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A driver backing up a mail truck by Alumni Buchanan House struck a parked vehicle at 2:18 p.m. Nov. 15. Damages to the parked vehicle, a 2010 Buick Lucerne, are estimated at $300.
A different kind of pot bust
Between 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and 8 a.m. Nov. 15, the Heritage House on College Avenue was vandalized. Several large flowerpots were smashed, and the flowers were uprooted. The cost of clean up and replacement flowers and pots is estimated at $200.
Wrecked window
At some point between 7:30 p.m. Nov. 14 and 10:30 a.m. Nov. 15, the driver’s side window of a 1999 Dodge Intrepid parked in the Hilltop lot was broken. Nothing was stolen from the car; however, damages are valued at between $150 and $200. The University of Maine Police Department requests that anyone who has information about this incident call 581-4040.
Nu stop sign needed
Damages to a stop sign by the Sigma Nu fraternity house were reported at 2:34 p.m. Nov. 15. UMPD suspects that at some point over the weekend, a vehicle backed into the stop sign. The damage is estimated at $150.
No Escape
Students walking through the Hilltop parking lot with their professor at 1:21 p.m. Nov. 12 witnessed a hit-and-run accident. The students reported that a black Ford Escape backing out of a parking space struck a 1979 Buick LeSabre. They say the driver got out of the vehicle to inspect the damage before driving away. The estimated value of the damage is $100.
Mislaid pipe
A marijuana pipe found on a picnic table in the Hilltop Quad was reported to UMPD at 10:01 p.m. Nov. 14. An officer confiscated the pipe and destroyed it.
Sketchballs seen by Stillwater
A young woman parking her car in the Steam Plant lot at 10:38 a.m. Nov. 15 noticed two young male individuals acting suspicious. She reported to UMPD they were walking between cars and looking in the windows. When officers responded, the males were gone. No damages were seen and no thefts have been reported.
A wheel nuisance
UMPD received a report of skateboarders and bicyclists doing tricks on the benches and railings outside the Collins Center for the Arts at 3:43 p.m. Nov. 12. The responding officer found four young male individuals in the area. “They agreed not to do tricks on the benches anymore, and they left the area,” UMPD Sergeant Bob Norman said.
Rowdy: Unleashed
UMPD received a report of a dog roaming Boardman Hall at 8:03 p.m. Nov. 14. When officers arrived, the dog, aptly named Rowdy, had already been reunited with his owner.
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