Police Beat


By Holly Wells
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Friday, October 15, 2004

Someone damaged a UA employee's filing cabinet at Old Main, 1200 E. University Blvd. sometime between Oct. 8 and Monday, reports stated.

When police arrived the employee said she had noticed the scratches around 7:30 a.m. on Monday.

There were scratches on the outside of the cabinet along with scratches on the inside of the cabinet.

The employee said the cabinet had student withdrawal binders in it that contained personal information.

The employee said nothing was missing from the

cabinet.

Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


Someone stole a 32-inch color TV from the McKale Center, 1721 E. Fifth St., sometime between the night of Oct. 8 and Monday morning, reports stated.

When police arrived a UA employee said a second TV had also been taken from the same room but was later found on the third floor.

Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


Someone threw an orange or lemon early Sunday morning at a student's window at Cochise Residence Hall, 1018 E. South Campus Drive, reports stated.

The student said something hit her window around 1 a.m. and broke it.

Police saw there was a hole in the window with either an orange or a lemon inside the window between the blinds.

The student said she did not know who had thrown the lemon or orange.

Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


A man lied to police early Sunday morning when he told them his girlfriend had hit him with a brick on East Sixth Street and North Warren Road, reports stated.

Police were investigating a traffic accident when a green Volvo drove by and police heard yelling from the car.

Police spoke to the driver who said her boyfriend was crazy and she wanted him out of the car.

Police saw there was a small child in the backseat. The woman said her boyfriend was the father.

The man said the woman had hit him on the head with a brick or something hard, reports stated.

The man told police to arrest his girlfriend for assault. The man said, "You better arrest her you fucking pig."

When police told the man to calm down he said, "Fuck yourself," reports stated.

The man then said "the bitch" had hit him on the head with a brick.

Police found no signs of head trauma on the man.

There was no brick or hard object in the car.

The woman told police she hadn't hit the man on the head and he was just trying to put her in jail.

The woman said she had been put in jail before for similar occurrences.

The man then told police he had hit his own head on the window because he wanted to put the woman in jail.

When police later asked the man if this was true he called police a "pig devil."

The man was arrested for lying to police, reports stated.


A student was diverted to the Dean of Students for underage drinking early Sunday morning after police saw her stumbling in front of Apache-Santa Cruz Residence Hall, 1440 E. Fifth St., reports stated.

The student was walking with a man when police noticed the student was struggling to walk.

While the student was looking for her driver's license she dropped a fake ID, reports stated.

Police smelled alcohol on the student. The student was then released.

The man was not drunk and was released to a Yellow Cab, reports stated.

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.