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POLICE LOG

Nov. 10:

1:39:34 a.m.—Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officers were sent to Widener Library on a report of two people acting suspiciously. The officers gave directions to two people who were lost.

2:05:12 a.m.—Officers were sent to Mass. Hall after receiving a report of a group on the roof. The officers identified several students who admitted to being on the roof.

Nov. 11:

11:27:46 a.m.—An HUPD officer was sent to Divinity Hall on a report of a suspicious person in the building. A search for the suspect turned up nothing.

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9:55:31 p.m.—Officers were sent to Lowell House on a report of a loud party. The occupants agreed to lower the volume of the music.

Nov. 12:

10:25:11 a.m.—Officers were sent to Greenough Hall on a report that a suspicious person entered the building. After a brief investigation, the officers learned that the person was authorized to be in the building.

5:18:07 p.m.–An officer took a report of an attempted break-in to a filing cabinet at Sever Hall.

Nov. 13:

1:26:13 a.m.—Officers responded to a noise complaint near the river dorms. They searched the area and determined the noise was coming from the Fly Club. The Cambridge Police Department was notified and dealt with the situation.

3:33:27 p.m.—Officers were dispatched to Harvard Yard to take a report of a robbery. An investigation is ongoing.

Nov. 14:

3:34:01 p.m.—Officers took a report of an armed robbery in Harvard Yard. An investigation in ongoing.

5:01:42 p.m.—Officers were dispatched to the Greenhouse Cafe in the Science Center after receiving a report of a person acting suspiciously. After identifying the person as someone who had previously been issued a trespass warning, the officers arrested 39-year-old Matthew W. Patten of Cambridge for trespassing and resisting arrest.

Nov. 15:

8:42:34 p.m.—An officer took a report of a stolen bicycle at Adams House.

9:49:12 p.m.—An HUPD officer responded to a report of an assault by means of a dangerous weapon in Harvard Yard. The victims reported that they were harassed and threatened with a knife by eight juveniles. Several of the juveniles were detained at the Church Street subway station and identified by the victims. An officer arrested one juvenile male for assault with a dangerous weapon and threats to commit a crime.

Nov. 16:

12:48:02 a.m.—Officers were sent to 20 DeWolfe Street on a report of several loud parties. Officers shut down parties on the first, third and sixth floors.

8:11:10 a.m.—An officer was sent to Divinity Ave. near the Biology Laboratory on a report that a vehicle was swerving back and forth on the road and had pulled into the parking lot. The driver told the officer the vehicle is very low to the ground and swerves to avoid potholes.

—Staff writer Jenifer L. Steinhardt can be reached at steinhar@fas.harvard.edu.

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