Fahrenheit 411
OCT. 28, 1:00 p.m. – A dorm cleaner found two burned Broome County telephone books singed between Seneca and Onondaga halls in College-in-the-Woods. “Somebody burned some telephone books,” said Capt. Donald A. Chier, a spokesman for Binghamton’s New York State University Police. “Why? Who knows?” The police officer briefly investigated and gave the go-ahead to clean up the mess. The fire had damaged several tiles in the quad area.
Casper the friendly pothead
OCT. 30, 10:10 p.m. – University police went to Broome Hall to investigate a complaint of illegal marijuana smoking on the second floor, but when they knocked on the door to the suspicious room, no one answered; neither of the occupants appeared to be there. About three hours later, officers got a call about the same room and new marijuana smoke. An officer returned to Broome, and managed to enter the room, Chier said.
“He had the look that he had been intoxicated with either drinking or marijuana,” Chier said of the student.
The police officer still smelled marijuana, but the 20-year-old occupant demurred.
“When I asked about the marijuana he said he couldn’t smell anything,” the report said.
Was it the roommate, the officer asked? No, he wasn’t there, the student said. When the student said he locked the door when he left earlier that night, the officer joked that someone must have broken into his room to use illegal drugs, the report said. There was no marijuana in plain view. No criminal charges were filed, but the student was referred to the campus judicial system.
Gone with the wind
OCT. 30, 12:01 a.m. – Three students all denied initially that they were smoking marijuana in a Newing dorm, although the windows were open, the room smelled of air freshener and three electric fans were blowing, Chier said. Officers spotted a green leafy substance on one of the students’ desks. The student, who also gave the cops three bags of what police field tested to be marijuana, said he bought the drugs on campus, but he wouldn’t tell them his source. That student wasn’t given a court citation but he was referred to the campus judicial system. But two other students who gave the police chalked IDs were given citations for Vestal Town Court on charges of possession of altered licenses.
Chunks fly by night
OCT. 30, 2:19 a.m. – A concerned cabbie called the BU police because one of his passengers was vomiting after a night of drinking. When police went to the scene near the front of campus, they saw three people fleeing suspiciously.
“They intercepted three suspects on foot,” Chier said. “They chased them and caught them.” They didn’t get very far, Chier said.
The student who was sick was treated by Harpur’s Ferry Ambulance medics.
Wake me up when the cabride ends
OCT. 30, 3:20 a.m. – Another concerned cabbie tried to awaken one of the students in his taxi, but she had passed out from drinking in Binghamton, and she wasn’t able to wake up, Chier said. The 19-year-old was taken to the hospital after the University police couldn’t rouse her either.
If you want to destroy my sweater
OCT. 31, 7:29 p.m. – The BU police dispatcher received a call that a young man had pushed a young woman to the ground. After a bit of searching near Bunn Hill Rd. next to campus, officers found people who met the caller’s description. After speaking with both people, officers determined that the dispute was between a boyfriend and girlfriend who were having relationship problems. Both said the physical altercation occurred when the woman tried to stop her boyfriend from leaving by grabbing his clothes. “He used his strength to pull away,” Chier said. The two went their separate ways.
Confetti-rates
NOV. 2, 11:45 p.m. – In highjinks Captain Chier surmises could be connected with an illegal Halloween celebration, someone set off fireworks near CIW’s Oneida Hall. According to the police report, a witness saw the perpetrators run towards Mountaiview. The officers tried to locate them, but they only found remnants of Urban Action confetti bombs near Oneida, Seneca and Onondaga halls.