Police Beat

Police stopped the cyclist, Julian K. Chavez, 18, of the 2000 block of East Florence Drive, at about 10:30 p.m. for failure to stop at a red light, no bike headlight and riding the wrong way on a one-way street, police reports stated.

Chavez appeared to be very nervous and had "red bloodshot eyes," the reports stated.

An officer asked Chavez if he had any drugs on him, and he said no.

After Chavez agreed to allow police to search him, police felt a baggie in Chavez's front right pocket, police reports stated. Reports stated that as the officer started to pull the baggie out of his pocket, he saw it contained a "green leafy substance."

As police pulled the baggie out of the pocket, Chavez ran north on Campbell Avenue toward a gas station, police reports stated. Chavez then ran into a lot east of the gas station and back around with police in foot pursuit, reports stated.

As Chavez came back around the northeast corner of Sixth Street and Campbell Avenue, police grabbed his arm and performed an "arm bar takedown" to stop Chavez, police reports stated.

Chavez was handcuffed and searched, but the baggie was not in Chavez's pocket, reports stated.

Police reports stated that officers ordered Chavez to stop several times during the foot chase, and he replied "I'm not goin' to jail."

Police searched the path of the foot chase with a university police K-9 and found the baggie located behind a hedge near a residence in the 1900 block of East Sixth Street.

Chavez admitted it was his and said he ran because he was afraid of being arrested, reports stated.

Chavez was cited on charges of possession of marijuana, failure to stop after visual or audible signal, failure to stop at a red light, no bicycle headlight and riding the wrong was on a one-way street.

Police released Chavez to his mother.

A man was warned for trespassing and assault after he shoved a former roommate and yelled at a nurse Thursday at the Family Practice Unit, 1450 N. Cherry Ave., police reports stated.

University police responded at about 4:50 p.m., and the roommate told officers that he and the man were walking to the Family Practice Unit when the man shoved him near the intersection of East Speedway Boulevard and North Cherry Avenue.

Police reports stated that when the man arrived at the Family Practice Unit, he spoke with a nurse. Reports stated the man became angry with the nurse after she would not give him medicine for his itching.

The man did not assault the nurse, but he did shout and was very angry, police reports stated.

The roommate told police he has been trying to help the man with his "mental problems." He said the man often refuses to take his prescribed medication.

The roommate and the nurse did not want to press charges. Police warned the man about assault and trespassing laws and removed him from the premises.

A male student was cited on a fictitious driver's license charge Thursday after university police stopped him for almost hitting another car near the intersection of East Speedway Boulevard and North Park Avenue, police reports stated.

Police saw a Mitsubishi Galant going westbound on Speedway turn into the left turn lane at Park about 1:48 a.m. The Galant turned out of the lane at the intersection, almost causing a collision, reports stated.

Police stopped the Galant at Speedway and North Tyndall Avenue. The driver, Michael T. Messinger, 18, of the 900 block of North Euclid Avenue, told police he left his driver's license at home.

Police asked Messinger to step out of the car, and as he did, police saw a wallet in Messinger's waistband. Messinger then told police, "Oh yeah, I do have an ID," according to police reports.

When Messinger opened his wallet, police saw an Arizona driver's license in the window of the wallet, reports stated.

Police asked for the license and found that it had a name different then Messinger's name.

Police reports stated that Messinger told officers the license belonged to his brother's friend, who is at Arizona State University.

Messinger was cited for possession of a fictitious driver's license and released at the scene.

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