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Beer run through Fogler leads to summons
On Sept. 20 at 9:55 p.m., police received a call from Fogler library staff reporting two young men running through the library knocking over books. They added that the two sprinters appeared to be intoxicated at the time. Prior to the officers’ arrival the two had checked out books and left the library but were soon located. One of the individuals, Maxwell Terry, 19, was visibly intoxicated and uncooperative with police and was issued a summons for possession of liquor by a minor by consumption.
Smell leads to paraphernalia bust
On Sept. 23 at 1:08 a.m. police responded to a call from the second floor of York Hall, complaining of the smell of marijuana. Prior to knocking on the door, officers smelled the strong presence of marijuana emanating from the room. After officers knocked on the door they heard what they believed to be cans being shuffled around, perhaps in an attempt to hide them from the officers. The shuffling of cans took about 25 seconds, after which the door was finally opened to allow the officers entry. The officer advised the resident that they were there to investigate the suspicious smell coming from the room and asked the resident to hand over any contraband that he might be in possession of. Without hesitation, Neil Wright, 19, handed the officer four cans of beer. Another individual, Andrew Dickens, 20, of New Castle, handed the officer a baggie of marijuana and a multi-colored glass pipe with burnt marijuana residue on the inside. Dickens was charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Wright was later asked to turn over any other contraband that he might have and he submitted a recently used glass pipe. Wright was charged with possession of liquor by a minor and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Noisy drinkers
On Sept. 24 at 12:24 a.m. in Cumberland Hall, an officer on patrol heard loud noises coming from a room, nearly a half-hour after quiet hours began. The officer knocked on the door in order to ask the residents to quiet down. When he knocked, he smelled the strong odor of an alcholic beverage coming from the room. The door was only slightly opened and he noticed that the room was occupied by male and female individuals. The officer asked if there was any alcohol in the room and the resident, Warren Taylor, 18, admitted there was. Gilford Backland, 18, was also identified. They asked if there were any under -age individuals in the room, and he stated that there were. Officers identified two juvenile females in the room. Both had been drinking. As a result of this incident, Taylor was issued a summons for furnishing a place for minors to consume, and Backland was issued a summons for possession of liquor by a minor. Also, the parents of the two females were contacted and they were later released upon contact of the parents.
Stolen parking permit
On Sept. 15, officers received a report from a student that someone had entered his vehicle parked at Hilltop lot and stolen his parking permit. On September 25, parking services were ticketing a vehicle and they observed that the same permit that had been stolen earlier was now displayed in the vehicle that they were ticketing. Officers learned that the owner of the vehicle displaying the parking permit in question was Akira Sano, 20. His vehicle was towed and the permit was seized as evidence. As the vehicle was being towed the owner approached the officer and stated that he knew it wasn’t his permit. Sano was brought to the station and interviewed during which he admitted it was not his permit and that he shouldn’t have been using it. He claimed that he had found it on the ground. As a result, Sano was issued a summons for theft.
Man alters parking permit
On Sept 19 at 11:19 a.m. parking services identified a vehicle with an altered parking permit in the Chadbourne parking lot. The officer noticed that the displayed permit was a 2005-2006 permit that was cut as to look like a 2006-2007 permit. The owner of the vehicle, Joshua Marsh, 21, was contacted and had admitted that he cut the permit in order to make it look like a current parking permit. He claimed that he did this in order to avoid purchasing a new parking permit. Marsh was issued a summons for theft of services.
Minor admits to drinking
On September 21 at 10:23 p.m. an officer on patrol on the third floor of Androscoggin Hall observed a male resident carrying a container in his hand. The officer stopped the individual, identified as Nicholas Belmont, 19, and asked if the contents of the container happened to be alcohol. Belmont admitted that it was beer and was issued a summons for possession of liquor by a minor.
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