Erik Tillotson, the Brunswick resident who was arrested for trespassing on the Bowdoin campus in late November, is back in town.
Tillotson, 33, has "been arrested several times within this community for various charges of trespassing, stalking, and violations of conditional release," Lt. Kevin Schofield of the Brunswick Police Department said. As a condition of his release, "he's required to check in with us daily here at the Brunswick PD."
During a recent check-in, Tillotson informed the police that he was back in Brunswick. As a courtesy the police contacted Bowdoin Security, alerting the office to his presence in the vicinity, according to Director of Security Bruce Boucher.
Brunswick Police served Tillotson with a trespass warning in mid-November, which prohibited him from going onto Bowdoin property. When he was later found near the Farley Field House, in violation of the warning, he was arrested.
The warning was issued after Tillotson became "a suspect in the investigation of the incident that took place off campus in which a person may have given a female student an unknown debilitating substance," according to a November 2004 security alert.
However, filings from Cumberland County Superior Court obtained by the Orient show that no charges have been brought against him in that matter.
Those same documents do reveal that the State of Maine is prosecuting him for various other charges, including "terrorizing."
Since none of the cases pending against Tillotson have yet been adjudicated, he is considered to be innocent under the law. Be that as it may, Boucher is not taking any chances.
Security was ordered to increase its vigilance. "I am always concerned about his presence around campus," Boucher said. Security can only cover so much ground, though.
"We're also depending on you [the students]. You're our eyes and ears out there. If you come into contact with him or see him, give [security] a call," Boucher said in an interview with the Orient.
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