Police Beat


By Jennifer Amsler
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, May 3, 2005

A student told police Wednesday that she was sitting in her parked car when a woman slammed her car door into the student's vehicle, reports stated.

The student said the woman got out of the car in Tyndall Avenue Parking Garage, 880 E. First St., and said, "It's OK, there's no damage," reports stated.

The student said she would look to see if her statement was true but someone in the car began shouting at her, reports stated.

A man in the car said to the student, "Fuck you, bitch" and showed his middle finger, reports stated.

The student said the car "peeled" away from the garage, reports stated.

The student recorded the license plate number but police found it did not match the description of the car she described, reports stated.

The student was not sure if her car sustained any damage, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A man stole a tea container Wednesday from a coffee stand outside the Forbes building, 1140 E. South Campus Drive, reports stated.

An employee called police and said he saw a man take the $8 container, reports stated.

The employee did not want to press charges but wanted police to "check on him because he didn't seem right," reports stated.

The man matched a description of a suspicious person seen earlier that day at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house, 1050 N. Cherry Ave., reports stated.

The man admitted he stole the tea and was at the

fraternity, reports stated.

Police warned him not to return to the coffee stand or the fraternity.


Someone purposely flooded a men's bathroom with water about 1 inch deep Wednesday morning in McClelland Hall, 1130 E. Helen St., reports stated.

An employee contacted police and said the bathroom had water coming out from the door, reports stated.

Police arrived on the scene and found that someone had stuffed copies of the Arizona Daily Wildcat to plug the drains and turned the water on, reports stated.

The toilet in the stall was stuffed with toilet paper and had flooded over, reports stated.

The urinal caps had been removed and water was

continuously flowing from them, reports stated.

The custodial staff arrived to clean up the mess. Some of the carpeting sustained damage, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A student said a man had been harassing her on campus for seven months and called police after he approached her Wednesday, reports stated.

The student said she was studying in the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center when a man she had seen before approached her, reports stated.

The man asked her if she wanted to go with him to a party in Los Angeles, reports stated.

The student did not say anything and left the ILC but forgot to log off of her e-mail account, reports stated.

The student said she suspects he used her account to send out an e-mail to her sorority members, reports stated.

The student said this was not the first time this man approached her and asked for her contact information, reports stated.

She said the man had been following her since "'two weeks into the first semester," reports stated.

The student said she saw the man three weeks ago in the UofA Bookstore pretending to read a magazine while staring at her, reports stated.

The student said the man never threatened or touched her, but he made her feel uncomfortable, reports stated.


Someone broke two windows with bricks between April 26 and Wednesday in the Humanities Transit Office, 1731 E. Second St., reports stated.

An employee found shattered glass and several pieces of brick, reports stated.

One of the windows was completely shattered and broken and the other one had a hole in it, reports stated.

The employee said he did not know who would throw a brick through the building but did mention ongoing problems with the neighbors, 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.