Police Beat

The letters were found just before 7:40 a.m. at the College of Family and Community Medicine, 1950 N. Cherry Ave., police reports stated.

One letter contained the message: "(professor's name) is a low life prostitute whore," reports stated.

The professor told officers she recognized the handwriting and gave police the name of a man she suspected.

Police were unable to contact the alleged letter writer.

Officers arrested two people Monday after discovering numerous warrants for their arrest and fictitious license plates, police reports stated.

Police pulled over a battered gray Oldsmobile Cutlass on East Second Street and North First Avenue at 10:34 p.m., because of expired registration tags.

Officers later noticed the Cutlass had current tags hidden by the bumper of the car.

When one officer checked the license plate, he discovered it belonged to a Mercury Cougar.

The driver, Christine L. Jones, told the officer the Cutlass was not hers and she did not know where the registration or insurance papers were. Jones, 30, of the 1700 block of North First Avenue, also said she did not have her driver's license with her, reports stated.

Jones told police the car belonged to a friend of hers, who had bought it three weeks ago for $100, reports stated.

Officers could not locate any form of paperwork indicating ownership of the Cutlass.

Jones said she had to get her passenger, John C. Woodruff, 23, back to the Salvation Army by 11 p.m. or he would go to jail, reports stated.

Woodruff, of the 2700 block of South Sixth Avenue, told the officer he was on probation and residing at the Salvation Army, which had given him an 11 p.m. curfew, reports stated.

Woodruff was wanted by the Pima County Sheriff's Department for providing false information to law enforcement and for driving on a suspended driver's license.

The officer also discovered Woodruff was on a severe probation program.

The Sheriff's Department had a warrant on Jones for providing false information and her driver's license was suspended.

Woodruff was taken to Pima County Jail where he was booked.

Jones was cited for driving on a suspended driver's license and displaying fictitious plates. She was taken to jail and was later released by Pre-Trial services.

A professor called police Monday afternoon after $240 was swiped from her backpack.

According to police reports, she left her office in the Modern Languages building unlocked at 3 p.m. and returned at 3:10 p.m. to discover her backpack gone.

The bag was later found in the men's bathroom of the Education building, 1430 E. Second St., by an employee, reports stated.

After the professor retrieved her bag, she realized the money was gone.

University police are investigating an allegedly altered parking pass.

A UA Parking and Transportation department employee called UAPD Monday afternoon after she found the suspicious pass on a white Chevrolet Camaro, reports stated.

The employee told officers a sticker that should have been on the pass was missing, reports stated.

She added that another employee had recently seen the same pass on a different car. The other Parking and Transportation workers involved had gone home for the day, so police could gather no further information.

The student with the questionable pass told police he obtained it during orientation the first day of the semester. He added that his pass never had the required sticker, reports stated.

Police did not arrest the student due to insufficient evidence, but will continue to investigate, reports stated.

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