(We’ve decided to commence IvyGate’s Hell Week a little early.)

In the morning hours of January 24, Joseph Asch—Dartmouth’s official blogger—posted an unedited draft of an upcoming Dartmouth column in which Andrew Lohse ‘12 alleges that his former fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, “forced” him to wade through human excrement, chug vinegar, and vomit upon his classmates. A few days later, The Dartmouth extinguished much of Lohse’s argument by changing every instance of “forced” to “asked.” Yet The Dartmouth maintained Lohse’s assertion that he was “implicitly encouraged to treat Dartmouth women with about the same respect with which we treated each other in our social spaces: none.”

Shocked as we were by Lohse’s story, nothing could prepare IvyGate for what we were soon told. Within hours of Asch’s post, IvyGate received a tip that Lohse had been arrested for throwing a chair at a female security guard sometime during Dartmouth’s annual Homecoming bonfire. IvyGate’s initial reaction was, of course, disbelief: Lohse is Dartmouth’s moral authority, and routinely demonstrates the integrity of his character.

Juicy though the tip was, our consciences overruled our instincts. We didn’t publish it. Still, we wondered: did Lohse actually lob a chair at a female security guard? And then later condemn, yet claim to be above, his fraternity’s maltreatment of women? The hypocrisy was almost too difficult for IvyGate to imagine.

Nevertheless, we dutifully filed a records request with the Hanover Police Department. To our total surprise and horror, the tip turned out to be true! A day after IvyGate HQ received Lohse’s protective custody report, Lohse pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct—a step sideways from Lohse’s earlier occasions of cocaine possession and witness tampering—for the incident in question. Our scoop was ruined—or so we thought, until we read the baffling, hilarious account of Lohse’s alcohol-fueled bender at Dartmouth’s Homecoming bonfire. It is bonkers.

Not to worry, though: on Friday, Lohse informed The Daily that, contrary to logic, the fact that he was arrested for and pleaded guilty to cocaine possession and witness tampering (and now disorderly conduct) was “totally irrelevant” to his credibility. Whew! 

The full text of the police report, after the jump :

PDF VERSION, INCLUDING IVYGATE’S RECORDS REQUEST

IvyGate received a redacted copy of Andrew Lohse’s protective custody report. In a telephone conversation with the Hanover Police Department, a police representative confirmed to IvyGate that the report described the arrest of Andrew Lohse. Lohse did not respond to an email sent to him on January 24 asking to confirm or deny his arrest.

As seen in the PDF, IvyGate submitted a request with the following statement: “This request is a press inquiry into the police record for the arrest of ANDREW BUTLER LOHSE on OCTOBER 21 THROUGH 22, 2011, for assault or attempted assault of a Dartmouth College Safety & Security officer.” 

We have inserted names where they are known—namely those of Andrew Lohse, Hanover Police Officers Steven Read and Alan Patterson, and Jessica Gilbert (named here)—the Safety and Security officer at whom Lohse hurled a folding chair.

We don’t know the identities of the three males who accompanied Lohse on his homecoming parade. Do you? Drop us a line. Anonymity guaranteed.

Officer Read’s Narrative

10/21/2011 0655:

Officer Patterson and I were dispatched to the Dartmouth College Green for a Disorderly Conduct Complaint. Upon arrival, we contacted Dartmouth Safety & Security (DSS) Officer [Jessica Gilbert].

[Gilbert] was performing security duties for the Dartmouth Homecoming Bonfire building site preventing unauthorized persons from entering a roped-off area surrounding the timbers being erected for the bonfire. Four males then approached the site and went under the rope. She instructed the four to leave and one (later identified as [Andrew Lohse]) engaged her in argument resulting in [Lohse] throwing a chair at [Gilbert]. [Gilbert] said at this point, DSS is just interested in identifying the four to handle through college discipline.

The four then left the area and were followed by DSS Ofc [Gilbert] to Lou’s Restaurant. Patterson and I then went to Lou’s where we met Ofc [Gilbert]. Ofc [Gilbert] pointed out [Lohse] to us. He was sitting with three other males ([Redacted], [Redacted], [Redacted]). Ofc Patterson asked him to step outside to discuss this matter.

