Police Briefs

ID proves hard to find
    Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers arrived at 11 Whitfield Rd. along with Somerville Police Department officers after receiving a noise complaint at 12:57 a.m. on Nov. 22. Earlier in the evening, TUPD officers had gone to the house and asked the students there to quiet down. Upon returning, the officers found some students standing on the sidewalk and the porch. When officers attempted to enter the house, the door was slammed in their face.
    Once they entered, the officers located a resident and asked her for identification. She told them she did not have it with her but would go retrieve it. Officers began to clear the party out and eventually realized the student had not returned with her ID. They went upstairs and heard voices coming from a room. They knocked, and the individuals inside let them in.        
    The student had changed into her pajamas and looked as if she was ready to go to bed, leading officers to conclude that she had never intended to come down with her ID. The party was cleared out and a report was sent to the dean's office.

Fallen electrical lines ignite blaze on Packard, knock out power
    TUPD received a call at 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 22 reporting that electrical wires were falling down on Packard Avenue outside of Lewis Hall. The wires caught on fire, which spread to two trees on the street. The Somerville Fire Department responded and put out the fire.
    An on-campus house lost power, and officers notified NSTAR, the local power company, and the Somerville Public Works Department. The two trees were cut down and the street was kept closed until 12:30 p.m. The house regained power shortly after 11 a.m.

Tequila Pain
    An intoxicated Tufts student exiting Tequila Rain at last week's Senior Pub Night was pushed and fell to the ground. She hit her head on the pavement, causing a concussion. TUPD was not able to respond, as the bar was in Boston, but the police were informed of the incident, which happened at 1:10 a.m. on Nov. 21. The student was treated at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Good samaritan, bad walker
    TUPD officers observed a male student lying on the crosswalk in front of South Hall at 2:14 a.m. on Nov. 22. Another student was standing over him. When officers approached the one who was standing, he told them that he had seen the student struggling to walk and had started to help him. The stumbling student stopped walking and the other individual lowered him to the ground.
    The Somerville Fire Department and Cataldo Ambulance, Inc. also responded. The student was transported to Somerville Hospital. "It's a good thing that kid was there," TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said.