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Police Beat: Sept. 17, 2012

Pyrotechnical difficulties

UMPD received a report of firecrackers being thrown out of a moving vehicle at 10:46 p.m. Sept. 10. David Alley, 26, of Bangor, was given a summons for use of fireworks after 10 p.m. on UMaine property. He was accompanied by another male, 19, of Orono, who was not charged.

Phantom reefer

The University of Maine Police Department received a report of an odor of marijuana in Knox Hall at 10:20 p.m. Sept. 10. Officers were dispatched, could not smell the odor and left.

Bud with buds

UMPD received a report of an odor of marijuana on the third floor of Gannett Hall on Sept. 10. Patrick Noce, 18, claimed ownership of a usable amount of marijuana and was charged with possession. Three other males were in the room — two 18-year-olds and one 19-year-old — and were not charged.

Can you smell that smell?

UMPD received a report of an odor of marijuana on the second floor of Knox Hall on Sept. 10. Officers were dispatched, could find no clear source of the smell and left.

Common misconception

UMPD received a report of an odor of marijuana in the common room on the second floor of Hancock Hall at 11:18 p.m. Sept. 10. Officers were dispatched, could smell the odor but could not find the source of the smell and left.