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Police Beat for Nov. 5, 2009

By Aislinn Sarnacki

Posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2009, 12:57 am

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Knox near knockout

An officer patrolling Knox Hall rushed outside to end a fight in progress outside Oxford Hall at 1 a.m. on Oct. 31. He observed three males pushing each another. One male — later identified as William Purington, 18, Augusta — punched another male in the face. When the officer approached and yelled for them to break it up, Purington ran away. The officer took chase on foot, caught Purington outside Androscoggin Hall and found him intoxicated. Another officer spoke with the two victims who explained the situation. They said they had parked in Hilltop Parking Lot and were walking to their residence hall when Purington approached them and asked for a cigarette. When they told him they did not have a cigarette, he asked what their issue was and threatened to “kick their ass.” Purington was issued a summons for assault and possession of alcohol by a minor by consumption. As a non-student, he was issued a criminal trespass notice not to return to university property.

Vodka and pot

A resident assistant of Somerset Hall reported underage drinking on the third floor at 10:05 p.m. Oct. 31. When police arrived, they located the community coordinator in a third-floor room with resident Christopher Pizarro-Slevinski, 18. Staff members had seen Pizarro-Slevinski lying on the floor near the bathroom earlier in the evening. The first officer on the scene observed Pizarro-Slevinski who was extremely intoxicated and said he had been drinking vodka and gave consent to search the room. The second officer on the scene opened a desk drawer and found a clear plastic baggy of marijuana. Pizarro-Slevinski was issued a summons for possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession of alcohol by a minor by consumption.
Lumberjack slaps Jesus

Police received report of an assault near the haunted house in the Memorial Union and tracked down the suspect — a male with a flannel shirt and painted face — at 10:51 p.m. on Oct. 31. The victim said he was waiting in line for the haunted house when the male dressed in flannel “slapped him in the face, hard.” The victim was dressed as Jesus and the suspect, who was intoxicated, was upset because he thought dressing in such a way was an insult to God. Charges are pending, and the matter is under investigation.

A light from Residence Life

A community coordinator of Knox Hall was standing outside the hall when a male approached her at 1:33 a.m. on Oct. 31, asked her for a lighter and told her he wanted to smoke some marijuana. Police were contacted and located the coordinator and the male, Francis Hennessy, 18, Orono. Officers spoke with him in the lobby of Knox Hall. When they asked him if he had any contraband on him, he reached in his pocket and pulled out a black pouch containing a ceramic pipe, which smelled of burned marijuana. Hennessy was issued a summons for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Stolen vehicle ditched

An officer on patrol found a GMC pickup parked in the Collins Center of the Arts Lot at 1:59 a.m. Nov. 3. The officer assumed the pickup was stolen from because the glove box was open and the interior was in disarray. The officer ran a stolen vehicle check and discovered the pickup had been stolen from Newburgh on Nov. 1. The GMC, valued at $18,000, was impounded and processed for evidence. The Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the case.

Little black backpack

A student left his backpack on a table in the dining area of the Memorial Union Marketplace on Nov. 2 for 10 minutes while purchasing food. When he returned with his dinner at 5:30 p.m., the backpack was missing. The black backpack contained a Dell Studio 15 laptop, valued at $750, and a brown wallet with $25 in cash and several identification cards inside. The case is under investigation.