By Jesse Lewis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
September 1, 2005
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Someone stole $350 worth of power tools from a room on the third floor of the Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd., sometime over the weekend, reports stated.
An employee of Concert Architectural Interiors said he had been storing the cordless drill, saw and drill in the room while he was working, and last saw the tools when he locked the room on Friday at 1 p.m., reports stated.
He returned at 7 a.m. Monday and the tools were gone, but the room was still locked, reports stated.
The employee showed police pry marks on the door and some matching wood shavings by the door frame, reports stated.
Photos were taken of the damage and were placed into evidence. The employee said he did not have serial numbers for any of the tools, reports stated.
The lock on the door is a Seargent lock and is not damaged, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
A 4-foot-tall saguaro cactus was knocked over and other trees were damaged sometime over the weekend at the Administration building, 1401 E. University Blvd., reports stated.
A grounds employee found the damage at 8 a.m. Monday and said he found a newsstand on top of the cactus that had probably been used to knock it down, reports stated.
The cactus did not seem to have much damage, and the employee said they would try to re-plant it, reports stated.
Other plants on the east side of the building appeared to have had their limbs twisted and broken off. The same type of damage was done to several limbs on several trees, reports stated.
The monetary damage done to the trees is unknown, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
A student was arrested in the parking lot of Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., at 11:12 p.m. for possession of marijuana and narcotic paraphernalia, reports stated.
Police saw a white Jeep in the parking lot, and the breaks light were constantly turning on and off, reports stated.
Police approached the vehicle and could see the student and detected a light odor of fresh marijuana, reports stated.
Police could see a mason jar in the back seat with two dark objects in it. The officer told the student he could smell marijuana and asked what the substance in the jar was, reports stated.
The student hesitated at first but admitted the substance was hashish. He also told police he had a glass pipe in the glove compartment that he used to smoke marijuana and had marijuana in a lock box under his seat, reports stated.
The student said he has the lock box because he didn't want to keep the marijuana in his room in Coronado, reports stated.
He said he purchased three pieces of hash from an unknown person on North Fourth Avenue for $150 because he wanted to try it, reports stated.
Police found an electronic scale in the lock box, and the student said he uses it only when he buys marijuana to ensure he doesn't get cheated, reports stated.
Police did not find any money or additional illegal substances in the vehicle, reports stated.
The student was cited and released, and police placed all the found items in evidence with narcotics testing paperwork attached, reports stated.
An unknown person threw nine rocks into the southwest windows of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, 1509 E. Second St., at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, reports stated.
A student in the house heard glass breaking but could not get to the area until after the person had left, reports stated.
Nine holes were found in the windows, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
A banner of an unknown sorority or fraternity was stolen from the Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., sometime early Monday morning, reports stated.
A custodian in the student union said he saw the banner intact hanging from the third floor bridge at 3:10 a.m., and when he returned to the area 10 minutes later it was gone, reports stated.
The custodian found cut zip ties at on the ground that originally attached the banner to the third floor railing, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona PoliceDepartment reports. For a complete list of UAPD activity, the daily resume can be found at http://www.uapd.arizona.edu.