The Yard may have been subdued over intersession, but the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) remained hard at work. For those odds and ends of crime that seem to fit nowhere else, here’s a compilation of this week’s wacky and inane illicit activity.

Who Farted?

5:14 p.m.—A caller smells a gaseous odor emanating from the Center for Government and International Studies on Tuesday, Jan. 24. HUPD suspects a possible gas leak and phones University Operations and Cambridge Police Department for assistance. But in the end, no evacuations were needed. Apparently, it was just a bunch of hot air.



Say Cheese!

8:57 a.m.—A couple taking an early-morning stroll through Boston on Wednesday, Jan. 25 raised suspicion with a local caller, who alerted HUPD. The “suspicious” activity: taking pictures.



Hit Snooze!

4:17 a.m.—Reports of late-night buzz sent officers to Eliot House F-14 on Thursday, Jan. 26. What they encountered was not a party. The culprit: an alarm clock. It was subsequently turned off.



Brown-Bagging It

10:45 a.m.—Police arrested Alfred Cox, 47, of Cambridge for trespassing last Saturday, Jan. 28.

“Officer observed Mr. Cox drinking what [the officer] believed was an alcoholic beverage in a brown paper bag on University property,” HUPD Spokesman Steven G. Catalano wrote in an e-mail. Cox was found loitering in the Holyoke Arcade, located at 1350 Mass. Ave. His listed address, 240 Albany St., is a homeless shelter.



Out Of Place

1:44 p.m.—A second homeless man, Ramone Meadows, 38, of Cambridge was arrested for trespassing in the Holyoke Arcade after an officer observed him acting suspiciously last Saturday.

“Officer had knowledge that Mr. Meadows had an active trespass warning against him,” Catalano wrote. Catalano confirmed yesterday that these two cases were unrelated, although both perpetrators reside in the same homeless shelter.



High and Dry

2:39 p.m.—An afternoon dip in the Blodgett Pool left one individual hundreds of dollars poorer. Police responded to the MAC last Saturday to investigate a stolen wallet, originally left in a locker. The still-at-large prowler swiped a cool $620 in cash. Talk about taking a bath!



Au Bon PAIN

8:54 p.m.—An officer sparred with a 43-year-old at Au Bon Pain who refused to leave the restaurant last Saturday. John Igo, 43, of Cambridge first swung at the officer, then pushed him over a bike rack. Igo was slapped with charges of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and falsifying his information to officers following the arrest. Igo originally lied to police about his name, address, date of birth and social security number.



Potty-Mouth

3:52 p.m.—After police stopped three suspicious individuals at the Law School’s Harness Commons, Rasheed Suarez, 25, of Boston was arrested for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, with trespassing to boot. Catalano wrote that police knew Suarez intended to distribute the marijuana “because of the way it was packaged.” Suarez is not a Harvard affiliate.



Lost And Found

2:04 p.m.—A Harvard affiliate was reported missing last Monday by a third-party at a biology laboratory at 16 Divinity Ave. Catalano declined to specify whether the absent individual was a student, faculty member, or staff. But the reportedly missing individual turned out to be just out of town. Whoops.



Loker Looney

8:55 p.m.—An “unwanted guest” at Memorial Hall’s Loker Commons was served a cold plate of arrest after he became agitated and yelled at police last Wednesday. The 52-year-old trespasser, Michael Webster, of Worcester, Mass., stuck out like a sour thumb at the freshman hangout spot, appearing to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, according to Catalano. After allegedly making a scene and refusing to comply with the responding officers’ request, Webster was arrested for trespassing and resisting arrest.



Not Funny

9:28 p.m.—Mysterious smoke wafting from the Lampoon, a semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization that used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine, raised red flags for a caller who notified HUPD of the steam’s green color. An officer who trekked out to the scene last Monday reported that the steam was just illuminated by green lights. As for the sources of the discolored smoke, police logs did not comment.



Follow the Leader

10:26 p.m.—Officers set aside four “suspicious” individuals in front of Kirkland House last Wedneday to search for any outstanding warrants in their names, according to the police log. Observers report that two plainclothes officers patted down the four men, who appeared Caucasian and in their early 20s. “We’re just talking to some friends,” one of the officers reportedly told witnesses. One of the suspects reportedly said in his defense that “we were just following the leader.” HUPD declined to comment on the specifics of the field interview. But police logs state the four were given a no-trespass warning and released.



—ANNA L. TONG