Police Beat


By Lauren Lund
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, March 4, 2005

A brick was thrown through a window on the east side of the Forbes building, 1140 E. South Campus Drive, sometimes between Feb. 25 and Saturday, reports stated.

An employee told police when she arrived for work at 8 a.m. Saturday she found a brick had been thrown through a window on the second floor of the building, reports stated.

She said the window was intact on Feb. 25 at 5:15 p.m., reports stated.

She told police her department, the division of plant pathology and microbiology, in the past had used rabbits to grow toxins and antitoxins, and she thought the damage could have been because of that, reports stated.

There was no evidence found to support her assumption, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


An Apple computer and monitor totaling approximately $2,800 were stolen from a third-floor office in the Gould-Simpson building, 1040 E. Fourth St., sometime between Tuesday and Wednesday, reports stated.

An employee told police he discovered the items had been stolen from his office at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, and he said he last saw his office in order the day before at 1:30 p.m. when he left work, reports stated.

The classroom next to his office, which is not secured at night, had two broken ceiling tiles on the floor that were placed in the classroom garbage, reports stated.

In his office there was a disturbed ceiling tile over a bookcase and desk. On that desktop was a blue plastic tray, which had well-marked shoe prints, reports stated.

There were also matching footprints found on a chair at the desk the monitor and computer was on, reports stated.

The tray, along with photographs of the scene, was placed into evidence, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


An unknown person painted "Ask" in black letters on the north exit box of Main Gate Parking Garage, 815 E. Second St., reports stated.

An employee showed police the graffiti on the box and said he did not know when the damage occurred, reports stated.

Police found no investigative leads, suspects or witnesses.


A student called police Wednesday because she said her ex-boyfriend was harassing her, reports stated.

The student told police she has had repeated unwanted contact and attempted contact from her ex-boyfriend at various locations on campus by phone, mail and e-mail, reports stated.

She said she has had an on and off relationship with him. She said she decided two weeks ago she wanted nothing to do with him and told him on three or four occasions, reports stated.

The student told police she fears for her safety because of his conduct, stating he has restrained her by holding her wrists and has told her that he could hurt her easily, reports stated.

She said she believes he thinks it is a joke and told him she does not like him saying those things, reports stated.

She told police he has waited for her after her classes and attempted to speak to her, tried calling her cell phone and has even sent mail to her mother's address, reports stated.

Police told the student they did not see any criminal conduct on his part at this point, and they would contact him and advise that he is not to contact her anymore. Police told her that she had the option to pursue injunction against harassment through the court, reports stated.

Police contacted the student's ex, and he said he had not been harassing her. He said he was trying to contact her to retrieve his property, reports stated.

Police told him not to attempt to contact his ex or he could face criminal charges, and he said he understood and would not, reports stated.

Both students are enrolled in ROTC classes and arrangements were made through the ROTC department for the two to exchange property they might have belonging to each other, reports stated.


A student's rear car window was broken while parked at the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, 1449 N. Cherry Ave., sometime Wednesday night, reports stated.

The student told police he parked his car in the lot behind the house at 9 p.m., and a friend came in and told him about the damage at 11:50 p.m., reports stated.

He said there was nothing missing from inside his car, reports stated.

The rear window was shattered, and there was nothing on the ground or inside the car that could have caused the damage to the window, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.

Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. A complete list of UAPD activity can be found daily at http://www.uapd.arizona.edu.