By Devin Simmons
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday April 18, 2003
A Tucson minor was cited for having alcohol in his system after police pulled him over near the intersection of North Park Avenue and East Fourth Street Wednesday, reports stated.
Police pulled the man over after observing that he forgot to turn on his headlights and was traveling on a flat left front tire, reports stated.
After smelling intoxicants on the man's breath, officers proceeded to conduct a field sobriety test. Before he exited the vehicle, officers asked him if he had been drinking and he said no. When an officer asked if he was being honest, the man said he drank one beer in the last hour, reports stated.
The man was taken to the police station after taking part in the "walk and turn," "one leg-stand," and "horizontal gaze" exercises. A breath test at the station showed the man's blood alcohol content level was .094, reports stated.
He was cited and released. A taxi took him back to his house.
An unidentified man stole an unknown amount of money from a soda vending machine outside Palm Shadows Apartments, 1815 E. Speedway Blvd., Tuesday, reports stated.
A witness told police he heard something outside his apartment around 4 a.m. and proceeded to look through the peephole of his front door. He then saw the man break into the machine, reports stated.
When the witness opened his door and yelled at the man to stop, the man grabbed a duffel bag that was on the ground and took off through an open gate, reports stated.
Responding officers observed that the door to the vending machine had been pried off its hinges and the money compartment was empty, reports stated.
Police were unable to lift prints off the machine, which the witness reportedly unplugged.
The witness also told police he would contact the soda company in the morning to report the damage, reports stated.
A UA student called police after she witnessed a hit-and-run in a parking lot at 1009 E. South Campus Drive, Tuesday, reports stated.
The student told police she saw a late-model, silver Ford Explorer with California plates back into an unoccupied blue Toyota sedan in the lot.
The suspect, a blonde female in her early twenties, got out of the vehicle to inspect the damage and then left the scene, heading southbound on Park Ave., reports stated.
The Toyota was dented on the rear passenger quarter panel, reports stated.
The student told police she felt apprehensive about reporting the accident, but decided to do it because if it were her car, "she would want to know."
Police were unable to identify of the suspect.
Two Electra tires were stolen from a bike locked inside a fenced area outside Babcock Inn, 1717 E. Speedway Blvd., Monday night, reports stated.
The owner of the bike told police he last saw it intact at 12:30 Monday.
Police do not have any suspects or witnesses.
A bicycle with no seat or front tire was stolen from outside a campus residence hall Wednesday, reports stated.
The bicycle was secured with a U-lock to a rack west of La Paz, 602 N. Highland St., reports stated.
The student who owned the bike told police he had not used it since March 3. He did not know the serial number.
The blue Trek 4300 model bicycle was valued at $300, reports stated.
Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department Records. For a complete list of UAPD activity, the daily resumŽ can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.