received a report at 1:34 p.m. on April 13 that during the night of April 12, someone had thrown several eggs at the front of 114 Curtis St. and caused damage to the siding and the windows.
When officers were looking at the rest of the property, they found that one of the cable input wires had been cut, and that some of the other cable wires and the electrical box had also been tampered with, according to TUPD Sergeant Robert McCarthy.
-by Sarah Butrymowicz
