Bowdoin College Safety and Security Alert
Recent Alerts
- 04/25/09
Lucas Creamer - 03/10/2009
Nathan Dwyer - 02/26/2009
Violent Purse Snatcher - 03/03/2009
Terry Elwell - 01/15/2009
Gabriel D. Shaw - 10/23/2008
Michael C Barry - 10/16/2008
Stuart Bull - 09/30/2008
Benjamin J Marlowe - 07/09/2008
Ryan McDonough - 03/26/2008
Erik Tillotson - 03/23/2008
Unidentified Man at Moulton Union - 12/18/2007
Brandon Ashby
Terry Elwell
Terry Elwell, 33, of Brunswick has been released from the Maine State Prison and is now again living in Brunswick. Elwell has an extensive criminal history. He is familiar with the Bowdoin campus and was arrested for burglary and theft at Brunswick Apartments in 1999.
Elwell was identified several times trespassing inside campus residences in 1999 and 2000, including Brunswick Apartments, Helmreich House and Quinby House. In 2004, Elwell was suspected of entering a room at Stowe Inn.
UPDATE: This security camera image of Elwell (upper left) was taken on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 11:00 p.m. in the basement level of Hawthorne-Longfellow Library. Elwell is pictured removing a dark blue knit cap from his head. Elwell was also seen on security 
cameras that same evening at Hatch Library and Druckenmiller Hall. At Hatch, Elwell was spotted looking through a student's back pack. Nothing was stolen. Elwell was accompanied by Rachael Simmons, 25, of Augusta who was waiting nearby in a tan Oldsmobile Alero, ME reg. 8261PS. Bowdoin Security detained Elwell and Brunswick Police issued him a criminal trespass warning, banning him from all Bowdoin property.
If you see Elwell on or near any Bowdoin property, immediately contact the Office of Safety and Security at 725-3500, or use a campus blue light emergency phone.