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Sobriety test arrest
A police officer patrolling College Avenue pulled over a Chevrolet Cavalier in the Stodder Parking Lot for erratic driving at 3:46 a.m. Oct. 2. The driver, Elizabeth Tull, 19, Orono, said she had not drank alcohol, but the officer smelled alcohol on her breath and asked her again if she had consumed any. She said she had consumed one beverage. He told her to exit the vehicle to perform a field sobriety test. Based on the test results, she was arrested and charged with operating under the influence. She blew a .19 blood alcohol concentration on an intoxilator.
Broken Hart
Police received a report of a window of the northwest door of Hart Hall had been shattered at 10:57 p.m. Oct. 1. The estimated repair cost is $150. The case is under investigation.
Locked up
A resident of Estabrooke Hall reported a student trapped inside a basement locker at 8:43 p.m. Sept. 30. The student decided to enter the locker of his own volition. When he closed the door, the locking mechanism fell off and he could not escape. Upon arrival, police found the resident had escaped by lifting the locking bar.
Don’t cross a Cyr
Police received a complaint from the Cyr Bus Line of Old Town that one of its drivers had stopped with lights activated to discharge students in the Hilltop Parking Lot when a black Chevrolet pickup failed to stop and passed the bus at 12:15 p.m. Sept. 30. The case is under investigation.
Bike no. 27
A black and silver Magna Excitor bike was stolen from the Kennebec Hall bike rack sometime between 7 and 11 p.m. Sept. 28. The bike, estimated at $95, was unlocked.
Twenty-seven bikes have been stolen this semester, seven of which have been recovered by police. The total estimated value of the 27 bikes is $13,155. Orono Public Safety has been assigning officers to check campus bike racks for the missing bikes.
“That’s how we’ve made several of the recoveries that we’ve had so far,” said Detective Chris Gardner of Orono Public Safety.
Public Safety has also given a detailed list of the stolen bikes to the Orono and Old Town police departments.
Van-ished decal
A staff parking permit was stolen from an unlocked Ford Windstar van parked in the Jenness Parking Lot between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Sept. 29. The case is under investigation.
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