Police Beat

The student, Anthony Pellegrini, 19, a resident of Corleone Apartments, 1330 N. Park Ave., asked police for his 9mm handgun about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday. Police had taken possession of the gun after they saw it in his bedroom Tuesday. Pellegrini told police Tuesday that the gun belonged to his boss.

Police reports stated that Pellegrini's boss called police and said he sold the gun to another man who had then sold it to Pellegrini. Pellegrini told police he said his boss owned the gun because he believed that any checks would reveal that his boss is the registered owner.

Police asked Pellegrini to go to police headquarters, and he met police about 6:50 a.m.

Pellegrini told police that he did lie to police Tuesday about the reason he was handcuffed, police reports stated. Police originally responded to Pellegrini's apartment Tuesday because he had said he had handcuffed his hands together and lost the key. He told police Wednesday his roommate handcuffed him as revenge for an April Fool's joke, not to help relieve a pain in his arm. Police cited Pellegrini on a charge of false information to law enforcement and released him.

University police arrested a man on two charges Monday after they confirmed that the man had given a fictitious name March 21 near Bear Down Gym, 1428 E. University Blvd.

Police had responded to the gym to check an open door and found a man sleeping in an exterior northwest stairwell about 1:34 a.m.

The man told police that his name was "Ron F. Gilbert," but a records check showed no record for him. The man told police he had no other identification other than a social security card and said he had not been previously warned for criminal trespassing, police reports stated.

Police warned the man for criminal trespassing March 21.

The following week, police saw a mug shot of Rodney Lindsey, 26, of a general delivery address, in a police briefing room and realized the photo resembled the man warned for criminal trespassing March 21.

On April 4, police found a man in the Harshberger Building computer lab and identified him as Lindsey with the mug shot.

Police arrested Lindsey on charges of third degree criminal trespassing and false information to law enforcement while he was in custody at Pima County Jail Monday.

Police reports stated that Lindsey was arrested on the criminal trespassing charge because he had a prior warning at Bear Down Gym.

A male student was arrested on three charges after he led university police on a bicycle chase on North Highland Avenue Tuesday.

Police were riding westbound on East First Street near Highland Avneue on bike patrol about 11:20 a.m. when they saw the student, Craig M. Cully, 26, of the 1900 block of East Third Street, traveling eastbound on East First Street, a one-way westbound road.

Police asked Cully to stop, and he did.

After police told Cully they were issuing him a warning for riding the wrong way on a one-way street, Cully said he did not have time to stop and that police should give him the warning later, police reports stated. Reports stated Cully then began riding his bike northbound through the Highland tunnel.

Police told Cully to stop and began to pursue him. Cully stopped at Highland Avenue and Helen Street and police asked him to dismount his bike and show identification. Cully told police he did not have an ID.

Police arrested Cully on a charge of failure to stop for police after a visual or audible signal.

After police told Cully they were arresting him, he pulled out a driver's license and a UA ID card.

When police asked Cully why he fled, he said he got scared and believes no one has the right to make him do something he does not want to do.

Police took Cully to police headquarters, where Cully apologized to police, according to police reports.

Cully was also cited on charges of false information to law enforcement and riding the wrong way on a one-way street. He was released after signing a promise to appear in court.

Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports.