FRIDAY, April 2, 1:52 a.m. — A male building guard reported that yet another exit sign was torn down in Newing College’s Broome Hall, said Investigator Dennis P. Bush of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Exit signs have already been pried from the walls in Broome this semester, but Bush could not say exactly how many times. Police have no suspects.
FRIDAY, April 4, 3 p.m. — A 23-year-old male will have to fork over $500 to repair the grass he damaged when his 2008 blue Chrysler minivan got stuck at the south side of the East Gym, Bush said.
“He was attempting to turn around after dropping off some stuff at the gym,” Bush said.
His car was towed.
SUNDAY, April 6, 1:07 a.m. — A 19-year-old male student reported to police that he keeps getting harassing phone calls from his ex-girlfriend, a non-student.
“She’ll call him and leave vulgar, cursing messages,” Bush said.
Police didn’t say how many calls he has received, but the ex usually calls early in the morning.
The student reported the calls “to start a paper trail, should he wish to pursue charges down the road,” Bush said.
SUNDAY, April 6, 9:30 p.m. — A food fight led to a shoving match in Hinman College’s Lehman Hall. Two 19-year-old male students got into a verbal argument in the building and started pushing each other as they left. One threatened the other.
“There had been a food fight,” Bush said. “All residents of the floor had been charged with the clean up and that’s what they were angry about.”
Bush could not give any more details about the food fight. The students’ suitemates were advised to stay out of the each other’s rooms. Residential Life will handle the dispute, Bush said.
TUESDAY, April 8, 11:45 a.m. — A 20-year-old female commuter student lost her laptop at the coffee kiosk in the Library Tower and put some of the blame on the kiosk’s manager.
The student left her Dell XPS laptop, which was in a case that resembled a binder, on top of a garbage receptacle at the kiosk.
She felt sick and went to Health Services. She then realized her computer was missing and checked Health Services and at 1 p.m. checked the kiosk, but couldn’t find the laptop.
At the kiosk, the student questioned the manager, who saw the laptop case on the garbage and later in a newspaper rack.
The student told police she thought the manager should have been more responsible and secured the computer.
“The officer told her it wasn’t really the manager’s responsibility because things often get left on trash receptacles,” Bush said.
The laptop was valued at over $1,000. Police have no suspects.