POLICEBEAT

According to police reports, the student was working on her computer in her Coronado dorm room, 822 E. Fifth St., at 3 p.m., when she received the first of a series of harassing instant e-mail messages.

The messages came from someone with the alias of "Cal," who told the student he had been watching her and knew her height, hair and eye color and age.

He told her he was 20-years-old and that he knew what she was wearing that day. "Cal" mentioned that he liked the skirt she wore the day she left for San Francisco in December. The student told police all of "Cal's" information was correct, reports stated.

"Cal" also sent the threatening message, "Listen whore, you can't hide anything from me. I'm going to get what I want," reports stated.

The student asked him to identify himself, and he replied, "You'll know soon enough," reports stated.

The student was unable to save the message and police took no further action.

Police arrested a Tucson man Thursday afternoon on suspicion of disorderly conduct after he threatened hospital personnel at the University Medical Center.

According to police reports, when officers arrived at UMC, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., the man making threats was strapped down to a bed in the emergency room.

A UMC employee told police, Erik Umstead, 31, of the 700 block of S. Sixth Avenue, said he was going to go to his car, get his gun and "take care of the staff," reports stated.

The employee said at one point Umstead appeared to be reaching for a pocket knife. The employee wrestled the knife from him, and told police Umstead clenched his fists and appeared to be ready to fight.

A doctor administered medication to Umstead before officers took him to Pima County Jail, where he was booked.

Police arrested a Tucson man on suspicion of reckless driving and possession of a fictitious license plate after he was seen speeding out of a UA parking lot.

According to police reports, a student called police at 3 p.m. to report a suspicious person in the Architecture building, 1040 N. Olive Road.

The student pointed out an illegally parked silver Volvo as the car the man had driven. The car had a ticket on its windshield and a Pennsylvania license plate, although it was registered in Maryland, reports stated.

At 3:34 p.m. the officer saw the Volvo leave the parking lot and turn east on E. Second Street, and then right into an alley just west of N. Mountain Avenue.

According to reports, the man drove through the alley at 30 to 35 mph and failed to yield to oncoming traffic. Police pulled him over at the Taco Bell on N. Campbell Avenue and E. Speedway Boulevard.

The man, Nurdeen Lawal, 31, of the 3500 block of N. First Avenue, had an expired Washington, D.C. drivers license and refused to answer questions, reports stated.

Police took Lawall back to the Architecture building, but no witnesses recalled seeing him in the building, reports stated.

Lawal was taken to UAPD where police fingerprinted, photographed and released him.

An officer on patrol early the morning of Jan. 6 saw what he believed to be a drug deal near campus.

According to reports, the officer saw a gray van at E. University Boulevard and North Euclid Avenue at 12:53 a.m. and followed it on N. Fourth Avenue south of University Boulevard.

The driver double parked on Fourth Avenue just past Sixth Street, reports stated. He had his left arm out of the driver's side window and held what appeared to be money or paper, reports stated.

The officer saw a man approach the van and stand there for a few minutes.

The officer drove around the block and returned to find the van gone and the man on the corner of N. Fourth Avenue and E. Seventh Street.

According to reports, the man was thin, had extremely dilated pupils and trembled constantly. The officer noticed a white substance coming from his nose and around the corners of his mouth, reports stated.

According to reports, the man told police he was a daily heroin user and had marijuana seeds and stems in the his left front pocket, which the officer later disposed. The man said that the driver of the truck had acid, reports stated.

The officer was summoned to a priority call and had to leave.

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