Police Log

Feb. 10:

1:22 a.m.—A Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officer shut down a party at the Harvard Advocate.

8:44 p.m.—After receiving a report of stolen jewelry, a HUPD officer investigated the burglary at McCulloch Hall.

Feb. 11:

2:54 p.m.—A detective filed a fraud report with the Harvard University Credit Union.

4:47 p.m.—At Canaday Hall, an officer took a report of stolen cash.

8:37 p.m.—An officer issued a tresspass warning to an unwanted guest at the Philips Brooks House.

Feb. 12:

12:57 a.m.—An officer was sent to Adams House upon receiving a report that individuals were spray-painting the building. When the officer arrived, one of the alleged vandals assaulted the officer and fled the scene. The officer was not injured.

5:39 p.m.—An officer investigated a suspicious e-mail at the Kennedy School of Government.

Feb. 13:

9:46 a.m.—An officer took a report about a stolen television and VCR during a past burglary of the Beckwith Circle common room.

10:39 p.m.—A Beckwith Circle resident called police after suspecting that a burglar was in the caller’s apartment. When police arrived, the suspect fled the scene and could not be apprehended at the scene. No items were stolen from the apartment.

Feb. 14:

11:37 a.m.—An individual reported a stolen laptop at Baker Library.

12:31 p.m.—An officer investigated a small plane circling Harvard Yard and discovered that the pilot was authorized to take aerial photographs of the area.

5:17 p.m.—An officer took a report of a stolen backpack at Coolidge Hall.

Feb. 15:

8:08 a.m.—An officer searched for an individual carrying what appeared to be a gasoline can at McKinlock Hall, but the suspect had left the scene before the officer’s arrival.

3:20 p.m.—Officers arrested Kevin Murphy, 19, at his 53 Dickerson St. residence in Somerville, Mass., for a Feb. 13 burglary at Beckwith Circle.

Feb. 16:

7:13 p.m.—A caller reported that credit cards and a handbag were stolen from Boylston Hall.

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