By Aaron Mackey
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday June 18, 2003
Police were called to Main Gate Garage, 815 E. Second St., Sunday, after a Marriott employee noticed two men looking into his car, reports stated.
The employee, who was parking a valet car, became alarmed after noticing that one of the individuals had a semi-automatic weapon in a holster.
The employee drove closer to the two individuals to get a closer look, but when the two individuals saw the employee they drove off on "crotch-rocket style" motorcycles, reports stated.
The employee said he could not identify the two individuals because they were both wearing motorcycle helmets.
The employee believed the two individuals were men because of "their body build," reports stated.
Reports stated that there was no damage to the employee's car, and police have no suspects.
A man standing outside the Manzanita-Mohave Residence Hall flagged down police Friday night to report a man with bolt cutters, reports stated.
The man said that he saw a man get out of his car with the cutters and walk toward the intersection of East Second Street and North Park Avenue.
The man set them in some hedges and walked back to his car. The man then drove to the intersection to pick them up.
Upon arriving at the scene, the officer noticed the same man standing at the intersection with the device.
Police asked the man why he had bolt cutters, and he said he had left his bicycle at the residence hall for two months and had forgotten the combination to the lock. He said he was going to use the bolt cutters to get his bike, reports stated.
The man could not provide proof that the bicycle belonged to him.
A background check revealed that the suspect had three warrants out for his arrest.
UAPD arrested the man and transported him to the Pima County Jail.
UAPD helped the Tucson Police Department catch a man suspected of car theft late Wednesday night near the intersection of East Second Street and North Campbell Avenue, reports stated.
Officers set up a perimeter in the area after the suspect had abandoned a stolen Dodge Neon that he had just crashed at the intersection.
The suspect was found and arrested in a nearby neighborhood, reports stated.
A record check revealed that the suspect matched the description of a man who had reportedly stolen another Dodge Neon earlier, and according to reports, both vehicles were stolen in the same fashion.
The suspect was taken by TPD to Pima County Jail.
Police responded to the James E. Rogers College of Law, 1201 E. Speedway Blvd., after a custodial worker reported two suspicious men entering the building Thursday afternoon, reports stated.
An officer arrived to find two men matching the description given by the custodial worker near the loading dock of the building.
After being questioned, one of the men produced a key that he claimed had been issued to him, but said he did not know where his room privilege card was, reports stated.
The man with the key to the building told police that he would show them he was an employee by showing them his office.
However, while walking to the man's office, the employee who called police yelled, "You have them!" to the officer, reports stated.
The man then showed the officer his office, which had his name on the door.
The building monitor then showed up and found that neither man had proper authorization for a key or room privilege card.
The monitor confiscated the key and instructed the employee about how to acquire a authorized key.
The two men were allowed to leave the scene.
A woman went to police headquarters after she and her ex-boyfriend got in an argument near campus Thursday morning.
According to reports, the woman and her ex-boyfriend had parked their car near the intersection of East Ninth Street and North Cherry Avenue, and the woman left the vehicle and began walking northbound on Cherry, toward the UA Main Library, where she worked.
The woman told police her ex-boyfriend kept trying to talk to her and get her to stay in the area trying to block her path, and not allowing her to proceed down the street.
The woman said she made repeated attempts to tell him to leave, and that she did not want to be near him or talk to him, reports stated.
The woman then slapped the man on the face, reports stated.
A man passing by in a van then approached the woman and asked her if she would like a ride, reports stated.
When the woman got in the van, her ex-boyfriend became "irate" and began yelling, reports stated.
The driver of the van then asked the women to go with him to UAPD headquarters to file a report.
UAPD did not find the ex-boyfriend in the area, and police determined that the woman had not been threatened or physically or verbally assaulted, 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.