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A bad moon rising
Two female students called police to report harassment at 8:30 p.m. March 28. They were studying in the Memorial Union outside the Wade Center when approached by three male non-students. At first, the males were cordial, then one became offensive and started using inflammatory language. Police located and identified the male as Brian Allen, 22, Bangor. Investigating, police learned Allen had participated in karaoke in the Memorial Union earlier that evening. While on stage, he pulled down his pants and mooned the audience. Allen was intoxicated. Police wrote him a trespass notice, told him not to return to campus and charged him for disorderly conduct. All three males were asked to leave.
Staking a claim
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While patrolling Rangely Road at 1:03 a.m. March 27, an officer noticed movement in the tree line on the East side of campus. The officer observed a man running north with a yard stake and asked him to stop. The subject stopped and threw the yard stake to the ground. When the officer asked him his name, he became belligerent and aggressive. The officer noted that he was unsteady on his feet and smelled of intoxicants. The subject gave the officer a false name. The officer asked for the subject’s wallet for identification, which identified him as Bradley Yates, 20, Orono. Yates was issued a trespass warning for campus for the evening and a summons for illegal possession of alcohol by a minor by consumption.
Frat find
An officer on patrol recovered a stolen vehicle parked in the driveway of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, College Avenue, at 1:27 p.m. March 29. Orono Police received a report that the 1995 Volvo had been stolen from an Orono location on March 28. University of Maine Public Safety contacted Orono Police. They responded and processed the vehicle. The case is under investigation.
Chairman of the board
Police received a report that a chair had been thrown through the Cumberland Hall lobby window, at 3:29 a.m. March 29. Officers arrived to find the chair sticking through the window frame. They were approached by numerous witnesses who identified Austin Andrews, 19, Orono, as a suspect. Andrews was seen storming out of a first-floor room. Soon after, witnesses heard a loud crash in the lobby. Officers located Andrews in a first-floor room. He apologized, saying he was upset. He was charged with criminal mischief. Estimated damage is $300.
Speechless
A student saw a male lying on the ground outside Kennebec Hall at 1:44 a.m. March 29 and called police. Police found the 20-year-old nonstudent and questioned him, but he was intoxicated and unable to talk clearly. UMaine’s Voluntary Ambulance Corps transported him to a hospital.
Glass v. glass
A resident of Gannett Hall parked his Kia Sportster in the Gannett Parking Lot on March 27 and returned at 7:47 a.m. March 28 to find his driver’s side window broken. A beer bottle found underneath the window looked to be the instrument of destruction. Estimated damage is $250. The case is under investigation.
To serve and protect
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An upset woman came into the lobby of the police station March 23 claiming her husband had jumped out of their moving vehicle. The subject jumped out of the vehicle in front of the station and had stated earlier that he wanted to harm himself. Police searched that same morning, and located him on campus one and a half hours later. He was taken into protective custody and transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center.
Stop, drop and rolls
Staff of the Marketplace in the Memorial Union called police to report theft at 12:09 p.m. March 27. Staff became suspicious when they spotted Eileen Carr, 20, pick up three dinner rolls that seemed to disappear when she approach the soda fountain. They then watched her place a container of macaroni and cheese in her backpack and walk past the register without paying. Staff approached her and saw the food in her open backpack. Total loss was $3.45. Carr was charged with theft by unauthorized taking.
Ceci n’est pas une pipe
A resident assistant of Oxford Hall saw two males smoking marijuana outside the hall’s east exit at 12:10 a.m. March 29. The RA intervened and told them he was calling the police. While waiting, one of the males, Evan Worthing, 19, Orono, threw away a marijuana pipe. An officer arrived and found the pipe, which contained partially-burnt marijuana. The officer charged Worthing with possession of drug paraphernalia.
Conspicuous consumption
A York Hall resident called police to report an intoxicated female who left the building at 11:04 p.m. March 29. Officers found her staggering in the Deering Parking Lot and identified her as Tabitha Bracey, 20, Orono. Bracey was charged with possession of liquor by a minor by consumption.
A female student driving on Rangeley Road called police after passing a male walking in the middle of the road at 12:14 a.m. March 29. Officers found him walking down Rangeley Road’s northbound lane and observed that he was unsteady on his feet and seemed extremely intoxicated. He was identified as Brody Cullenberg, 19, Orono. He was charged with possession of liquor by a minor by consumption and transported to a hospital.
A right to pointless dining
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A student and resident of the Hilltop area contacted Public Safety on March 31 at 7:59 p.m. The student reported that, while eating dinner in the Hilltop Commons, Justin Facer, 19, Orono, bumped into him. The student has a protection order against Facer, who then sat at a table immediately next to the student. Facer reportedly glared and pointed at the student and his roommate. The protection order stated that there was not to be any direct or indirect contact with the student. Facer was arrested for violating the order and was taken to Penobscot County Jail.
Lucy in the sky with boulders
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A staff member parked in the College Avenue South Parking Lot on March 26. When she returned April 2, there were several large dents and footprints on the roof of her 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser. Damages total $200, and the matter is under investigation.
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A la carte
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During March, people reportedly threw various foods at the new wing of Barrows Hall. Faculty members reported eggs and other items hitting the windows and the side of the building on the second and third floor. The issue is under investigation.
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A tenuous Accord
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A Knox Hall resident called Public Safety on April 2 after loaning her 2000 Honda Accord to a friend. The resident claimed her friend would not return the vehicle in the timely manner she wanted. The vehicle was found parked in a driveway off Main Street in Orono. Officers had the friend return the vehicle, and no charges were filed.
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April Fools indeed
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Two men were fighting in front of Androscoggin Hall on April 2 at 12:10 a.m. When officers located the subjects, they said they were not fighting, but “just fooling around.” Both were issued disorderly conduct warnings.
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Lighting up
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Damage to a light cover in the Knox Hall elevator was reported at 10:37 p.m. April 1. Somebody held a cigarette lighter to the plastic light cover. The marks were cleaned off, but the $50 lens will be replaced due to a slight discoloration. The matter is under investigation. ?
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Registration citation
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While patrolling Long Road at 6:23 p.m. April 1, an officer stopped a Dodge Intrepid for not yielding to a pedestrian. The officer asked Tyrell Jones, 21, Old Town, for his license, registration and proof of insurance. Jones was unable to provide registration or proof of insurance and explained he had recently bought the car. Jones provided a bill of sales dated Feb. 16. The officer noted the vehicle still had the former owner’s license plates. Jones was issued a warning for failure to yield to a pedestrian and was summonsed for the traffic violations of operating an unregistered vehicle, failure to produce proof of insurance and failure to yield registered plates.
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