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Blame it on the a-a-a-alcohol
While checking students at Aidekman Arts Center who were in line to board buses for Winter Bash on Feb. 5, Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers stopped four students from attending the event.
Two of the students were transported to Somerville Hospital at 10:20 pm and 11:40 pm respectively; the other two students, who were attending the event together, were taken to Lawrence Memorial Hospital at 11:04 pm.
One of the students, when asked her age, insisted she was 16 years old. The girl later admitted to being 18 years old as she was getting into an ambulance. TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said that she was, in fact, 18 years old.
McCarthy said that that was the extent of hospital transports for the night. Another student passed out upon arriving at Winter Bash and Boston Emergency Medical Services treated the student at the scene.
More trouble in the stacks
TUPD received a call at 10:45 p.m. on Feb. 15 from a female student in Tisch Library who had been studying in a small study room in the basement area. The student stated that there was a man present in the room who was exposing himself to her.
Upon arriving at the library, officers caught a man leaving the area whom the student identified as the culprit.
The man was arrested for "open and gross lewdness," according to McCarthy. He was transported to Somerville Police Department. "I believe he's been let out since then," McCarthy said.
The perpetrator was given a trespass warning from Tufts and will be scheduled for a court date in the future.
McCarthy commended the female student involved. "The student did a good job," he said. "The main thing was, she called right away."
Creepy much?
TUPD received a report at 10 p.m. on Feb. 6 from residents of a house on Raymond Avenue about an intruder.
The residents heard someone walking around on the bottom floor and, upon checking out the noise, heard someone leaving the apartment. A room check revealed that a window in one of the bedrooms was open, and the resident of this room stated that her backpack, which contained her laptop and several IDs, was missing.
The Somerville police were also notified. "There is an ongoing investigation with that department in Somerville," McCarthy said.
