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Gone with the Schwinn
A student’s silver Schwinn 15-speed bike was left unlocked and reported stolen from a Fogler Library bike rack sometime between 7 and 7:25 p.m. Oct. 25. The bike has a basket attached to the rear and has an estimated value of $200. The case is under investigation.
Frat windows broken
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity called police at 10:31 a.m. Oct. 25 to report someone had entered the fraternity house, sprayed a fire extinguisher and broke out a second-floor window and an attic window sometime during the weekend. Estimated damage is $100. The case is under investigation.
Sleeping squatters
A Penobscot Hall resident assistant called police to report two non-resident males sleeping in the fourth-floor lounge at 8:14 a.m. Oct. 24. The officers responded within a few minutes, but the males had vacated the area.
Stolen Iguana
A student reported his yellow and silver Giant Iguana mountain bike had been stolen from the Fogler Library bike rack sometime between 7 and 7:15 p.m. Oct. 26. Later that day, an officer on patrol located the bike in the Stewart Quad and returned it to the owner.
Plaza pilfering
A student sitting on a bench in the Martin Luther King Plaza from 1 to 2 p.m. Oct. 25 left his wallet on the seat, and when he returned to retrieve it, it was gone. The brown leather wallet contained his Maine driver’s license, identification cards, $20 in cash and bank cards. The total estimated value of the items is $56.
Smells in Somerset
A Somerset Hall resident assistant doing rounds smelled marijuana on the first floor at 10:19 p.m. Oct. 24. She watched a male enter a first-floor room, and the odor in the hallway intensified. Police responded to her call and knocked at the room in question, which had five people inside. An officer asked the people if they knew why the police were at their door, and one resident said he “had a good idea.” When asked to turn over any drugs or paraphenalia, they handed police a glass bottle and a prescription bottle, both containing marijuana. Resident Shane Perreault, 18, said he owned the glass bottle. Resident Zachary Grimm, 18, said he owned the pill bottle. They also handed over 15 unopened cans of Bud Light. Perreault and Grimm were issued summonses for possession of marijuana.
Rangeley rage
Report of intoxicated people in the middle of Rangeley Road brought police to the scene at 1:29 a.m. Oct. 25. Officers arrived, saw two males and stopped to speak with them. The males appeared intoxicated. They were uncooperative and yelled at the officers. The males were identified as Erik Belmer, 20, Orono, and Derek Prox, 19, Orono, and were issued summons for possession of liquor by a minor by consumption.
Lock your clothes up
A student’s Columbia rain jacket, containing her Maine-Card and car keys, was stolen from the first-floor women’s locker room of the Student Recreation and Fitness Center sometime between 7:30 and 9 p.m. Oct 24. The jacket’s estimated value is $60, and the estimated cost to replace the keys is $50. The case is under investigation.
A student reported the theft of his jacket from the Rec Center at 4:08 p.m. Oct. 23. He left the Kirra wool coat in an unlocked locker between 3 and 4 p.m. A Dockers tri-fold wallet inside the coat pocket contained several credit cards and identification cards. The coat’s estimated value is $50; the wallet’s is $20.
Stolen sodden sweaters
A Gannett Hall resident left two sweaters in a basement dryer at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 24, and when she returned at 3:00 p.m., they were missing. The blue long-sleeved cardigan and the brown pullover sweater were each estimated at $40. The case is under investigation.
Keys in tree
A student found a set of keys hanging from a tree in Hilltop Parking Lot at 10:51 a.m. Oct. 24. One of the keys belongs to a Volvo. They are at the Public Safety office to be claimed.
