Police Beat


By Jesse Lewis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, April 14, 2004

An Arizona license plate was stolen off a student's car while it was parked at a meter on North Tyndall Avenue and East Second Street between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Thursday.

The owner of the car said nothing else from the car was missing, and he did not suspect anyone of stealing it, reports stated.

To locate the plate, police registered the number of the car for police records, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A passenger window was shattered and $120 worth of CDs were stolen from a student's car between 11 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. on Thursday while it was parked in a Zone 1 lot at 2601 E. First St., reports stated.

The student parked and locked his car, and when he returned 20 minutes later, he saw that someone had broken into his car, reports stated.

The CDs were under the front seat of the car in two separate cases and were the only things stolen from the vehicle, reports stated.

Police have no suspects, witnesses or evidence. The owner of the car said he would press charges if a suspect were found.


A $450 CD player and $200 worth of CDs were stolen from a student's car while it was parked at 1850 N. Tyndall Ave., at 12:14 p.m. on Thursday, reports stated.

An officer on patrol at the time heard a car alarm going off in the lot and saw that the trunk of a red car was cracked open 4 inches, and the passenger-side window of the car was broken and lying on the ground next to the car, reports stated.

He also saw that the front console of the car was broken and there were wires hanging down, reports stated.

An employee at the lot said a white Chevy Astro was parked next to the car and drove away quickly when the officer drove by.

The officer lifted a fingerprint from the passenger-side door frame. He also obtained three swabs of blood from the passenger seat and the armrest, reports stated.

The car's owner said the blood was new and that he had never seen it before, reports stated.

Police placed the dried swabs and print card into property and evidence, reports stated.

Police have no suspects, reports stated.


The desk assistants at Coconino Residence Hall, 1003 N. Olive Ave., found a Samsung cell phone and an Apple iPod in the lobby of the hall, reports stated.

The cell phone was found in the stairwell on April 2 and the iPod was found in front of the lobby March 31, reports stated.

Police have no further information.


A dark blue or black $150 mobile wireless keyboard was stolen from a classroom in the Integrated Learning Center, 1500 E. University Blvd., sometime between noon on April 7 and 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, reports stated.

An employee of the ILC said there were four classes held in the classroom after noon on April 7, and the keyboard could have been taken any time after that.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


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.