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Locked or unlocked
A student locked his black HM mountain bike to the Memorial Gym bike rack at 3 p.m. Nov. 9 and returned three hours later to find someone had broken the lock and taken the bike. The bike’s estimated value is $500.
A student locked his green Next seven-speed bike to the Cumberland Hall bike rack at 2 p.m. Nov. 6, and returned at 10 a.m. Nov. 10 to find the lock cut and the bike missing. The bike’s estimated value is $120.
A student locked her blue and silver Next Breakpoint Pro Aluminum Series bike to the Cumberland Hall bike rack at 9:30 p.m. Nov. 8 and returned at 10:53 p.m. Nov. 9 to find the cable had been cut and the bike missing. The bike’s estimated value is $100.
A student left his unlocked aquamarine Vector bike in the Cumberland Hall bike rack from Nov. 3 to 4. When he returned, it was missing. The bike’s estimated value is $50. The cases are under investigation.
Stolen permit
An employee parked her Ford Explorer in a handicap zone outside Shibles Hall at 8 a.m. Nov. 10 and returned at 10:30 a.m. to find someone had entered the vehicle and removed her handicapped permit. The case is under investigation.
Drunken lobbying
A police officer on patrol came across an intoxicated student in the Gannett Hall lobby at 1:14 a.m. Nov. 8. The student, Ian McGinley, 19, was visibly intoxicated and unable to find his MaineCard to gain access to his room. Due to his level of intoxication, McGinley was issued a summons for possession of liquor by a minor by consumption.
Hiding pride
Police received a report from a male student that sometime between Nov. 7 and 9, someone had removed the pride flag from the flagpole in front of Fogler Library on the university mall. The flag’s estimated value is $50. The flag was found attached to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity sign Nov. 9. The president of Beta returned it the same day, who told Zachary Knox, president of Wilde Stein, he was not the thief. Knox theorized a person likely was intoxicated and stole the flag as a prank. The flag was returned to the flagpole on the mall Monday afternoon.
Cumberland contraband
Residence Life called police to the first floor of Cumberland Hall to investigate possible drug activity at 11:11 p.m. Nov. 7. Officers arrived and knocked on the door of a room from which they could smell burning marijuana. When the door was opened, six people were inside. Officers spoke to the two residents and the other four people were identified and asked to step out of the room. When resident Nicholas Stewart, 18, was asked if there was any contraband in the room, he pulled a small bag of marijuana out of a desk drawer and a glass bong out of the refrigerator. Stewart was issued a summons for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The other people in the room were referred to Judicial Affairs for smoking marijuana.
Blocked Escape
A cement block was thrown through the rear window of a student’s 2001 Ford Escape, which was parked in the Beta Theta Pi Parking Lot from 9:30 p.m. Nov. 6 to 10 a.m. Nov. 7. She found the damage when she returned to her vehicle. Total estimated damage is $400. The case is under investigation.
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