Nobody Injured in Breakfast Bomb Incident

February 17, 2011
Dartmouth College Safety and Security

At 9:53 this morning, the Hanover Police Special Forces Unit (irony) was called into Courtyard Café at the Hop in response to a reported breakfast bomb. The café was briefly evacuated but students were allowed back in after it was determined that no students had been injured by the bomb.

The police took Alex Farnam ’12, a member of the football team, into custody for allegedly bringing the breakfast bomb into the seating area of Courtyard Café.  However, he was later released when no evidence of the bomb could be found other than several knocked over chairs, an askew table, and scattered papers with illegible markings on them where Farnam and his teammates had been sitting.


Farnam was warned that the alleged breakfast bomb, despite its lack of current damage, could have serious long-term consequences for the health of those involved. Farnam seemed to ignore this fact while finishing his additional workout special.

Although no one was injured in the incident, HPo officer Maurice Jones issued a warning for all bathrooms in the Hop, Floren and Ripley, Woodward, Smith until 7 PM.