The girl's mother says Hewitt put her daughter in even greater jeopardy by relocating her to a third-floor Greenough room without a phone. The suspect had card-key access to Greenough, according to police.

"I think that Hewitt made an assumption right away that [the boy] wasn't dangerous," the mother says. "But she had no basis to make it on."

Questioned at her Brattle Street office last week, Hewitt repeatedly declined to comment on the case, which she called a "disciplinary matter." She did not say if the boy had been disciplined by the University.

Did Bossert Threaten Police?

The police report says Bossert--who became involved in the case when summer school officials contacted him as the ranking University officer at that hour of the night--threatened investigating officer Robert Kotowski when Kotowski attempted to pursue the case.

Bossert called HUPD around midnight and told Kotowski, according to the officer's report: "[Bossert said he] was the senior officer of the University and advised me to discontinue my actions. When I explained to him that under the stalking laws we are mandated to act, he said, 'If you go against my advice you will suffer the consequences tomorrow.'"

But, after his conversation with the Cambridge District Attorney, Bossert did in fact turn over the boy, a 17-year-old California native, to Harvard officers. The suspect was arrested by University police on the house masters doorstep at #50 Holyoke Street shortly after midnight on Aug. 2.

The boy was later arraigned on stalking chatees and released to the custody of his parents.

But with all of the juvenile court records confidential, that's where the public record ends and the questions begin.

Harvard officials, as of now, aren't answering any inquiries.

Bossert says he cannot comment on the report because he had not seen it and declined to discuss the case in general.

Kotowski has repeatedly declined to comment, referring all inquiries to University Attorney Allan A. Ryan Jr.

Ryan, too, says he can't discuss the matter because the criminal proceedings are ongoing.

"It's better off not to say anything at this point," Ryan says.

'No Written Procedures'

The girl's mother said her daughter did not know the boy who was stalking her until they met at summer school.