By Isabella Darcy
News Editor
The Signal and Campus Police work together on a weekly basis to inform the campus community about crime on and around campus. All records given to The Signal are public records and do not contain personal information. Some information provided may be triggering for some students.
Oct. 14: Super steamy
Steam caused by hot showers in the seventh-floor men’s bathroom of Wolfe Hall triggered a heat detector, which set off the building’s fire alarm just before midnight. Both Travers and Wolfe Halls were evacuated, while Campus Police, Ewing Township Fire Department and a technician from Johnson Controls International responded to the alarm.
The Ewing Township Fire Department checked the bathroom and found no signs of smoke or fire, only steam. The firefighters then deemed Wolfe safe to re-enter.
JCI’s technician changed the heat detector in the bathroom so that higher temperatures are required for it to go off. This will help mitigate the amount of alarms that are caused by steam, according to Campus Police.
Oct. 15: Fire alarm
A Wolfe Hall fire alarm was pulled in the early morning, causing both Travers and Wolfe Hall to be evacuated.
Campus Police and Ewing Township Fire Department found no signs of smoke or fire throughout the floor where the alarm pull station is located. Campus Police reset the pull station, and firefighters reset the alarm, deeming the building safe to reoccupy.
Oct. 19: Intoxicated student
A community advisor found an intoxicated student outside of Norsworthy Hall just after midnight. The student said that he had been drinking at an off-campus party, and had not been feeling well since before his friends dropped him off at the residence hall.
When the CA noticed the student, he was sitting and hunched over. The CA directed the student into the Norsworthy lobby and called Campus Police. Officers arrived to find the student sitting in the lobby with his head in a trashcan.
Campus Police called for Lions EMS, who evaluated and released the student.
Oct. 19: Intoxicated roommates
Two intoxicated students who live together received medical attention from EMTs in Travers Hall just after midnight.
Campus Police were first alerted of the intoxicated roommates when another student noticed one of the roommates vomiting and called for assistance. Officers arrived at the residence hall to find the student lying on the ground, unconscious and unalert. The student who had called Campus Police continuously called the student's name, until she woke up.
Lions EMS responded to Travers and began caring for the student. While the EMTs monitored her vitals, the student vomited. Lions EMS then dispatched Mercer Central, who sent Ewing EMS to the residence hall.
Both roommates had been drinking alcohol while at an off-campus party earlier that night.
The student who had been vomiting said that she had drunk an unknown amount of Tito’s vodka, along with two cups of “jungle juice.” She also said that her roommate had drunk one cup of “jungle juice.”
While caring for the first student they had found, Lions EMS was alerted that the roommate had been vomiting in a bathroom for 30 minutes and needed medical attention.
Soon after the student in the bathroom received medical attention, Ewing EMS arrived and began caring for the roommates.
The student who Campus Police found lying on the ground was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center, and her roommate refused further medical treatment.
Oct. 19: Intoxicated and confused student
An intoxicated student was transported from Campus Town to Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell in the middle of the night.
The student, who lives in Campus Town, had been knocking on a random Campus Town apartment door. Students who were in that apartment called a residential advisor to report the behavior.
The RA recognized the student and noticed that she was in the wrong building, so the RA brought the student to the correct building and called Campus Police.
When Campus Police arrived, they spoke with the disoriented student whose speech was slurred. Ewing EMS also responded to the scene. EMTs evaluated the student and decided that she needed further medical care.
Oct. 20: A fall in the fall
An alumna of the College fell in the Lot 7 garage, which caused her to injure her head in the middle of the afternoon.
The alumna, who said that she had not been on campus in 45 years, tripped and could not react fast enough to put her arms forward and break her fall. Her forehead was cut, so first responders were called. Lions EMS, Ewing EMS and Campus Police responded to the scene.
When the alumna was being checked out, she seemed normal and did not have any pain or symptoms. She said she felt fine but was just embarrassed.
The alumna declined further medical treatment.
Oct. 21: Smoldering mulch
A Brower Student Center student worker called Campus Police a couple of hours before midnight after noticing a landscaping light fixture smoking outside of the building. When officers arrived, they noticed that wood was smoking and burning in the mulch near the light fixture.
Officers looked around to see if there were any lit cigarettes or burning items near the light fixture but did not find any. They then kicked some of the mulch around, which caused the smoldering mulch to go deeper into the ground. This prompted the officers to request fire and electrical assistance.
The Ewing Township Fire Department responded to the scene and told Campus Police that a cigarette may have caused the mulch to smoke and burn. The firefighters then doused the area with water and dug deeper into the mulch, but it continued to slowly burn without a flame.
As firefighters continued efforts to stop the mulch from smoldering, someone from an on-call electrical shop responded to the scene. The electrical shop employee turned off the power to the light fixtures and told Campus Police that the light fixture would be checked out on the following day to determine if there was an underlying electrical issue.
Campus Police had nothing further to report at the time The Signal obtained records of this incident.
Oct. 23: Booted
A brown Honda CRV was booted by Campus Police in the early morning because it had three unpaid tickets and was parked without a permit or decal in Lot 6.
Two more tickets were issued to the Honda: one for parking without a valid permit or decal and the other for boot removal.
Oct. 23: Another boot
A vehicle that had three unpaid tickets and was parked in the Trenton Hall visitor lot without a visitor parking permit was booted by Campus Police just before noon.
