PoliceBeat


By Jesse Lewis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, June 30, 2004

One student was arrested for underage drinking and another for disorderly conduct after causing a commotion in La Paz Residence Hall, 602 N. Highland Ave., around 4 a.m. on June 27.

A resident and her boyfriend returned to the hall after a night of drinking, and when the boyfriend tried to leave, the resident became upset.

The man told police he had broken up with her, but she had refused to accept it, reports stated.

A friend of the girl was sitting with her so that her boyfriend could leave. The girl got upset and was running around the hall yelling for her boyfriend, reports stated.

The resident continued to yell until she was led back to her room.

When police approached the girl she was sitting with her head in her lap. The officer asked her if she was hurt and she said, "No, just in my heart," reports stated.

The friend said that the couple had broken up but the boyfriend was sending the resident mixed signals all night.

The man was not acting disorderly; he was just trying to go home.

Both of the students had a strong odor of alcohol on their breaths. The woman was of legal drinking age but the man was not.

Both students were cited and released; a friend of the man arrived to pick him up.


A man was arrested for possession of narcotic paraphernalia and criminal damage after he broke the wooden arm of the UMC employee parking garage, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., on June 24 at 3:01 a.m., reports stated.

When police questioned the man they could smell a strong odor of alcohol coming from his breath. When he was searched, police found a cut drinking straw with a white powdery residue on it.

The man said he had used the straw for cocaine a few days ago but had not used it that night. He said he carried it around just in case, but had quit doing the drug the day before, reports stated.

A friend of the man said they had come to UMC so the driver could get his stomach pumped because he had too much to drink, reports stated.

Officers escorted the man to the emergency room.


A man was directing traffic for Sundt Construction Company at 1201 E. Sixth St. at 6:30 a.m. on June 24 when a pickup nearly hit him, reports stated.

The driver got out of the car and said, "Why are you standing in the middle of the road?" and swung his lunch pail around in a threatening manner, reports stated.

When police spoke to the driver of the vehicle he said that when he got out of his truck, the man said, "You almost hit me with your truck," and the driver walked to his building, reports stated.

Police warned the man about being more careful because of the construction.

The worker told police that the same incident had occurred with the same vehicle a week ago, reports stated.


A woman told police she had been "tased" with a taser gun on June 23 at 10:30 a.m. by two Parking and Transportation employees while walking by the Bookend Café at the Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd.

She said that she walked by and was hit with a taser in the back.

When she turned around she saw two PTS employees sitting at a table, laughing.

She said to the man, "I know you just shocked me with a taser." One of the men replied, "I don't have a taser gun," reports stated.

She said this was the second time she's been shocked with a taser while walking by the library.

She told police she still had the marks on her back. When she showed police the area where she had been shocked, there was no evidence that she had been struck by a taser, reports stated.

A warrants check showed that the woman had a warrant out for her arrest for contempt of court and police informed her of this, reports stated.


A man exposed himself to another man while sitting on a bench on the southwest side of the Sixth Street Garage, 1201 E. Sixth St., at 3 p.m. on June 23, reports stated.

The victim said he saw a toothless man pull down his pants and expose his penis, then he pulled them back up and started jumping up and down and clapping his hands, reports stated.

The man told police he was homeless and he was looking for his money when he pulled down his pants.

The man was hard of hearing and did not appear to be mentally stable.


Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. For a complete list of UAPD activity, the daily resumé can be found at http://uapd.arizona.edu.