Nov. 5
A community member reported two AU keys were stolen from her while she was at an off-campus store. While at the store, she placed the keys on a table and looked away. When she looked back, the keys were gone. She was advised to contact the Metropolitan Police Department.
Nov. 6
A first floor elevator lobby smoke detector activated a fire alarm in Capital Hall. Officers evacuated residents from the building, canvassed all floors and found no sign of smoke or fire. Facilities Management responded and reset the alarm.
Nov. 7
A fire alarm activated in Constitution Hall. Officers evacuated the building and found no evidence of fire or smoke. Facilities Management determined that a sprinkler system malfunction activated the fire alarm.
The D.C. Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services transported a student in Leonard Hall to Sibley Hospital after the student experienced dizziness, nausea and vomiting. The student told officers she believed she was suffering from food poisoning.
An officer responded to a report of multiple audible alarms in Centennial Hall. An oven in the sixth floor lounge was emitting smoke. A community member extinguished food burning in the oven. No damage was reported. Aramark was contacted to clean the area.
A resident director and resident assistant reported a student in Anderson Hall had created a disturbance in an elevator lobby by yelling obscenities at people and kicking an elevator door while waiting for it to arrive. The elevator door was bent and would not operate properly. The suspect was found in the company of some friends. An officer noticed the suspect slurred his words and believed the suspect had consumed alcohol based on his body language. The suspect said he drank whiskey earlier and kicked the elevator door. The suspect was barred from the residence hall for 24 hours and went with one of the witnesses to an off-campus residence.
Nov. 8
A student reported she was walking north on Wisconsin Avenue near the East-West Highway in Bethesda, Md., when an unknown suspect, who was walking south, approached her. The suspect mumbled an unintelligible phrase while walking past, touched her buttocks and continued to walk south. The victim stopped to confront the suspect, but the suspect continued on Wisconsin Avenue. The victim contacted Public Safety.
DCFD transported a student who had sustained a hip injury while playing football at Tenley Field to Georgetown Hospital.
Nov. 10
A student lost consciousness twice in the School of International Service building. The student was alert upon a Public Safety officer's arrival and signed a medical refusal form. Reportedly, she was on her way to the Student Health Center.
A student in McDowell Hall reported she received an unwanted call and visits from a representative from the U.S. Census Bureau. The call was received on her cell phone. An envelope and a business card were left at her residence hall room. She did not want to receive any further contact from him. An AU Public Safety officer called the representative, who advised the officer the student had been selected for a Census Bureau survey and if the student did not wish to participate she needed to call the contact information left on the card and envelope.
A community member reported graffiti in a men's restroom in the Katzen Arts Center. A derogatory phrase aimed at AU was written in black ink on a wall. Officials photographed the graffiti.
A community member in Bender Library reported receiving a phone call in which the caller mimicked a Chinese accent and made derogatory statements.
Nov. 11
An unattended laptop computer was taken from a cubicle on Bender Library's third floor. MPD and Public Safety initiated reports regarding the incident.
