Police act to combat drinking at Colby

WATERVILLE – As the state attorney general issues warnings about drinking by minors, police plan to send undercover officers to the Colby College campus in response to a surge in alcohol consumption by underage students this fall.

“I will do some undercover operations on campus,” Deputy Chief Joseph Massey of the Waterville police said. “I think the level of underage drinking we’re seeing since the beginning of the year warrants some undercover details.”

About 60 Colby students have been arrested or issued summonses for alcohol violations this fall, according to Massey. Several other students from the private college have been treated at hospitals because of excessive drinking.

Also, five Colby women – three of them members of the school’s lacrosse team – were arrested and several others issued summonses after parties last weekend.