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A UA student called police Monday after someone went into his room and stole items from him while he was away, police reports stated.

The man said he was away from his room at La Paz Residence Hall, 602 N. Highland Ave., most of Sunday and when he returned at 4 p.m. that day, he noticed some compact discs in a case were missing.

A Case Logic compact disc case valued at an estimated $20 and 36 compact discs valued at an estimated $648 were missing from his room.

The man said he shut his door, but may have left it unlocked while he was gone, reports stated.

He told police he didn't have any idea who took the case and compact discs.

Police responded to a UA parking lot Monday after a UA student called UAPD and said her car had been hit and the driver of the other vehicle didn't leave a note, reports stated.

The woman said she parked her car in a lot at 1050 E. Ninth St. at about 8 p.m. Thursday and when she returned to it at 11:30 a.m. Monday, she noticed damage to the car.

Her 1998 Honda had a large dent in its left rear quarter panel and there were no cars in the lot that looked as if they hit her car.

A UA employee contacted police Monday after noticing someone damaged some lights near a UA building, reports stated.

The employee told police that someone had broken purple sidewalk lights between 6 p.m. Sunday and 5:53 a.m. Monday at the Aerospace-Mechanical Engineering building, 1130 N. Mountain Ave.

An officer went to the scene to check the damage, but the employee who called wasn't there.

The officer noticed several lights on a walkway between the north and south AME buildings had been broken out, reports stated.

It is unknown how much the damage to the lights will cost the UA.

Police spoke with a UA employee Monday after she called to tell police someone stole items from her desk drawer in a UA building over the weekend, reports stated.

The woman said she left 15 compact discs in her right top desk drawer in a room at the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road, at about noon Friday and went home for the weekend.

She said her supervisor opened the room for faculty use again Friday at 1 p.m., and another employee closed and locked the room for the weekend at 6 p.m., reports stated.

When the woman returned to her office, the compact discs valued at an estimated $225 were missing.

She said she talked to employees and no one knew about the missing compact discs.

A UA student called UAPD Monday after someone stole his bike from a rack outside of a UA building, reports stated.

The man said he parked and locked his bike near the northwest side of the Economics building, 1110 E. North Campus Dr., at about noon and left it.

When he returned to his bike at about 8 p.m., the lock and bike were missing.

The Trek mountain bike is valued at an estimated $700 and the flexible metal-composite lock the student used is valued at an estimated $35.

The man said he didn't see anyone suspicious in the area when he returned to where he parked his bike, reports stated.

Police arrested a man Thursday after he bought a beer at a convenience store near the UA campus and drank it in public, reports stated.

A security officer saw Charles Jensen, 57, general delivery, walk into a 7-11 store at North Park Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard at about 4:36 p.m. and buy a 24-ounce can of Mickey's malt liquor, reports stated.

The security officer notified UAPD and an officer came to the scene.

Jensen was cited on suspicion of drinking alcohol in public and released.

The officer poured the rest of the Mickey's out.