A man was arrested Thursday when he was found sitting in a dumpster at the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house with a can of beer, reports stated.

The man was wanted by the Tempe Police Department on five warrants, including possession of marijuana. He told officers that he was just resting in the dumpster, reports stated.

The officer opened and poured out his beer and took him to Pima County Jail for booking, reports stated.

A woman called UAPD after she saw a man approach her car as it was parked in the Zone 1 lot at 1227 N. Warren Ave., on Thursday, reports stated.

The woman was sitting in a friend's car parked nearby when she saw a dark green 1992 Ford Explorer pull into the space next to her parked car. A Hispanic male wearing a white baseball cap got out from the passenger side of the Explorer and looked inside the woman's car, reports stated.

The woman got out of her friend's car and yelled to the man, "Hey, hey, hey, that's my car," reports stated.

The man looked back at her and said, "Oh, I was just going to pee." The man got back into the Explorer, and he and the driver drove away, reports stated.

The woman recorded the license plate number and gave it to police. After reviewing the police database, police learned that the Explorer has been involved in other suspicious activity incidents. The descriptions of the driver and passenger matched the descriptions from previous cases, reports stated.

The police told the woman that it is very dangerous to approach suspicious persons. Police will follow up with the owner of the car.

An employee of the University Service Annex, 220 W. Sixth St., called UAPD Thursday after he noticed a university vehicle was broken into, reports stated.

When the employee sat down in the 1989 Chevrolet, he saw that the steering column was broken. There were no other signs of forced entry or marks left by a "Slim Jim," reports stated.

It was the second time in two weeks that the vehicle had been broken into. The employee took the car in for repair on Sept. 25 after the steering column was broken the week before.

Police have no witnesses or suspects.

A UA student threw a plastic water bottle at a Cat Tran that wouldn't stop for him Thursday, reports stated.

The Cat Tran driver said she had warned the student not to be late. On Thursday, as she was pulling away from the stop on the corner of North Cherry Avenue and East Drachman Street, she saw the student running towards the bus, reports stated.

The student was yelling for the bus driver to stop. When the driver didn't, the student threw his water bottle, hitting the passenger side of the bus. The student then ran off before the driver could stop to speak with him, reports stated.

The water bottle caused no damage to the Cat Tran, reports stated.

A man filed a report with UAPD on Thursday after he heard that three female UA students were defaming his character by telling others he was a "homosexual rapist," reports stated.

The man first filed a fraud report with TPD on March 4 about the four women. Since then, he has heard rumors that the women were calling him names behind his back, reports stated.

He thinks that those comments have prevented him from getting a job. The man gave the names of the women to UAPD, reports stated.

A man was seen masturbating in the UA Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd., on Thursday as he sat at a computer, reports stated.

A student sitting at the computer next to him filed the report. The man, a 36-year-old Oregon resident, was seen with his pants unbuttoned and unzipped. The student said the man had his hand down his pants and was "manipulating" himself while looking at females in the library, reports stated.

Police found the man in question and asked him about the incident. The man said that he had tucked his shirt in a number of times and that he was not masturbating. He said he was in the library using the Internet, reports stated.

Police warned the man about trespassing and asked him to leave, reports stated.

Police stopped a car for speeding Wednesday and found that the driver was smoking marijuana, reports stated.

The officer stopped the 1994 Dodge Intrepid at the corner of North Campbell Avenue and East Hawthorne Street at 3:11 p.m. When the officer spoke to the 15-year-old driver, he smelled burnt marijuana, reports stated.

The driver and his passenger said they were not smoking marijuana, and allowed the officer to search the car. The officer found a "glass, multi-colored smoking device" and marijuana leaf parts in the driver side door compartment, reports stated.

The driver claimed responsibility for the marijuana and pipe. He was released into the custody of an adult, 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.