My big fat Greek prank
A Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officer at 12:45 a.m. on Oct. 1 observed five males carrying a wooden boat down Professors Row. The boat belonged to the Alpha Tau Omega (ATO) fraternity house. Several of the individuals ran away but eventually returned. Upon TUPD's request, they returned the boat to ATO.
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Hot mess
A fire alarm went off in a Sophia Gordon Hall suite at 12:58 a.m. on Oct. 1 after a student used a fire extinguisher without cause. TUPD officers found the extinguisher in the suite, along with powder residue from the apparatus scattered everywhere. The officers also found two wooden pipes with marijuana residue in the common room. When one of the suite's residents arrived, he said he was not involved with the drug activity. TUPD compiled a list of the suite's residents and turned the case over to the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.
pub night: Morning-after edition
A TUPD officer at 1 a.m. on Oct. 1 saw two males walking down Curtis Street. One appeared to be supporting the other, who was vomiting. The ill individual told the officer he had drank "way too much" during Senior Pub Night. He was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Leave. Me. Alone.
A TUPD officer at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 witnessed a male stumbling down Sawyer Avenue. His friend was trying to get him off the street. When the officer approached, the individual became belligerent. Tufts Emergency Medical Services reported to the scene and examined the student. The individual signed a form refusing further treatment and was let go.
Booze snooze
TUPD at 4:18 p.m. on Oct. 2 responded to reports of an unconscious female on a bench next to Zimman Field. She said she had been drinking and was taking a nap while her friends were watching the soccer game nearby. She signed a form refusing further examination.
Please don't stop the music
TUPD at 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 2 received a report that a fire alarm was activated during a party at the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house at 12:40 a.m. that morning. Attendees evacuated the house, but when they returned, the disc jockey noticed his laptop was missing.
Jailbait
TUPD officers at 8:42 p.m. on Oct. 2 observed a car speeding down Professors Row and driving through a stop sign. The officers pulled the car over in front of the Mayer Campus Center and placed the driver, who was not carrying a license, under arrest for unlicensed operation of a vehicle, speeding and failure to stop at a stop sign. The driver was not affiliated with Tufts.
Rough and tumble
A student living in Hodgdon Hall at 10:05 p.m. on Oct. 2 reported that her roommate was lying unconscious in bed. The roommate said that she had drunk seven or eight vodka shots prior to coming home. The individual had fallen out of bed and hit her head, causing a contusion on her forehead. She was transported to Somerville Hospital.
Time-out time
TUPD officers at 12:30 a.m. on Oct. 3 reported to a loud party at an off-campus residence on Boston Avenue after the Medford Police Department requested assistance. The resident of the house helped to clear everyone out when the officers arrived. Medford Police, however, placed one of the attendees, a Tufts student, in protective custody at 1:15 a.m. later that night. The student was not placed under arrest but was found to be under the influence of alcohol and taken into protective custody at the Medford police station for roughly four hours.
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Compiled by Alexandra Bogus based on reports by Tufts University Police Department
