SUNDAY, Jan. 31, 1:31 a.m. — A 27-year-old taxi driver called University police after a 21-year-old male student punched out the back window of his cab, said Investigator Dennis P. Bush of Binghamton’s New York State University Police. Officers on patrol arrived and the victim reported that the student had broken the window off its lower hinges and tried to climb out following a dispute over being driven to Hillside Community. The student admitted to breaking the window and stated that he had done so to escape after the disagreement. The taxi driver said that he did not want the student to suffer consequences, but did want him to pay for the damage. The student agreed to do so, and prosecution was declined. The student has been referred to the Office of Student Conduct.

SUNDAY, Jan. 31, 5:19 a.m. — An unknown suspect pulled the fire alarm in Hillside Community’s Saratoga Hall, Bush said. Patrol arrived to secure the building, followed by the Vestal Fire Department who went inside to analyze the building on a room-to-room basis. They found no threat, but confirmed that the ground-floor pull station had been activated. Everything was cleared, but police have no witnesses or suspects.

SUNDAY, Jan. 31, 6:02 a.m. — While parked near the West Drive Dickinson Community Cutout, officers on patrol observed an 18-year-old male student open the sliding door of a moving taxi cab while shouting at the driver, Bush said. The student paid the driver but appeared agitated as he walked away. Officers exited their vehicle and called out at the student, who did not acknowledge them. Eventually they caught up to him and asked him why he was yelling. The student replied that there was nothing wrong and he simply wanted to go back to his room. When the officers asked him for his identification, he claimed he did not have it. Patrol informed him that it was a violation of student policy to be unable to produce identification upon prompting — at this, the student produced his school ID. When he opened his wallet, the patrol noticed that he possessed both a New York and New Jersey license; they questioned him about it and the student admitted that the New York license belonged to a third party. When asked why he had it, the student replied that he would appreciate being issued his ticket so that he could return home. Patrol confiscated the third party’s ID and let him go without incident, but informed him that this case would go through the Office of Student Conduct.

SUNDAY, Jan. 31, 6:25 a.m. — A member of Residential Life in Newing College’s Bingham Hall discovered graffiti on the wall in the hallway, Bush said. Officers were already on the scene due to a report of the odor of marijuana. They investigated the wall and found that an unknown suspect had written “balls” on it in a black Sharpie. Allegedly, the same unknown suspect had drawn a picture with the same black Sharpie beneath the word. There were no witnesses and police have no suspects.