Campus Crime Logs: Book-Smart Squat

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Feb. 20 to Feb. 26.

On Feb. 20 at 12:30 a.m., police responded to a call reporting a female who appeared to be homeless at Mugar Memorial Library, located at 771 Commonwealth Ave. The woman attempted to set up a place to sleep in the library. The non-affiliate was escorted out of the library and warned from returning to BU property.

Three’s a crowd

The 9th floor resident assistant at Rich Hall, located at 277 Babcock St., reported on Feb. 21 at 12:30 a.m. that three female students had unknown persons enter their rooms. The RA said suspects tried to enter the three separate rooms overnight over a two day period from Feb. 19 to Feb. 20. When the suspects saw that there were people in the room they quickly exited. One particular female student reported that she had a set of headphones that had gone missing and said she believes they may have been taken out of her room.

Window shopper

A female student living at 860 Beacon St. reported at 10 a.m. on Feb. 22 that she observed someone on the fire escape reach an arm into her apartment through an open window. The suspect attempted to take something from one of her shelves. When the victim yelled, the person on the fire escape fled. Police searched the area, but were unable to uncover a suspect.

Abridged speech 

A female student walking home at 3 a.m. on Feb. 25 reported that while crossing the BU Bridge, an unknown male stopped and exited his car and approached her aggressively while yelling. She yelled back at him that she was going to call the police and he stopped, turned around, got in his car and left. She alerted police of the incident when she returned to her residence hall on Bay State Road. Police searched the area but did not find a suspect.