An Orono woman reported Tuesday that she has been accosted by a strange man several times during the last two weeks and that he has assaulted her as well as asked for cigarettes, drugs and a date.

On Wednesday, the same day that the woman filed a written statement with police, Orono police summoned Joel McMurray, 18, charging him with assault in connection with an incident on Oct. 29.

On that day, her second encounter with McMurray, the woman reported that she had been walking in the municipal parking lot and McMurray approached her, just as he had a day earlier on Mill Street. She told Officer Frank McGillicuddy that McMurray claimed that she was his best friend and that he wanted to date her. He then proceeded to give the woman a forceful hug and when she tried to push away from him, he grabbed her breast, according to police. She told him to leave and he did.

The woman first crossed paths with McMurray about 1 p.m. Oct. 28 when she was on Mill Street and McMurray approached her and asked her if she knew him and if she had any cigarettes. She said no to both. He persisted and introduced himself, telling the woman that he had recently moved to the area from Wesley, in Washington County.

More recently, McMurray approached her Saturday and asked her to buy him cigarettes, the woman told McGillicuddy. When she refused, he asked her for marijuana or any other kind of drugs she might be able to get for him, according to police. She refused again.

A welcome guest became an unwanted one Monday night after a Bangor woman reported that a friend she had invited over assaulted her when she told him to leave.

The woman filed the report on Wednesday, telling Bangor police Detective Dennis Lally that she didn’t report it earlier because she didn’t think anyone would believe her. She showed Lally days-old marks on her head from where she said William Hughes, 44, had struck her when she told him to curtail his visit and leave.

The 39-year-old woman also said that Hughes tried to choke her and that when she tried to call police, he unplugged the phone.

She responded by hitting Hughes on the head with the cordless phone, causing his head to bleed. He yelled at her and she fled her apartment, heading upstairs to a friend’s apartment. Hughes left.

Lally summoned Hughes on a charge of assault.

Breaking free from the grip of one University of Maine public safety officer Saturday night, a 20-year-old student fled from the woods into the arms of another officer who had been waiting for him.

Authorities are charging Mathew Huntsburger with refusing to submit to an arrest or detention, possession of a usable amount of marijuana and possession of liquor by a minor.

Huntsburger had been one of six people seen hanging around Grove Street Extension about 11:40 p.m. Officer Jeff King noticed that one had been smoking something and, moving closer, saw three men and three women. Each of the men had two beers hidden in their pockets, King discovered, and in patting Huntsburger down felt what he suspected was a plastic bag containing something in the man’s right front pocket.

When asked about the plastic bag, Huntsburger turned and ran, throwing the bag into the woods as he fled, according to the police report. King followed and managed to grab Huntsburger by the arm, but the man spun around and struck the officer’s arm, breaking King’s grip and causing him to slip and fall down.

King radioed for help and Officer Paul Paradis caught Huntsburger as he ran out of the woods. Huntsburger was out of breath and throwing up, according to the police report. King searched the woods and found the plastic bag which he reported contained marijuana.

An Old Town man had no license and no headlights on when he was stopped by Orono police early Wednesday morning, and subsequently was charged with drunken driving, among other things.

Officer Josh Ewing spotted the car about midnight heading from Pine Street to Forest Avenue and stopped it for the headlight violation. The driver, Robert Albertson, 37, told Ewing he had taken his girlfriend’s car while she was asleep at her Orono residence. Ewing also learned Albertson hadn’t had a license for three years.

In talking with the driver, Ewing could smell a strong odor of alcohol, according to the police report. The officer had Albertson perform field sobriety tests, which were witnessed by Orono police Sgt. Gary Duquette. Albertson didn’t complete any of the tests and at one point he threw his hands up in the air and said, “You’ve got me,” according to Duquette.

Police charged Albertson with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants, operating a vehicle after license suspension and possession of drug paraphernalia. Ewing reported finding a pot pipe in Albertson’s pants pocket.

– Compiled by NEWS reporter Doug Kesseli