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Baring it all by Lengyel
The University of Maine marching band was practicing on Lengyel Field when a male wearing nothing but a wig and glasses ran by at 4:28 p.m. Nov. 13. The director of the marching band reported the naked man, and police responded but were unable to locate him. His identity remains a mystery.
Early morning Oxford Orloff
An Oxford Hall resident assistant observed an intoxicated female entering a second-floor room and heard people opening cans inside at 2:53 a.m. Nov. 15. Police responded and knocked on the door to investigate underage drinking. When the door opened, the officer saw people in the room, three of whom had not been drinking. Resident Erik Thayer, 19, and Kelly Bradbury, 18, were both intoxicated. Police found three cans of Bud Light and a half-gallon bottle of Orloff vodka inside the room. Thayer and Bradbury were issued summonses for possession of alcohol by a minor.
Bronco burglary
A student parked his 1994 Ford Bronco in the Student Recreation and Fitness Center Parking Lot at 8 p.m. Nov. 15 and returned 24 hours later to find his Garmin 1300T GPS and 120-gigabyte iPod had been stolen from the vehicle. He found the vehicle unlocked and was unsure if he locked it. The GPS and iPod each have an estimated value of $250.
Marching on Mazdas
A student returned to her parked 2004 Mazda in the Knox Hall Parking Lot at 5 p.m. Nov. 16 and claimed someone walked over the vehicle, leaving dents and scratches which amounted to an estimated damage of $200. The time frame of the incident is unknown. The case is under investigation.
Chasing thieves — that’s what friends are for
A student walking home from the gym said he saw a male stranger rifling through his friend’s 1998 Ford Taurus parked in the Corbett Parking Lot at 7:43 p.m. Nov. 16. The student yelled at him and the stranger immediately ran off, dropping the vehicle owner’s cell phone on the ground. The student described the stranger as approximately 6 feet 3 inches tall, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt. Police remind people not to leave valuables in visible locations inside vehicles. They also ask for anyone with information on the case to contact Public Safety.
Sometimes friends are too late
A student walking through the Hilltop Parking Lot saw her friend’s 2004 Volkswagen Beetle with a smashed-out rear window at 2:17 p.m. Nov. 14. The repair cost is undetermined. Nothing was stolen, and it appears to be an act of vandalism, according to the police. The case is under investigation.
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