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Police Beat
Aislinn Sarnacki
Issue date: 12/13/07 Section: News
Attack of the Snack Crackers
More than $1,000 was pilfered from snack vending machines in Androscoggin, Knox, Somerset, Oxford, Cumberland and Estabrooke Halls within the last two months, according to Sargent Scott Curtis. Public Safety and the company that owns the machines say they do not know how the thief is doing this. Anyone with information can contact Public Safety at 581-4040.
Permit pilferage #1
A parking permit was stolen from an unlocked Toyota Corolla in Jenness parking lot sometime between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Dec. 6. The parking permit is valued at $50.
Permit pilferage #2
A resident of Oxford Hall reported that a parking permit had been stolen from his locked vehicle parked in the Hilltop Parking Lot, on Dec. 10 at 11:04 a.m. The resident left his vehicle at 5 p.m. on Dec. 7 and returned at 5 p.m. on Dec. 9 to find his Saab unlocked with a window rolled down and the permit missing. The parking permit is valued at $50.
Desktop disappearance
Two desktop computers were stolen from a Buick parked in Hilltop Parking Lot sometime between Dec. 1 and Dec. 3. A resident of Somerset Hall reported the incident on Dec. 10, describing the computers as an HP Pavillion desktop, valued at $100, and an XBlade desktop, valued at $450.
Lots of liquor
Public Safety responded to a report of an intoxicated male in need of medical attention on the second-floor men's bathroom of Somerset Hall on Dec. 11 at 4:43 a.m. The male, identified as Sean Callahan, 19, of Orono, refused transport and admitted to consuming 12 shots of liquor. Callahan was issued a summons for possession of liquor by a minor by consumption.
More than $1,000 was pilfered from snack vending machines in Androscoggin, Knox, Somerset, Oxford, Cumberland and Estabrooke Halls within the last two months, according to Sargent Scott Curtis. Public Safety and the company that owns the machines say they do not know how the thief is doing this. Anyone with information can contact Public Safety at 581-4040.
Permit pilferage #1
A parking permit was stolen from an unlocked Toyota Corolla in Jenness parking lot sometime between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Dec. 6. The parking permit is valued at $50.
Permit pilferage #2
A resident of Oxford Hall reported that a parking permit had been stolen from his locked vehicle parked in the Hilltop Parking Lot, on Dec. 10 at 11:04 a.m. The resident left his vehicle at 5 p.m. on Dec. 7 and returned at 5 p.m. on Dec. 9 to find his Saab unlocked with a window rolled down and the permit missing. The parking permit is valued at $50.
Desktop disappearance
Two desktop computers were stolen from a Buick parked in Hilltop Parking Lot sometime between Dec. 1 and Dec. 3. A resident of Somerset Hall reported the incident on Dec. 10, describing the computers as an HP Pavillion desktop, valued at $100, and an XBlade desktop, valued at $450.
Lots of liquor
Public Safety responded to a report of an intoxicated male in need of medical attention on the second-floor men's bathroom of Somerset Hall on Dec. 11 at 4:43 a.m. The male, identified as Sean Callahan, 19, of Orono, refused transport and admitted to consuming 12 shots of liquor. Callahan was issued a summons for possession of liquor by a minor by consumption.
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