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Campus kidnap scare
A University of Maine student’s mother received a phone call from an unidentified male claiming he kidnapped her daughter from campus on Nov. 25. The caller demanded money for the daughter’s safe return. The mother reported the call to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department at 3:20 p.m. that day. They contacted UMaine Public Safety. Officers responded to the student’s room in Cumberland Hall to find her safe and sound. Cumberland County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the case.
Pedestrian hit by car near greenhouses
Public Safety responded to an emergency call box on Dec. 2 at 9:31 a.m. for a personal injury accident. A car struck a pedestrian on Grove Street Extension. An officer located a female lying in the road, identified as Elizabeth Mullholland, 21, Orono. The driver of the vehicle was Zachary Louten, 22, Augusta. Mullholland was transferred to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and was treated and released in the same day.
It appeared that Mullholland was walking across the road with Louten driving south. A passenger in Louten’s vehicle said that glare from the road helped cause the accident. George Ash, an accident re-constructionist from the Orono Police Department, will further investigate the incident. Ash will be looking at the contributing factors that have yet to be determined, such as the speed at which Mullholland was struck.
No sparks fly
While patrolling Rangley Road, an officer found several subjects behaving suspiciously. At 1:10 a.m. on Dec. 6, the subjects were walking south on a dirt road heading to Old Town. The officer drove up to the subjects, and they said they were out for a walk. The officer found this suspicious as it was 17 degrees outside. As he drove back up the path, the officer found a backpack with a box protruding out of the top. The officer called to the subjects to come back. Upon questioning, Eric Noyes, 18, Orono, revealed that the box contained fireworks, 36 tubes of 1-inch diameters. Noyes was issued a summons for unlawful possession of fireworks.
You could poke someone’s eye out with that
Public Safety was called during routine room inspections in Androscoggin Hall at 2:35 p.m. on Dec. 4. Residentce Life staff was inspecting a room on the third floor when they located a gun in the room. Officers investigated the gun, which turned out to be a plastic replica. Residents Life was left to handle the situation from there.
Call for help
Residents reported the sound of a male calling for help between Oak Hall and Wells Commons at 2:49 a.m. on Nov. 30. Officers searched the area and located an intoxicated 21-year-old male lying on the ground without a jacket, socks or shoes in the alley between the two buildings. Orono Rescue transported the student to the hospital for evaluation.
Lost Canon
A student’s camera was stolen while he attended a concert in the Class of 1944 Hall on Nov. 22 from 5 – 8 p.m. He sat on the bench outside the concert hall and set his black shoulderbag down. He returned to retrieve the forgotten bag at 8 p.m., and it was gone. The Canon digital camera inside is valued at $400. The case is under investigation.
Pocket pilferer
A student attending the same concert hung her coat in the hallway outside the concert hall with an envelope containing $40 in cash in the pocket. When she returned at 7:30 p.m., the money had been taken.
Parts pilferer
A resident of Gannett Hall left his 21-speed Schwinn bicycle locked to the bike rack outside the hall during vacation. He returned on Nov. 30 to discover someone had removed the seat and rear wheel. The estimated cost to replace the parts is $100.
Pool pilferer
A student’s wallet was taken while he swam laps in the Wallace Pool in the Memorial Gym between 6 and 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 25. The wallet disappeared from an unlocked locker in the men’s locker room. It contained $30 in cash. The case is under investigation.
Pack pilferer
A student reported his backpack had been stolen from the first-floor computer lab of Fogler Library on Nov. 4. He didn’t report the incident until Nov. 24. The backpack contained an economy and a business textbook, both valued at $120. The case is under investigation.
Slashed screens
Residence Life reported three destroyed window screens on the first floor of Oxford Hall at 10:22 a.m. on Dec. 1. It appears they were cut with a knife, but it doesn’t look like anyone tried to gain entry. Police describe it as random criminal mischief. The estimated cost to replace all three screens is $45.
Dude, you lost your Dell
An Estabrooke Hall resident lost his laptop after leaving his door unlocked on Dec. 5. He left his fourth floor room unlocked at 2:30 p.m. When he returned at 4:25 p.m., he found that someone had entered his room. The stolen Dell laptop is valued at $800. The case is under investigation.
Why search when it’s right in front of you?
An anonymous report of underage drinking brought police to the first floor of Cumberland Hall at 7:48 p.m. on Dec. 3. Resident Thomas Kwiatek, 18, Orono, answered the door, and the officer believed that he was intoxicated. David Sledzieski, 18, Orono, was also in the room and appeared to be intoxicated. Kwiatek confirmed they had alcohol in the room, but refused to let the officer search. However, a can of Bud Light was in view. The residents then turned over a can of Budweiser and five cans of Bud Light and admitted to drinking in the room. Sledzieski was summonsed for possession of alcohol by a minor, and Kwiatek was summonsed for furnishing a place for minors to consume.
Outdated, but still coveted
Police received a report of an office break-in at Rogers Hall on Dec. 3. A faculty member entered his second floor office to find his laptop was stolen. The incident is believed to have occurred sometime between Nov. 26 and Dec. 3. The laptop was an older model Mac, valued at $200.
Keep it in the family
Public Safety was called to assist the Orono Police Department at 7:12 a.m. on Dec. 3. At the Tau Kappa Epsilon house, where two juveniles were reportedly fighting. Public Safety arrived and separated the two subjects, who were brother and sister. Orono Police arrived and took over the case.
Hot locks
Smith House of the DTAV complex had an electrical fire on Dec. 2 at 4:30 p.m. Public Safety responded to find the electrical box, which powered the door locks, had malfunctioned. Public Safety unplugged the box. The Orono Fire Department and electricians arrived to fix the problem.
Smoked, not steamed
Smoke from a dryer in the first floor laundry room of the Memorial Gym triggered a fire alarm at 11:30 a.m. on Dec. 2. The dryer was shut off, and the Orono Fire Department arrived. Electricians were called to fix the situation.
Someone is keeping warm
A package delivered by FedEx was found opened in the hallway outside the designated recipient’s room door on the third floor of York Hall. When the subject evaluated the contents on Dec. 2, an L.L. Bean small winter coat with a hood was missing. The missing content is valued at $160, and the case is still under investigation.
Late reaction in hockey
An incident from the Nov. 21 hockey game was reported on Dec. 2 at 3:14 p.m. While at the hockey game, the subject had her purse on the ground next to her in the student section. A Nine West black wallet, containing ID, credit cards and a checkbook, was taken from her purse. She has cancelled her credit cards, and the matter is still under investigation.
Like your eggs charred?
A fire alarm was triggered on 117 College Ave., formerly the fraternity house of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. The Orono Fire Department responded at 7:42 a.m. on Dec. 4, and determined the source to be overcooked food in the kitchen area. The alarm was reset.
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