Widespread theft across campus
A female student called the Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) from South Hall on Friday, Feb. 8 at 10:43 p.m. to report that her laptop had been stolen. She said that she exited her room at 10 p.m. and closed, but did not lock her door. When she returned to her room 35 minutes later, her laptop was missing. The police followed up on the report but found no suspects. A female student reported to TUPD that money had been taken from her purse multiple times over the last week. The last theft was of $20 on Saturday, Feb. 9, when she called in the report. On Sunday, Feb. 3, she noticed $200 were missing. She noticed $40 missing on Thursday, Feb. 7. She said her roommate was missing $100 from her purse as well. The student, who lives in Hill Hall, said that there were times over the course of week when they had left their room unlocked.
"That's why we stress: Lock you room," TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy told the Daily. TUPD received a report that $407 were missing from a safe in Carmichael Dining Hall on Monday, Feb. 11. The money went missing at some point between noon on Feb. 10 and 9 p.m. on Feb. 11. Although there is an investigation in place, no suspects have been found yet.
A bit too much fun at Anthony House
In the wee hours of Saturday, Feb. 9, TUPD officers went to Anthony House on 14 Professor's Row because of a panic alarm alert. This marked the second time TUPD officers had been to Anthony House that night. They had also gone there 15 minutes previously in response to a carbon monoxide alarm. There was a party with about 100 people going on inside.
Police determined the panic alarm to have been accidental, so it was reset. The police then shut down the party. Beforehand, however, the police encountered one student outside drinking beer. Officers approached the student, who said he didn't have identification. He took a drag of a cigarette and then blew it directly into the officer's face. The student was ordered to step back, which he did. He then supplied the police with all of the necessary information. He was underage, so a report was sent to the Dean's office.
More marijuana in wren A residential assistant called TUPD on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 3:07 a.m., after smelling burnt marijuana on the fourth floor of Wren Hall. Two students admitted to smoking it and gave the officers the little marijuana that they had. The report was turned over to the Dean's office.
Officers were called to Wren Hall because of the smell of burning marijuana again at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13. Two students in question denied smoking or possessing marijuana, so the officers searched the room. They found a one-liter bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey. One student told the officers, "Someone must have left the bottle of alcohol on my desk." Neither student was of age, and TUPD also noticed the stems of a marijuana plant and some residue in the room. The report was handed over to the Dean's office.
He said, she said
A TUPD officer noticed a group of males running across Fletcher Field toward the Fletcher parking lot at 1:35 a.m. on Feb. 13. The first officer called for another officer, and when they reached the Fletcher parking lot they saw five or six individuals who appeared to be on the verge of getting into a fight. Members of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity told officers that they heard one of their windows being smashed, and upon rushing to the window, they saw an empty milk crate under the window and an unidentifiable male running towards the Chi Omega Sorority. They chased the individual and eventually caught up with him. That was when the TUPD officer got involved. The person they were chasing said he was visiting some friends at Delta Upsilon Fraternity. "Someone's telling the truth, someone isn't," McCarthy told the Daily. "It'll be sent to the Dean's office and they'll try to figure out what's going on."
