Weekend's visitors couldn't seem to hold their alcohol
A freshman and his friend who was visiting the university last weekend told Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers that they had both had six shots of Swedish vodka after the officers responded to a call in Houston Hall at 1:23 a.m. on Feb. 23. The visitor was intoxicated and spent the night at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
At 2:05 a.m. on Feb. 24, TUPD responded to a call about an "unresponsive female" in Carpenter House. The female, who was a BC student visiting campus for the night, was found vomiting in the trash can in the second-floor bathroom. When asked, she said that she had had six drinks, but it was determined that she did not need medical attention.
GPS Culprit could use a lesson in thievery
Someone reported at 7:26 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 24 that the passenger-side window of his or her car, parked in the Hill Hall parking lot, had been completely smashed. Nothing was actually stolen from the car.
TUPD officers were dispatched to the Cousens Gym parking lot at about 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 27 because an off-duty Medford police officer reported that he had seen someone breaking into a car by smashing the window.
The thief stole a GPS system, but neglected to steal a satellite radio and laptop that were also inside the car. The off-duty officer recorded a license plate number for the alleged perpetrator, and police have identified the suspect. There will be two charges, one of breaking and entering into a motor vehicle and another of larceny over $250.
Phil-can-thropy
TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm at a house on Curtis Avenue at 1:47 a.m. on Feb. 16. Upon arrival, they noticed there was no one outside the building, so they told everyone inside to leave because of the alarm and then went in to investigate. They saw a Beirut game, many red cups with beer in them and, according to Sergeant Robert McCarthy, "just beer all over the place." Two people claimed they were residents but that they'd just gotten back from a ski trip and were unaware of what was happening in their home. When the officers asked if there was a keg, because they saw no cans or bottles, the residents said told the officers that "the cans were donated to two homeless couples, one African and one Asian, to help them out." The officers never found a keg, and the matter was turned over to the Dean of Student Affairs' office.
Squawking on the ground like Wild Turkeys
TUPD officers got a call to go to the Talbot Avenue side of the campus center, where two individuals were rolling around on the ground and possibly yelling on the grassy area near Stratton Hall on Monday, Feb. 18 at 12:43 a.m. The caller said the pair "were possibly intoxicated." Upon arrival, TUPD officers found that two students, a male and a female, were both intoxicated. The students admitted to drinking an entire bottle of Wild Turkey bourbon in about one hour. Although 21 and legally permitted to drink, the female student had difficulty walking, and TEMS was called.
TEMS arrived and called an ambulance. This made the student become extremely irate: She wouldn't sit down, wouldn't let anyone help her and wildly flailed her arms. She was arrested for one count of assault and battery of one of the TEMS members,and one count of disorderly conduct. She was transported to the Somerville Police Station.
Chicken burns in frat microwave; "alcohol may have been involved"
TUPD officers responded to a fire alarm at 98 Professors Row (Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity) on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 2:31 a.m. When they arrived, however, the residents were coming out with their hands over their faces because someone had pulled the fire extinguisher and its contents had spread all over the house. Apparently, one resident had put some chicken in the microwave, and it started to burn and produce a lot of smoke. The student said he knew that "smoke kills more people than fire," so he decided to set off the extinguisher at the smoke, not the fire. The smoke then spread the toxic contents of the extinguisher throughout the house, setting off all of the alarms in the house. "Alcohol may have been involved," McCarthy said.
Towel under door, air freshener, fans in Window - but no, no marijuana
When TUPD officers responded to a call from Tilton Hall on a report of burning marijuana on Friday, Feb. 22 at 11:27 p.m., they knocked on the door in question several times but got no response. So they decided to open the room anyway, fearing something was still burning in the empty room. They saw someone in the room when they began to open the door. The resident gave them permission to enter the room, and the officers immediately saw a towel that had been wedged under the door, a can of air freshener near the door and two additional people in the room.
Upon questioning, the residents said they hadn't heard the officers knock, and that they hadn't been smoking any marijuana. The officers observed two fans blowing air outside into the ongoing snowstorm. When asked why they had two fans blowing outside during a snowstorm in February, the students responded, "It's just fans blowing." The residents then gave permission to the officers to search the room, and they found two glass pipes with marijuana residue. The students then did admit to having smoked marijuana about two hours earlier.
