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Domestic violence
Police responded to a report of a possible disturbance at an apartment on Connecticut Street at University Park at 3 p.m. on Dec. 7. When officers arrived, a female exited the residence distraught and crying. She said she had been punched in the face by her husband, Ghobad Vermazani, 42, Old Town. She was on the phone with her friend when he became upset and struck her, according to the victim. Officers noted she had redness on the jaw area. Vermazani was arrested for domestic assault and transported to Penobscot County Jail.
Shower scare
Public Safety received a report of a potentially suicidal male in a fourth-floor Gannett Hall shower at 11:14 p.m. on Dec. 8. A student observed the male lying curled up on the floor of the shower. The shower was on, and the bathroom lights were turned off. The student left to call the police and returned to find the individual had left the bathroom. Police were unable to locate him. Public Safety said the behavior was odd, but not necessarily suicidal.
Doughnut driver
Public Safety received a complaint of a Dodge Intrepid driving erratically near the Student Recreation and fitness Center at 9:15 p.m. on Dec. 7. The witness recorded the plate number and police were able to locate and stop the vehicle on Rangeley Road. The driver, Jaclyn Flye, 18, Orono, admitted to performing doughnuts. Police issued her a warning for irresponsible driving and charged her for an outdated inspection sticker that had expired in June 2008.
Bathroom confusion
Police arrived at Gannett Hall to track down an intoxicated male who was witnessed trying to enter the fourth-floor women’s bathroom at 1:29 a.m. on Dec. 6. Officers located the individual, Daniel Byrne, 18, Orono, in the fourth-floor men’s bathroom. He was stumbling and appeared to be intoxicated. He admitted to drinking vodka and was issued a summons for posession of alcohol by a minor by consumption.
Tampered lunchbox
A construction worker at the Collins Center for the Arts jobsite reported that someone had stolen prescription painkillers from his lunchbox sometime between 9 and 11:15 a.m. while he was working on Dec. 9.
Hospitalized drinker
Sigma Nu fraternity called Public Safety requesting an ambulance for a highly intoxicated and sick 22-year-old male at 12:17 a.m. on Dec. 7. The University of Maine Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported him to Saint Joseph’s Hospital for evaluation.
Fire fright
Police responded to a fire alarm at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity at 3:33 a.m. on Dec. 6. They determined it had been activated on the third floor, but the house brothers were unable to give any indication of who was responsible.
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