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POLICE BEAT

By Liz Dailey
Arizona Daily Wildcat
December 4, 1998
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A Tucson man called university police Tuesday afternoon to report a reckless driver and describe an argument he had with the man.

According to police reports, officers met with the man at the Visitor's Center, 1600 E. University Blvd., at 11:40 a.m. and questioned him about the events.

The man told police he had been walking south on North Campbell Avenue minutes before when he saw a silver Toyota utility truck driving north on Campbell.

According to reports, the man said the driver of the Toyota was swerving. The man told officers he spoke with another pedestrian and told him to be careful of the truck. The pedestrian then stepped into the street and the Toyota had to swerve to avoid hitting him, reports stated.

The man told police he followed the Toyota on foot to East Third Street and North Norris Avenue, where he said to the driver, "Why don't you learn how to drive?" reports stated.

The driver said, "Who's going to make me?" and then the man said, "Let's get busy," reports stated.

The man told police he then walked around to the back of the truck and wrote down the license plate number.

While the officer interviewed the man, he reportedly changed his story numerous times and said the driver of the truck "got in his face," reports stated.

The man later told police he only thought, "Let's get busy," to himself and never actually said it aloud, reports stated.

He also told police he has been in contact with the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a regular basis and that he was on his way to a behavioral sciences clinic before the incident with the truck, reports stated.

Police checked the license plate number but found no record of it.


An employee told police he was thinking about suicide Wednesday afternoon because he was having a hard time choosing between his wife and his girlfriend, police reports stated.

Officers went to the Steward Observatory, 933 N. Cherry Ave., at 3:44 p.m. to find the suicidal employee.

As police were observing a photo of the man, his wife approached them and said her husband had made comments to her about killing himself. She told officers he was having an affair and was troubled over having to choose between her and his girlfriend, reports stated.

The employee's wife told police he had said he was, "tired of dealing with it," reports stated.

The woman escorted police to the office of the man's girlfriend to find him. He told police he had expressed suicidal tendencies to his wife. He also said he had called a counselor to talk about his problems and was waiting for them to return his call, reports stated.

The employee then told police he would use sleeping pills and alcohol to kill himself and on a suicidal scale of one to 10, he was a four or five, reports stated.

Police then spoke to the man's girlfriend, who said he had commented to her about suicide as well, reports stated.

The man's wife then took him to the counselor's office. Police tried to contact the couple later but were unsuccessful.


A student called police Wednesday morning after her roommate moved out and took some of her property, police reports stated.

An officer went to the student's home at 10:34 a.m. and spoke to the woman. She told police her roommate had moved out Nov. 30 and taken an iron with her.

The student told police she bought the iron for $12 while at Davis Monthan Air Force Base and that the receipt was in the box, reports stated.

Police then contacted the student's former roommate, who said she had bought the iron two years ago in Massachusetts. She told police she had no receipt and she then gave it to police to return to her ex-roommate, reports stated.


Police arrested a Tucson woman Tuesday night after discovering two warrants for her arrest.

According to police reports, Liliana Aurora Caballos, 22, of the 4800 block of East Helen Street, was seen driving with one headlight out and her license plate taped to her back window at 11:50 p.m.

Officers pulled over the white Geo Metro near the Student Recreation Center, 1440 E. Sixth St.

Police checked her identification and found the two warrants for writing bad checks. One check was to Walgreens for $24.20 and the other to Wendy's for $6.37, reports stated.

Caballos' mother came and took her car. Police took her to Pima County Jail where she was released by Pre-trial services.

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