Two more tickets were issued to the vehicle: One for a parking violation and the other for boot removal.
Oct. 23: Ouchie
Campus Police responded to a student who was stung by a bee near Eickhoff Hall just before dinner time. The student had never been stung by a bee before, so she was not sure if she had an allergy to bee stings.
The student told Campus Police that she was not having any difficulty breathing or any swelling, but she did show officers a raised red bump that was the size of a nickel in the spot where the bee stung her.
Ewing Township EMS responded to Eickhoff Hall, assessed the students' health and found no signs of an allergic reaction. The EMTs then told the student to take Aspirin and educated her on how to properly remove a bee stinger.
Oct. 24: Parking garage fire alarm
The Lot 7 garage was evacuated in the late evening when a fire alarm on the ground floor went off. Campus Police responded to the alarm and found no signs of smoke or fire.
A few minutes after the ground floor alarm went off, alarms in stairwell five and the fourth floor were activated. Officers checked these areas and observed a possible smell of burning cigar tobacco.
The Ewing Township Fire Department arrived, checked the garage and deemed the area safe.
Oct. 24: And another boot
A black Dodge RAM 1500 that was parked in Lot 4 without a permit and had three unpaid tickets was booted by Campus Police in the early morning.
Two new tickets were issued to the vehicle: One for parking without a valid permit or decal and the other for boot removal.
Oct. 24: Elevator burnout
A motor in a Travers Hall elevator burned out and caused fire alarms to go off in both Travers and Wolfe Hall in the mid-evening. Both towers were evacuated.
Campus Police and Ewing Township Fire Department responded to the alarms, and located two points of activation: a floor in Wolfe and the elevator penthouse in Travers. The firefighters and police officers each sent some of their squads to both locations to assess the areas.
No smoke or fire was found in Wolfe.
In Travers, an “odor of possible belt burning” was present in every elevator lobby and the elevator penthouse. Ewing Township Fire Department requested that an elevator technician respond because the smell seemed to be coming from all three of Travers’ elevator shafts.
Upon inspecting the inside of the elevator penthouse, responders discovered that the smoke detector head above the motor of elevator number two was the point of activation. The motor smelled similar to the elevator lobbies.
All three Travers elevators were powered off temporarily and were not in operation until they were later deemed safe to operate.
Oct. 25: Intoxicated person
An intoxicated person was transported to Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell in the early hours of the night.
Campus Police responded to a report of an intoxicated person in Centennial Hall. When officers arrived, the person was asleep on a bed, surrounded by vomit. Officers attempted to communicate with the person but were unsuccessful.
Lions EMS responded to the scene and began caring for the person. EMTs then requested that the student be transported. Capital Health EMS responded to the request, placed the student on a stretcher and later a gurney, and brought the student to the hospital.
Oct. 26: Intoxicated person
An intoxicated person was transported to Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell just after midnight.
Campus Police responded to a report of an intoxicated person in the Townhouse East common area whose eyes were open but not very responsive. Officers helped the intoxicated person sit in a chair when they arrived. The officers asked the person questions, but the person did not respond to any.
Both Lions and Ewing Township EMS responded to care for the person, who was soon after transported to the hospital.
Oct. 26: Another intoxicated person
An intoxicated person was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in the middle of the night.
Campus Police received a call about an intoxicated person by the Travers Hall dumpsters, but when officers arrived, the person was no longer there. After searching some of Travers, officers found the caller who directed them to the intoxicated person, who was lying on her side in a bed.
The woman vomited multiple times before Lions and Ewing Township EMS arrived and began caring for her. Ewing Township EMS secured the intoxicated person onto a gurney, and she was brought to the hospital.
Oct. 26: Morning haze
Multiple units in Townhouses East were evacuated due to a fire alarm in the early morning.
Campus Police was first to respond to the alarm, and searched the room that caused the alarm to activate. Officers noticed a slight haze and faint odor of marijuana. They then searched the unit and discovered a stronger odor in a common area. Campus Police opened a window in the common area, while they waited for the Ewing Township Fire Department to arrive.
When the firefighters arrived, they investigated the area. The evacuated units were deemed safe to re-occupy.
Oct. 26: Intoxicated Rutgers student
An intoxicated Rutgers University student was sleeping in a Travers Hall hallway just before sunrise. Campus Police and Lions EMS responded to a call about the person sleeping in the hallway.
The Rutgers student was standing in the hallway when Campus Police arrived and told the officers that he was the guest of a Travers resident and had been out drinking.
Lions EMS arrived soon after and conducted a vital check on the Rutgers student. Once the check was complete, the Rutgers student refused further medical attention and was escorted to his host's room.
Oct. 28: Booted
A beige GMC Envoy was booted in Lot 11 by Campus Police just after midnight because it had three unpaid tickets.
The vehicle was issued a ticket for boot removal.
Oct. 28: Booted
A silver Toyota Corolla was booted by Campus Police in the early morning because it had three unpaid tickets and was parked without a permit in Lot 9.
Two more tickets were issued to the Toyota: one for being parked in the wrong area, and the other for boot removal.
Oct. 28: Booted
A black Toyota RAV 4 was booted by Campus Police in the early morning because it had three unpaid tickets and was parked without a valid permit or decal in the T/W garage.
Two more tickets were issued to the Toyota: one for parking without a valid permit or decal, and the other for boot removal.
