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Resident threatened with being “lit up”
Police reported that three men woke two female residents on the second floor of Androscoggin Hall at 1 a.m. Feb. 17 by banging and kicking at their door, which increased in volume and voracity when the women didn’t answer.
The residents were able to identify Patrick Quinn, 18, Orono, when he called one of the residents after the men left the area. Quinn used obscene language and called the resident names. Quinn and his friends, Taylor Lewis, 19, Orono, and Arthur Bazdanes, 18, Orono, returned and continued banging on the door.
They damaged the residents’ white board and marker and then entered the female restroom next to the residents’ room. There, one of the subjects defecated in a sink. A resident assistant found the subjects later and asked them to leave the area.
Before the night was over, the resident received a message on her phone, saying Quinn was “going to light her up.” She believed she was in physical danger. Quinn, Lewis and Bazdanes were summonsed for disorderly conduct.
Office mishap
An interdepartmental envelope was found in the CCA Lot on Feb. 18. The envelope contained a flash drive and is being held by Public Safety. Public Safety asks anyone who believes it is theirs to come identify it at the Public Safety building.
Off the hook
Someone entered a first-floor room in Bennett Hall and removed personal property. Overnight, on Feb. 18, a green Eddie Bauer backpack containing a 30-gigabyte iPod and a Blockbuster DVD, “American Teen,” was taken off a hook in the room. The property is valued at $260. The case is under investigation.
Practicing danger
A University of Maine employee told Public Safety that he or she observed a white vehicle driving erratically between the Field House and the Mahaney Diamond at 8 a.m. Feb. 19. Officers located the vehicle and the driver and asked him what he was doing. The driver said he was practicing driving in the snow and thought it best to do so in an empty parking lot. Public Safety advised him not to operate his vehicle in an unsafe manner.
No avoiding it
After attending an 8 p.m. show at the Collins Center for the Arts, a person drove down Belgrade Road to exit campus. He had to swerve to the side of the road to avoid an accident with a university truck removing snow. The subject’s vehicle suffered $100 worth of damage to the right front corner of the bumper. The matter is under investigation.
Workout tip No. 1: Lock it up
A student reported his property was stolen from the Student Recreation and Fitness Center after he left it in an unlocked day locker between 9 and 9:45 a.m. Feb. 18. The student lost his XXL black leather jacket with a white stripe down the sleeves, valued at $80. The theft is under investigation.
Wrong kind of prints
While parked in the Knox Parking Lot between Feb. 16 and 18, a female’s 2002 Ford Escape was damaged. Someone had kicked the driver’s side door, leaving footprints on it and the window. The window was not broken, but the damages total $300. The case is under investigation.
Bad case of the munchies
A vending machine was knocked down in the first-floor lounge of Knox Hall sometime between 1 and 6:30 a.m. Feb. 18. The vending machine company was contacted, but there was no damage to the unit. It is unknown at this time if any products were taken from the machine. The case is under investigation.
No magic tricks here
While on foot patrol in Androscoggin Hall, an officer observed a male with two Magic Hat beers in his hand. It was 12:31 a.m. Feb. 18 when the officer stopped Christopher Noble, 18, Orono, and issued him a summons for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor.
Door keyed
A 1999 Chevy pickup was keyed while parked in the Hilltop Parking Lot from Feb. 8 to 17. The damage to the paint on the driver-side door will cost the Knox Hall resident $150. The matter is under investigation.
Flat, not slashed
A student reported someone had slashed his vehicle’s tires while it was parked in the Hilltop Parking Lot Feb. 17. An officer arrived and determined the tires on the 1999 Ford Explorer were not slashed, but the air had been let out of them.
