The Hanover Police Department and Safety and Security both reported a busy Green Key Weekend, handling almost 40 alcohol violations, 15 noise violations and one felony burglary charge.
Hanover Police charged Christopher Ely, a 20-year-old resident of Clifton Park, NY, with burglary Saturday afternoon in Mid-Fayerweather Hall.
Sergeant Michael Evans said Ely, who is not a Dartmouth student, was charged with stealing "personal belongings of an occupant," a Class B felony. He declined to say what was stolen.
A Class B felony is punishable by a maximum of seven years in jail and a $4,000 fine.
Evans said Ely was visiting a Dartmouth student for the weekend.
Ely was taken to the Grafton County House of Correction for failing to meet the $5,000 bail, according to a Hanover Police press release.
Ely's hearing is tentatively scheduled for May 24 at Hanover District Court.
Evans said the influx of people to Hanover and the festive atmosphere of Green Key create an abnormally hectic weekend for authorities.
Hanover dispatch "generated 212 documented incidents in 48 hours. The norm for that is 101. Basically that is double the activity we are used to," he said.
Hanover Police, working with an increased number of officers per shift, reported eight cases of general intoxication and held four people in protective custody because of intoxication, according to Evans.
Five people were arrested for illegal possession of alcohol, he added.
Dispatcher Larry Carr said Safety and Security stopped 11 students for alcohol violations, such as possession of an open container, public intoxication and underage drinking. Carr said two inebriated students were handed over to roommates and one was sent to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center.
There were also a few reports of vandalism, fire alarms, roommate disputes and minor thefts, according to Carr
According to Jack Turco, director of College Health Services, only two intoxicated students were admitted to Dick's House over the weekend.
"I would categorize this as a quiet weekend," he said.
But Turco cautioned "the number of individuals admitted to Dick's House is a poor gauge of how much drinking is going on from week to week."
Despite the increased activity this weekend, Evans said "I wouldn't say this was any more or less busy or more abnormal than any other Green Key, Winter Carnival or alumni weekend."