Police Beat

An employee at the Arizona State Museum told police a man identified as "John Damian" came in and told her he wanted to meet with her and another employee to discuss settling the estate of his twin brother, who had died two years ago.

According to police reports, the employee told police she recognized the man's voice as that of John P. Molloy, 60, of a general delivery address. She told police the museum employees know Molloy because he graduated from the University of Arizona.

The employee wanted police present at the meeting to preserve the peace, police reports stated.

Police conducted a records check on Molloy, which produced a warrant for failure to appear in court, police reports stated.

After the meeting, the two employees confirmed that the man was Molloy. One employee identified Molloy by his "lazy eye," police reports stated.

According to reports, police confronted Molloy outside the museum. Police told Molloy there was a warrant for his arrest and they had information that the warrant was for him.

Police arrested Molloy on the warrant. He was booked into Pima County Jail.

A woman was arrested Friday on a criminal trespassing charge after she was found sleeping in the Fine Arts Complex, 1031 N. Olive Road.

University police found Patricia G. Poritz, 50, of a general delivery address, sleeping in Room 310 of the Fine Arts Complex after a UA employee requested she be asked to leave the building.

Poritz was found sleeping under a blanket, hidden from view in the corner of the room.

Police woke Poritz, and after receiving her identification, a records check showed she had been previously warned against sleeping in the building.

Poritz was cited on a charge of criminal trespassing and was escorted out of the building.

A female employee reported Friday that her computer had been tampered with in the Physics and Atmospheric Sciences building, 1118 E. Fourth St.

The employee told university police that when she left Thursday at 5:45 p.m., the window to the room was open. When she returned at 7:45 p.m., the window was closed, but the employee thought nothing of it.

The employee told police that when she returned Friday at 9:40 a.m., she noticed the computer had been tampered with. She told police that all the icons, except for one, were deleted from Netscape and some files had been tampered with.

The employee told police she called the computer manager, who said he had not been on the computer. She also told police that she and another employee were the only people with the keys.

A parking sign was found broken Friday outside the Psychology building, 1503 E. University Blvd.

University police found a service vehicle sign and a 15-minute parking sign in the parking lot between the Campus Health Center and the Psychology building.

The 6-foot sign post was broken off from the point where the post goes into the cement.

A female student reported $50 in cash missing Friday from her room in Coconino Residence Hall, 1003 N. Olive Road.

The student told university police she left the money on top of her desk at 4 p.m. When she returned, the money was gone.

According to police reports, the student told police her roommate left the room door unlocked.

A female student reported her bicycle missing Friday near the Modern Languages building, 1423 E. University Blvd.

The student told university police she locked her bike with a cable lock at 9 a.m. to racks on the building's west side. When she returned at 2:05 p.m., the bike and lock were gone.

The Yosemite Awahnee mountain bike was valued at $800 and the Krypto cable lock at $40.

A cement garbage can was found broken Saturday on the east side of Carl S. Marvel Chemistry Laboratories, 1213 E. South Campus Drive.

University police found several small cement pieces and cracks throughout the can. The value of the damage was unknown.

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