Police Beat


By Lauren Lund
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, April 6, 2005

License plates were stolen off six students' cars while parked at the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house, 1435 E. Second St., sometime Friday or Saturday, reports stated.

A student told police she noticed six cars in the north parking lot missing license plates and notified the owners of each vehicle, reports stated.

Police spoke with one of the victims who said she last saw her license plate when she parked her car at approximately 4 p.m. Friday, reports stated.

She said she did not think the missing plates were part of a prank, reports stated.

Police conducted a search at the other sorority and fraternity houses in the area, reports stated.

Police found nine plates had been taken from cars parked in the alleyway north of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, 1509 E. Second St., reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A student's car was damaged while parked at Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, 1510 N. Vine Ave., sometime Friday or Saturday, reports stated.

The student said he parked and secured his car at 10:45 p.m. Friday on the southeast side of the house, reports stated.

He told police his friend went out to his car at 12:30 p.m. Saturday and saw his sunroof was smashed, reports stated.

Police looked around the car and saw four shoe prints on the top near the sunroof and a palm print on the back window, reports stated.

Police dusted and removed the prints for evidence, reports stated.

The student said he does not suspect anyone in particular, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A student's car was vandalized while parked in the north parking lot of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house, 1435 E. Second St., Saturday morning, reports stated.

The student showed police the damage to her car. Police saw where someone lightly gouged "scratched" into her driver's side doors, vulgar language and a protest to a Bush/Cheney sticker that was on her car, reports stated.

Police found no investigative leads, suspects or witnesses.


Damage was done to two SafeRide vehicles while parked at the Harvill building, 1103 E. Second St., sometime Friday or Saturday, reports stated.

A student told police she was traveling down East Second Street when she noticed the two cars had been hit with eggs, reports stated.

She said she did not see anyone in the area at the time she witnessed the damage, reports stated.

The SafeRide director was contacted and informed of the damage. He told police the damage must have occurred between 1 a.m. Friday and 12:30 p.m Saturday, reports stated.

There was no other damage to the cars, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A man was arrested for trespassing while in the Games Room at the Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., Saturday night, reports stated.

An employee found a man sleeping in the games room, reports stated.

The employee asked the man to wake up and leave and when the man did not respond the employee called the University of Arizona Police Department, reports stated.

When police arrived and they woke the man, reports stated.

The man told police he had trespassed in the Games Room several times before but had no place to go, reports stated.

The man was arrested and booked into Pima County Jail, reports stated.


A student was arrested for underage drinking at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, 1801 E. First St., Friday morning, reports stated.

While driving, police saw two men attempting to gain access to the Phi Gamma Delta house through a closed window on the north side of the house, reports stated.

Police stopped the two students and they both said they lived in the house, which they were able to prove through identification, reports stated.

Police could smell alcohol on their breath and on the bodies of the students, reports stated.

The student who was of legal drinking age admitted to drinking alcohol while the underage student first told police he had alcohol spilled on him but later admitted to drinking, reports stated.

Police cited and released the underage student for minor in possession.

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.