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(Handicapped) cat burglar
Police surrounded an abandoned house on Essex Street after receiving report that someone was inside the building with a flashlight at 7:56 p.m. Feb. 1. The officers secured the perimeter and could hear two males and a woman talking and walking back and forth inside. Officers then watched the three people walk out on the second-floor deck and throw a picnic table over the railing. It broke to pieces when it hit the ground. When the three people returned inside, officers caught bits of their conversation: one male was talking about a mirror and the other male said he would like to return to get the Fridgador. Then, one male said they had better get out of the house before the cops came. When the group exited the building, the police detained them and placed them in handcuffs until they could determine the danger of the situation. They identified the people as Glenn Young, 47, Orono; Brent Guay, 43, Orono and Angela Guay, 37, Orono.
All three had the strong odor of alcohol on their breath. Inside, officers found recently emptied bottles of Coors Light beer. The property was posted for no trespassing. Officers discovered their method of entry when they found a mangled meat fork on the ground by an open back door and markings on the doorframe. Brent and Angela Guay, husband and wife, said they were “looking for their handicapped cat,” which they saw enter the building. Both admitted to throwing the table. Police found two circuit breakers in Brent Guay’s pocket, and he admitted he had stolen them to use in his own house. Young said in an individual interview, “Look. We were there. We should not have been. What else do you want me to say?” He said he did not throw the table. The three were arrested and charged with burglary.
20 feet from the building?
An assistant community coordinator called Public Safety to report two males smoking marijuana outside York Hall at 9:50 p.m. on Feb. 1. They had been detained by the ACC by the time officers arrived. One of the males, non-student Thomas Sagona, 22, Camden, admitted to smoking marijuana and turned over a small bag of it. He was on campus visiting friends. The other male had not been smoking. Sagona was charged with possession of a useable amount of marijuana and will go to court in March.
The only card he wants is your ID
An Orono police officer was observing traffic entering and exiting the Big Apple parking lot when he became suspicious of underage transportation of liquor at 10 p.m. on Jan. 29. He saw a male run out of the store to a parked vehicle, open the passenger side door to speak with the driver and run back in the store. Soon after, he exited the store carrying two boxes of Coors Light beer and placed them in the back seat of the vehicle. The officer followed the vehicle and stopped it on Main Street. The driver was identified as Garret Williamson, 19, Orono. Williamson told the officer to call his father, who was a New Jersey state trooper. When he handed the officer his father’s card, the officer handed it back and told Williamson that he was an adult and could call his father himself. The alcohol was confiscated and Williamson was issued a summons for illegal transportation of liquor by a minor.
Get out of the taxi
An Orono police officer in street clothes was working an underage alcohol enforcement detail when he saw a “youthful male” enter a taxi carrying an 18-pack of Bud Light and an open bottle of Bud Light at 10:19 p.m. on Jan. 29 in front of building 11 in Orchard Trails. The officer approached and asked the male to step out of the taxi. At first, the male said he did not have ID on him, but then provided a Massachusetts license that identified him as Bradley Antenore, 20. The beer was confiscated, and the officer issued him a summons for illegal possession of liquor by a minor.
Oxford odors become misleading
A resident assistant reported the smell of marijuana coming from a third-floor room of Oxford Hall at 11:14 p.m. on Feb. 1. An officer responded to investigate and “detected a smell that was not marijuana.” He spoke with the room resident, who cooperated and gave consent to search the room. No marijuana was found.
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