Police Beat


By Holly Wells
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, September 16, 2005

Three underage students were caught with alcohol early Tuesday morning after the student who was driving was pulled over for speeding at East Speedway Boulevard and North Mountain Avenue, reports stated.

Police pulled the student, who was driving a white Jeep Cherokee, over around 2 a.m. The student said he was in a hurry to get back to his home.

Police noticed there were two empty boxes of Bud Light behind the driver's seat. Police asked the three students if the beer was all gone and the driver said, "Yes, it is and there isn't any in here," reports stated.

All three students admitted to being under 21. Police noticed a blue backpack in front of the passenger seat and asked the passenger if it was his.

The passenger said, "No, uh, I don't know who it belongs to, it was probably already in here when I got in."

Police asked the driver and the student in the backseat if it was their backpack and they both said no.

Police were about to look at the backpack to find out who the owner was, when the driver said, "Well, I guess it's mine since it's in my truck," reports stated.

Police asked the three students to step out of the car, and the driver told police they could search the Jeep.

Police found three bottles of liquor in the backpack. The driver said the liquor belonged to him and the passenger.

The driver was cited for underage possession of alcohol and released.

Police found a fake identification on the passenger. He was cited for underage possession of alcohol and released.

The student who was in the backseat told police that he did not drink but said he did smoke marijuana.

The student had a scale with a leafy substance on it. He was cited for possession of paraphernalia and released, reports stated.


A $200 red bicycle was reported missing sometime between Monday afternoon and early Wednesday morning from the Math building, 617 N. Santa Rita Ave., reports stated.

The student said he locked his bike with a U-Lock around 2 p.m. Monday. The student said when he returned around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday the bike was gone.

Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


A student's parking permit, CD case and CDs were reported missing from her car sometime between Saturday and Monday while it was parked in front of the Phi Gamma Delta sorority, 1801 E. First St., reports stated.

The student said she parked her car around 8 p.m. Saturday and had not noticed the items were missing until she realized she had a parking ticket around noon Monday.

The student said the lock on the driver's-side car door was broken.

Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


A $180 silver bike was reported missing sometime between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning while it was parked at Graham-Greenlee Residence Hall, 1418 E. Fourth St., reports stated.

The student said she parked her bike around 3:30 p.m. Monday and returned around 11 a.m. Tuesday to find it gone.

Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


Someone attempted to send a package containing broken glass, a Bad English cassette tape and a canvas hat to the University of Arizona Police Department sometime before Friday, reports stated.

FedEx said the package was addressed to UAPD but said it had not been paid for so it had not been delivered.

The package was addressed to "Holy Mother of God" care of UAPD. Police X-rayed the package before opening it to make sure there was nothing dangerous inside.

The package had the name of a man on it who had previous contact with police. The man had been flagged for punching and kicking officers and had also been warned for trespassing, reports stated.

Police did not know whether the man was upset with UAPD.


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