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A local taxi driver contacted Public Safety at 3:01 a.m. March 10 when a customer was unable to pay his fee. The customer, an intoxicated student, was unable to operate an ATM. The driver told the student that if he didn’t come up with $20, he would be charged with theft of services. The student produced a credit card, resolving the issue.
Mischievous lockout
A resident was unable to enter his or her dorm room in Kennebec Hall on March 9 at 5:55 p.m. A Personal lock on the second floor was damaged, disabling the card reader. Public Safety is investigating for criminal mischief.
Return after use
A student lost $105 in the Student Recreation and Fitness Center on March 9. She set her wallet down in the locker room and forgot it. The wallet was returned to the staff desk without the $105. The matter is under investigation.
High society
People were seen on the roof of Androscoggin Hall on March 9 at 4:30 p.m. A staff member contacted Public Safety, but the subjects ran away when officers arrived. Public Safety was unable to locate the subjects.
Spilling into crime
Marketplace employees reported a theft at 12:10 p.m. March 9. They saw Noah Paytas, 20, West Farmington, take a Vitamin Water and put it in his backpack. Paytas went through the check out line and paid for other items. The cashier asked him if he had anything else to pay for, and he said he did not. Paytas was detained and questioned by Public Safety. Paytas told officers that he bought two bottles earlier that day and one had fallen out of his backpack and broke. Because of this, he felt he could get another one. The Vitamin Water was valued at $2.38. Paytas was summonsed for theft.
Quiet hours get you every time
Complaints of a loud verbal fight outside of Somerset Hall led to two summonses at 1:43 a.m. March 9. Officers located the three subjects. They told officers they were having a friendly argument. Officers noticed two of the subjects were intoxicated. Christopher Bowman, 18, Orono, and Mary Mandell, 18, Orono, were summonsed for illegal possession of alcohol by consumption by a minor.
Is your Perkins loan running?
Doris Twitchell Allen Village Staff called Public Safety after a resident received a suspicious phone call. The caller was a male asking about the receiver’s Perkins loan. The resident hung up after the caller asked numerous questions. The resident does not have a Perkins loan.
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