The following summary includes a selection of major incidents reported to the Department of Public Safety between Oct. 17 and Nov. 3. It does not include general service and alarm calls. The Providence Police Department also responds to incidents occurring off campus. DPS does not divulge information on cases that are currently under investigation by the department, PPD or the Office of Student Life. DPS maintains a daily log of all shift activity and general service calls, which can be viewed during business hours at its headquarters at 75 Charlesfield St.
Oct. 20
12:59 p.m. A student reported that on Oct. 19 at 3 a.m. he locked his bike with a cable lock to a railing at Lot 5. When he returned Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. the bike was missing. The lock was cut and lying on the ground. His bike was not registered with DPS.
Oct. 21
1:18 p.m. A student reported he left his bike unlocked and unattended outside Young Orchard 2 Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. When he returned Oct. 21 at 9:30 a.m. it was missing. His bike was not registered with DPS.
4:12 p.m. A student stated that on Oct. 19 at approximately 6 p.m. he secured his bike on the railing outside Young Orchard 10 and when he returned Oct. 20 at 9 a.m. it was missing.
7:17 p.m. A student stated he chained his bike to the fence on the terrace level outside Graduate Center, Tower C. While he was on his way to dinner at 6 p.m. Oct 21, he noticed the bike missing and the lock cut.
Oct. 23
7:45 p.m. A student left the desk area where he was studying at the Rockefeller Library to use the restroom. When he returned his laptop was missing. A witness observed two individuals rushing out of the area. The case is under investigation by University detectives.
Oct. 27
5:49 p.m. A student stated that at approximately 9 a.m. he locked his mountain bike to the bike rack outside Sidney Frank Hall for Life Sciences with a standard cable lock. Upon returning at approximately 5:45 p.m. the bike was missing and the cable lock was lying on the bike rack. The cable appeared to have been cut.
Oct. 29
11:41 p.m. A student stated that while hosting a party at his house on Benevolent Street someone was giving his friend, who was working the door, a hard time. He then approached the individual to tell him to leave the property and the individual punched the student in the face. The student was transported to the hospital for a cut on his lip. He did not wish to pursue criminal charges. The case was turned over to the Office of Student Life.
Oct. 31
1:13 p.m. A student stated his bike was taken from the rack outside Perkins Hall sometime between 8:40 a.m. and noon. The cable lock that had been used to secure it was cut and found on the ground.
1:41 p.m. A student stated that on Oct. 25 he locked his bike to the rack on the Main Green. When he returned Oct. 31 at 10:45 a.m. the bike was missing. It had been locked with a cable lock.
Nov. 3
1:19 p.m. A student reported that sometime between 8 p.m. on Oct. 31 and 1 p.m. on Nov. 3, His bicycle, which had been locked to a portable stand near the patio of Goddard House, was taken.
4:49 p.m. An employee reported that she had parked her vehicle at 10 a.m. on Power Street. When she arrived at her vehicle at 4:45 p.m. she observed that her vehicle's passenger window was smashed out and the GPS that she had left in view in the vehicle was missing. PPD also took a report.
9:47 p.m. A student stated he left his bike secured with a cable lock to the bike rack at Graduate Center, Tower C at 12:30 p.m. At 9:30 p.m. he found the bike missing and the cable cut and on the ground.
