3/27
9:10 a.m. Fender bender
During the early morning rush to find parking spots in the commuter lots, two cars collided on Rangeley Road near the entrance to the CCA parking lot. The first car had slowed due to another car being in front of it. A third car coming from behind hit the first car, causing significant damage to both vehicles. Officers were on the scene quickly, as the accident took place within 30 yards of the police department. The driver of the car that had been hit reported neck pain and was transported to the hospital to be checked.
3/29
12:41 a.m. Ooh, that smell
An R.A. in Hart Hall called police after noticing an odor of marijuana in a hall on the first floor. After arriving, officers narrowed down the source of the smell to the room of 24-year-old Janelle Moriarty. Officers then knocked on Moriarty’s door to confront her about the smell. Moriarty answered the door, revealing a strong odor of marijuana in her room. Moriarty was compliant to the officers’ demands and turned over a jar of marijuana as well as a pipe. Moriarty was referred to Judicial Affairs.
2:05 a.m. Come at me, bro!
Officers were called to reports of a fight taking place on the fourth floor of Knox Hall. Residents of the floor called to complain of a fight that was going on near the elevator. Once the officers arrived, the fight was over and the students had gone to a room on the fourth floor. After speaking to the people who reported the fight, the officers went to the room to confront the combatants. Three male students, two of them age 19 and the other age 20, were referred to Judicial Affairs for disorderly conduct. The 20-year-old student, Gennady Solovey, was also summonsed for possession of liquor by a minor, as he was found to be intoxicated. According to the reports, Solovey had said some things to purposely offend the other two students, resulting in a shouting and shoving match with no serious injuries.
3:36 a.m. Come at me, bro! Pt. 2
Officers were called back to Knox Hall again to disperse a large group of students who were in the hall arguing about the fight that had happened earlier in the night. Officers escorted everyone who wasn’t a resident of Knox Hall from the building, ending the debate.
3/30
3:17 a.m. Sorry for party stoppin’
Officers responded to a report out of Androscoggin Hall about a possible party on the third floor. According to the R.A., there was loud music playing as well as a strong odor of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. The room in question belonged to 19-year-old Samuel Stanhope. Officers arrived at the room and knocked after hearing the loud music coming from within. Stanhope answered the door, revealing a large number of students in the room. The officers ended the party and had all of the students come out of the room. Stanhope was compliant and revealed that he had been drinking and smoking. Officers searched the room and found Ritalin pills in a backpack belonging to James Strohm, 19, who is also resides on the third floor of Androscoggin Hall. Because Strohm didn’t have a prescription, he was summonsed for illegal possession of a Schedule-Y drug as well as possession of a usable amount of marijuana. Stanhope was summonsed for illegal possession of marijuana, illegal possession of alcohol by a minor and sale and use of drug paraphernalia. Both students were also referred to Judicial Affairs for the incident.
4/1
4:59 p.m. April Fools
The Orono Fire Department as well as UMPD responded to a fire alarm in the East Wing of Knox Hall only to find that there was no fire to extinguish. After the fire crew left, officers reviewed security footage of the East Wing and saw a young female pull the alarm. The suspect, identified as 18-year-old Lindi Forsley, was interviewed afterward by police. The Cumberland Hall resident admitted to pulling the alarm as an April Fools joke and was summonsed for causing false public alarm.