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Break it up
Report of a fight outside Androscoggin Hall brought officers to the front of the building at 10:25 p.m. on Jan. 25. A small crowd surrounded two intoxicated males who were yelling at each other. The officers separated the two and gave them disorderly conduct warnings. One lived off campus and was given a ride home by police. They told him if he returned, he would be arrested for trespassing.
Snow fight!
Officers responded to a report of a fight on Rangeley Road in front of the Public Safety Building at 1:58 a.m. on Jan. 25. Upon arrival, officers found several people wrestling and jumping in the snow bank. They were all friends. There was no apparent fight.
Runaway fighters
Police received a report of a fight in progress outside the Phi Eta Kappa fraternity at 10:59 p.m. on Jan. 23. Officers responded, but found no evidence of a fight.
Galling guest
Police responded to the fourth floor of Cumberland Hall to confront an intoxicated male who was yelling and trying to start fights at 12:52 a.m. on Jan. 24. The male was visiting a resident in the building. Police reunited him with his friend and allowed him to stay the night. Nevertheless, he was given a disorderly conduct warning and was warned that if he continued to disturb the residents, he would be arrested.
Lock it up!
Theft continues to be a problem at the Student Recreation Center. A student left a $110 dark blue Samsung Glyde cell phone in clothing in an unlocked locker from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Jan. 26, and returned to find it missing.
At 7:45 p.m. on Jan. 25, a student returned from working out and his and found $30 and his LG Voyager cell phone had been taken from an unlocked locker. The cases are under investigation.
Gas in the Union
Police responded to a fire alarm at the Memorial Union at 6:13 a.m. on Jan. 26. An employee pulled the alarm after smelling propane in the building. Orono Fire Department conducted an air quality check and was unable to find anything unusual.
Well-done
An alarm activation in Patch Hall brought police to a first-floor apartment at 7:35 p.m. on Jan 25. Burnt food was the cause.
Pointless prank
A fire alarm was pulled on the fourth floor of Oxford Hall at 1:03 a.m. on Jan. 25. Public Safety and Orono Fire Department determined that there was no reason for the pull-station to be activated and labeled the act “malicious.” The case is under investigation.
Carsick
An officer patrolling Munson Road noticed several subjects gathered around a car parked on the south side of Beta Theta Pi fraternity at 12:10 a.m. on Jan. 25. The passenger-side door was open and a female sitting in the seat appeared to be falling out of the vehicle. The officer found the 19-year-old female to be intoxicated and incoherent. She was transported to the hospital for alcohol poisoning.
Stealing permits in the cold
A student reported a stolen resident parking decal at 2:57 p.m. on Jan. 24. The decal was taken from his unlocked vehicle parked in the Hilltop Lot sometime during the previous week. The case is under investigation.
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