Once outside, [Lohse] was asked about what occurred on the Green. [Lohse] denied any knowledge of an incident on the Green and denied there was a confrontation with a DSS Officer. I noted a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from [Lohse’s] breath and/or person, his speech was slurred and he had some trouble with his balance. After talking with [Lohse] for some time, it was apparent that [Lohse] was highly intoxicated and he was placed in Protective Custody. He was over twenty-one and agreed to go with Ofc [Patterson] to Dick’s House.

After Ofc [Patterson] left with [Lohse], I talked with [Redacted], [Redacted], and [Redacted]. Although they declined to go into specifics about what happened, they all said [Lohse’s] actions were way out of line and asked for the opportunity to apologize to Ofc [Gilbert].

At 0750, I was dispatched to Dick’s House for a report that [Lohse] was refusing to cooperate with the Dick’s House staff. Upon arrival, I met with DSS [Redacted] and [Redacted] who were speaking with [Lohse] in one of the exam rooms. Sgt [Redacted] told me that [Lohse] was refusing to stay in bed and stay in the facility, then stated he was complying with everyone’s orders, he just wanted to make sure his rights were protected. I explained to [Lohse] that turning him over to a medical facility made this a medical, not a legal issue. However, if he would not agree to comply with the medical treatment, I had to resort to confining him. He then said he would like to stay, but the Dick’s House staff stated they wanted him removed.

[Lohse] was then placed under arrest for Disorderly Conduct and Protective Custody. He was transported to the Hanover Police Department where he was photographed and fingerprinted. [Lohse] requested the services of a Bail Commissioner. Bail Commissioner Solari was contacted and responded. [Lohse] was released on the Disorderly Conduct charge on $2000.00 Personal Recognizance and scheduled to appear in the 2nd Circuit Court (Lebanon) at 0800, December 5th, 2011.

Commissioner Solari placed additional Bail Conditions including:

— Refrain from possession of alcohol and possession of a narcotic drug or controlled substance as defined
— Report to arresting law enforcement agency as required.
— Shall submit to a PBT upon demand of a law enforcement officer.

[Lohse] was asked to submit to a Preliminary Breath Test and a reading of 0.238 was recorded. The Grafton County Sheriff’s Department was contacted and responded. [Lohse] was later over to the Grafton County Sheriffs Department for transport to the Grafton County Jail.

I later went to DSS and talked with Sgt [Redacted]. I requested a statement from Ofc [Gilbert] about the incident. Sgt [Redacted] then offered to see if she could release the narrative of their report of the incident.

I later received this email:

On October 20, 2011 at approximately 6:50 AM, I Communications Officer [Jessica Gilbert] had a confrontation with four male Dartmouth students.

While patrolling The Green to guard the bonfire structure and surrounding areas, four individuals ducked under the roped off area and proceeded to walk across the center of the Green, entering from the north end. I asked them all to walk around the restricted area.

One of the students, wearing a pink shirt and a baseball cap, told me where he planned to walk, and continued in that direction. His three friends, all wearing dark sport coats, decided to follow suit.

After asking them again to go back outside the rope and walk around, I intercepted the third and fourth males. The male in the pink shirt looked back at them and instructed them to ignore me and follow him.

I told him he could either show me his I.D. or get out of the area at the nearest point (the west side). He opted to exit the restricted area on the west side, as I trailed along behind them to insure they were leaving.

As he exited the area, the male with the pink shirt and cap picked up a folding chair and threw it in my direction. I was far enough behind the group, so I was not at risk of being struck by it. The group continued across the intersection from North to South Main Street and disappeared. I contacted dispatch via radio for a mobile unit to respond.

The four students were met by Officer [Read] and Hanover Police. The male with the pink shirt and cap, was brought to Dick’s House and later arrested for non-compliance.

The remaining three were instructed by Officer [Read] to go back to the Green and apologize to me for their behavior.

[Redacted], [Redacted], and [Redacted] all introduced themselves and apologized on behalf of themselves and for their friend [Andrew] for throwing the chair.

At no time did the three students say anything to me while trespassing on the Green. They were guilty of disregarding my request to comply with their friend. I explained that to them when they came back to speak with me.