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UMaine Public Safety

A man was arrested following a call made regarding a possible domestic disturbance in Knox Hall at 12:40 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Loud yelling was heard coming from a dorm room where officers found a man and a woman fighting. They were separated and questioned. The woman indicated that the man, identified as her boyfriend, Matthew Tassinari, 20, had pushed her and punched her a couple of times. As a result, Tassinari was arrested and charged with assault. He was transported to the Penobscot County Jail.

A man was reported missing by friends Friday, Nov. 30. The man, a resident of Oxford Hall, was reportedly not seen in his room or classes for at least two days. Officers immediately began an extensive search of campus and decided that the man had not been on campus at all during that time period. Officers began a search extended from campus to areas throughout New England. On Monday, Dec. 3, a friend reported that he had received a call from the man. The man had told him he had gone to Canada where he was stranded on a mountain for a period of time. He is currently safe.

A summons was issued following an incident outside of Cumberland Hall at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. A man was seen leaving the hall holding a red plastic cup. Officers approached the man and determined that the cup contained beer. The man was asked to show identification, which identified him as Scott Kent, 19. He was then searched and 14 cans of Milwaukee’s Best beer were found in his backpack. Kent was summoned for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor.

A computer and printer equipment were stolen between 12 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 21 and the morning of Monday, Nov. 26. A NEDC brand computer, valued at $850, was taken out of the computer cluster on the first floor of Boardman Hall. It belonged to the Department of Engineering. A printer cable and two Epson printer cartridges, valued at $70, were taken from the office of modern languages located in Little Hall.

Parts were taken from a vehicle parked in the diagonal parking spaces located on College Avenue across from the Beta Theta Pi house sometime between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. The doors of a Black 1990 Jeep Wrangler, valued at $500, were found missing. No other damage was done to the car.

A burglary occurred in Somerset Hall sometime between 12:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30. Someone took a GE DVD player, valued at $125, and six DVDs, valued at $115, from a dorm room in the hall. The case is under investigation.

Three bikes were stolen last week. An unlocked Touring bike, valued at $25, was taken from the Advanced Engineering and Wood Composites Center sometime between 12 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26. An unlocked Freespirit bike, valued at $150, was taken from the bike rack in front of Knox Hall sometime between 3 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26 and 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27. A Raliegh bike, valued at $75, was taken from the bike rack on the south side of Hancock Hall sometime between 8 p.m. and 11:15 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1.

An animal problem was reported in Penobscot Hall at 6:40 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30. A woman called concerning a 10-inch corn snake found in her room. The snake was caught and transported to Public Safety where it was held overnight.