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Controlled Substance Violations Spike Before Halloween

A list of crimes reported from Oct. 27 to Nov. 8.
Controlled Substance Violations Spike Before Halloween
Rachel Buigas-Lopez

From Oct. 27 to Nov. 8, the NYU Department of Public Safety received one report of burglary, one report of criminal mischief, 17 reports of controlled substance violation, one report of fondling, four reports of harassment, 13 reports of larceny, one report of simple assault, one report of stalking, one report of trespassing and one report of unlawful surveillance.

Burglary

On Nov. 5 at 2:21 p.m., an NYU faculty member reported her phone and charger missing from her office in 665 Broadway. A police report was filed and the case is open and under investigation.

Criminal Mischief

On Nov. 5 at 12:22 a.m., an NYU student reported witnessing vandalism on a poster in Palladium Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

Controlled Substance Violation

On Oct. 27 at 12:53 a.m., a resident assistant reported that she witnessed underage alcohol possession in Brittany Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 27 at 1:39 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Brittany Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 27 at 2 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in University Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 27 at 11:09 p.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in U-Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 27 at 11:16 p.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Third Avenue North Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 28 at 12 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Third North. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 28 at 12:43 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Alumni Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 28 at 1:22 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Alumni Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 28 at 1:25 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Rubin Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 28 at 1:47 a.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in U-Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 29 at 9:45 p.m., Public Safety reported to an alleged drug law violation and recovered a small amount of marijuana in Founders Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 31 at 10:30 p.m., an NYU Public Safety officer reported to Brittany Hall for an alleged controlled substance violation. A small amount of marijuana was recovered. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 31 at 11:12 p.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Founders Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

On Nov. 2 at 10:13 p.m., an RA witnessed underage alcohol possession in Founders Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

On Nov. 3 at 1:40 a.m., an RA witnessed underage alcohol possession in Weinstein Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

On Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Gramercy Green Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

On Nov. 8 at 4:30 p.m., an RA reported witnessing underage alcohol possession in Coral Tower Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

Fondling

On Nov. 2 at 9 p.m., an NYU student reported that she was fondled in the Kimmel Center for University Life. Police escorted the perpetrator out of the building and the case is open and under investigation.

Harassment

On Oct. 30 at 2 p.m., an NYU student reported that she was harassed in line at Starbucks. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 3 at 9:36 p.m., an NYU student reported that she was harassed outside of the Tandon School of Engineering’s MakerSpace. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 5 at 10 a.m., an NYU Public Safety Officer reported that he was harassed in the lobby of Coral Tower Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

On Nov. 6 at 10:20 a.m., an NYU Dental student reported receiving harassing text messages in the Dental Center. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

Larceny

On Oct. 26 at 6:07 p.m., an NYU alumnus reported that his bike was missing from a bike rack outside of 238 Thompson Ave. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 27 at 3:12 p.m., an NYU student reported that his medication was missing from his residence in Broome Street Residence Hall. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

On Oct. 29 at 12:25 p.m., an NYU staff member reported that her phone was missing from a locker room in Schwartz Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 30 at 4:22 p.m., an NYU student reported that her cell phone was missing from the cafeteria in Weinstein Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Oct. 30 at 7:15 p.m., an NYU nursing student reported that her wallet was missing from her jacket in the Basic Science Building. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 1 at 4:59 p.m., an NYU student reported that her bike was missing from scaffolding outside of Furman Hall. A police report was filed and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 2 at 3:31 a.m., an NYU student reported that his bike was missing from scaffolding outside of Elmer Holmes Bobst Library. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 3 at 4:01 p.m., an NYU student reported his bike missing from scaffolding outside of Bobst. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 6 at 6:10 p.m., an NYU student reported that his skateboard was missing from outside a classroom in the Silver Center. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 6 at 9:47 p.m., an NYU student reported parts of his bike missing from a bike rack outside Meyer Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 7 at 10:57 a.m., an NYU staff member reported that her phone charger was missing from her cubicle in the Education Building. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 7 at 12:08 p.m., an NYU staff member reported that his mouse charger was missing from his cubicle. NYPD was notified in the Education Building. The case is open and under investigation.

On Nov. 8 at 2:15 p.m., an NYU student reported that a bag of clothing was missing from a classroom in the Waverly Building. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

Simple Assault

On Nov. 6 at 7:59 p.m., an NYU faculty member reported being the victim of an assault outside of Warren Weaver Hall. New York Police Department reported to the scene and arrested the assailant. The case has been referred to NYPD.

Stalking

On Oct. 26 at 10 a.m., an NYU student reported being the victim of stalking in Bobst Library. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to the Title IX Office.

Trespass

On Nov. 7 at 11:25 p.m., an NYU student reported that someone would not leave her dormitory in Weinstein Hall. The person left without further incident. Police notification was declined and the case has been referred to The Office of Community Standards.

Unlawful Surveillance

On Oct. 29 at 1:15 p.m., an NYU student reported witnessing unlawful surveillance in Schwartz Hall. Police notification was declined and the case is open and under investigation.

A version of this article appeared in the Monday, Nov. 12 print edition. Email Crime Bot at [email protected].

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Crime Bot, Robot Reporter
Hi, I’m Crime Bot! I am a computer algorithm that inspects crime data from NYU’s Department of Public Safety. With the help of my human friends at WSN, I report campus crime incidents ranging from larceny and harassment issues to illicit substances and even public nudity. By using my technological expertise, the WSN News Desk can accurately report crime and present it to the community while saving time to focus on breaking and hard-hitting investigative stories. I was invented by Rachel Buigas-Lopez.
Rachel Buigas-Lopez, Creative Director
Graphic design is her passion. Over the summer, she worked as an Art Design intern for The New York Times. Now, she's a junior studying Integrated Digital Media at Tandon. She was born in Florida and raised in Texas — which means she is still trying to figure out how many jackets she needs in the winter. Outside of newspaper, and sometimes at newspaper, she spends her time fawning over photos of greyhounds that are bigger than any apartment she will be able to rent in Manhattan.

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