Revenge isn't so sweet
Tufts University Police Department (TUPD) officers at 12:50 a.m. on Sept. 25 discovered a car behind 114 Professors Row with all of its windows smashed. The officers found the student who owned the car, but the student was unsure why his car had been vandalized. He believed it may have had to do with a verbal altercation he and some of his friends had with local kids.
"We have no idea who did it, or even if those kids were involved in it," TUPDSgt. Robert McCarthy said. The student will have to claim insurance on his car. No further damage was done.
Too cool for fire drills
TUPD officers at 7:26 p.m. on Sept. 27 responded to a report that four students did not exit Latin Way as instructed during a fire drill. It is unclear why they did not respond to the practice alarm, and a report will be sent to the Office of Student Affairs.
Going all Jackson Pollock on DTD
TUPD officers at 3:45 p.m. on Sept. 28 received a report from a construction worker at 98 Professors Row, the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house. The worker explained that an individual or a group of people had apparently broken into the house the night before and splashed cans of paint on the basement-level floor. The TUPD detective received the report and is investigating the matter. TUPD does not yet know who the vandals are.
Obviously didn't read the manual
TUPD officers at 11:06 a.m. on Sept. 30 responded to a fire alarm in the Hillside Apartments. Upon arrival, they realized the fire alarm had been activated by a broken sprinkler. A resident had hung clothes on the ceiling sprinkler, which then broke and set off the fire alarm. The sprinkler system was only activated in the first-floor apartment, so damage to the building was minimal.
Wear a helmet!
TUPD officers at 12:00 p.m. on Sept. 26 responded to an accident on College Avenue in the front of Cousens Gym. A motor vehicle, driving towards Medford, struck a bicyclist. The fall left the bicyclist scraped and bruised, but he was otherwise unharmed. Tufts Emergency Medical Services (TEMS) and Armstrong Ambulance Service responded to the accident, but the student signed a refusal of care. TUPD spoke to the student driving the car as well.
A bad week for pedestrians
A motor vehicle at 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 26 struck a pedestrian staff member crossing the Professors Row and Packard Avenue intersection. After the accident, the pedestrian was alert and conscious, but did complain of a headache.
Somerville Police Department (SPD), TEMS, Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc. and TUPD responded to the scene.
The staff member was transported to Somerville Hospital for further observation. SPD did not issue a citation to the driver of the vehicle.
Seriously, don't cross the street
A motor vehicle at 8:48 a.m. on Sept. 29 struck a pedestrian on the Capen Street and Winthrop Street intersection. The motor vehicle hit the pedestrian while attempting to take a left-hand turn off Capen onto Winthrop. TUPD, Medford Fire Department, Medford Police Department (MPD), TEMS and Armstrong Ambulance Service responded to the scene. The pedestrian was transported to Massachusetts General Hospital. An MPD officer collected information from the driver of the motor vehicle, but McCarthy was unsure if the officer issued a citation.
- compiled by Brent Yarnell based on reports from TUPD
