Police Beat for Jan. 30, 2012

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Dim giveaway

A University of Maine Police Department officer on patrol at 1:52 a.m. Jan. 27 saw a dark Kia Amanti traveling south on Rangeley Road without lights over the license plate. The driver, Mohammed Alherz, 33, of Orono, was stopped for vehicle defect, and when the officer approached, the smell of alcohol was noticeable. Field sobriety tests led the officer to believe Alherz was under the influence of alcohol, and he was brought back to UMPD, where his blood alcohol level was measured at 0.09 percent. Alherz was arrested for operating under the influence and transported to Penobscot County Jail in Bangor.

BB breakage

UMPD received a report of criminal mischief at 10:28 a.m. Jan. 23. The owner of a Ford F-150 drove to campus from Old Town and noticed during the drive that the back window had been shot, apparently by a BB gun. Damage is estimated at $350 to repair.

Foul call

UMPD received a report of a theft at the New Balance Student Recreation Center at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 24. A cellphone worth $250 left in a cubby by the basketball courts was stolen between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.

Snatched cash

UMPD received a report of a theft at Neville Hall at 1:26 p.m. Jan. 25. Approximately $200 was stolen from a wallet.

Indirect deposit 

UMPD received a report of a theft at the New Balance Student Recreation Center at 9:25 p.m. Jan. 23. A wallet containing credit cards, paychecks and $80 cash was stolen from an unlocked locker in the men’s locker room between 8 and 9 p.m.

Redbox red flag

UMPD received a report of a theft at the New Balance Student Recreation Center at 2:57 p.m. Jan. 24. A credit card was stolen from a wallet left in a cubby by the basketball courts from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Jan. 20. The wallet was left behind. Approximately $60 was charged to the card at a Citgo gas station on Broadway in Bangor and at a Redbox DVD rental kiosk at the Broadway Shopping Center, also in Bangor. UMPD is reviewing surveillance tapes in this case.

Seized shooter

UMPD received an anonymous report of a BB gun in a second-floor room in Knox Hall at 1:02 p.m. Jan. 23, which violates university policy. The BB gun was taken to weapon storage at UMPD, where it will still be accessible to the owner.

Close call

UMPD received a report of a man in distress at the New Balance Student Recreation Center at 3:44 p.m. Jan. 25. The man, 69, of Bangor, exited the sauna and collapsed. According to UMPD, he did not have a pulse after the collapse. A UMPD officer initiated CPR and used the gym’s automated external defibrillator to shock the man’s heart.

“He was breathing and had a pulse when they left,” said UMPD Detective Keith Mercier.

The man was transported to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor for treatment.

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