Police Briefs (10/29/2008)

Closet drinkers
   
    Tufts University Police Dep-artment (TUPD) officers responded to a call at 11:11 p.m. on Oct. 23 at Lewis Hall at the request of an on-duty resident assistant. The RA told officers that she had attempted to make contact with people who were being noisy in a room, but they would not open the door.
    When officers arrived, the room was empty, but occupants of a nearby room were being loud. When an individual exited that room, officers saw a large folding table and several plastic cups and beer cans inside. Most individuals had already left the room, but one resident was still inside and another was attempting to hide in the closet. Both were under 21.
    Officers removed the remaining alcohol and requested that the table, which was the property of Interstate Rental Service, be brought to the TUPD station.

Student can't walk, and sergeant can't say what ‘space porn party' could be
    TUPD officers driving on Sawyer Avenue at 11:59 p.m. on Oct. 24 saw a female walking unsteadily down the street, accompanied by a male. The officers asked the couple for identification and found that both people were 19-year-old Tufts students.
    The female told officers that she had just come from a "space porn party — which, I have no idea what that is," TUPD Sgt. Robert McCarthy said. She also said that she had consumed a cup or two of "jungle juice."
    The Tufts Emergency Medical Service and Cataldo Ambulance Service, Inc., responded as well, but the student signed a form refusing aid and was sent home for the night.

Jumbo gets an aerosol makeover       
    An individual called TUPD at 2:59 a.m. on Oct. 26 to report vandalism that was occurring on the Academic Quad. Three individuals were spray-painting the statue of Jumbo outside Barnum Hall, the caller said. The only description given was that they were all dressed in black, McCarthy said.
    When police arrived, the individuals were no longer there. The paint job consisted of the Delta Upsilon fraternity's symbol and the statement, "DU rules."