By Lauren Lund
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
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A man was arrested for possession of heroin, prescription drugs and paraphernalia after another man reported seeing someone in the bathroom with a syringe stuck in his foot at 7:13 p.m. Jan. 5, in the Student Union Memorial Center, 1303 E. University Blvd., reports stated.
Police entered the bathroom and asked the man to exit the stall and searched his backpack. Before searching, police asked the man if he had any syringes in his backpack, and the man said "No," reports stated.
Police found three syringes, a spoon with black residue and two pill containers in his backpack. One contained Valium and the other had an unknown prescription drug. The man told police he found the pill containers in a trashcan, reports stated.
Police arrested the man and upon searching him found a small baggie of a black substance suspected to be heroin in his wallet, reports stated.
The man told police he injected a small amount of heroin while he was in the stall, reports stated.
The man was transported to Pima County Jail, but was medically rejected due to an infection on his legs. Police transported the man to Kino Hospital for treatment and then booked him into Pima County Jail, reports stated.
The suspected heroin, spoon, syringes and pills were sent to the Department of Public Safety for examination. His backpack was placed into property for safekeeping, reports stated.
A student's Jeep was broken into while parked in the north parking lot of the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity house, 1449 N. Cherry Ave., and approximately $10,000 worth of equipment was stolen or damaged sometime Jan. 4, reports stated.
Another student saw the car had been broken into and called police. The owner of the car, who was out of town at the time, was also contacted, reports stated.
The owner gave a list of items in the vehicle to police. Multiple items were missing including a DVD with monitor from the dashboard, a PlayStation 2, a TV screen and an amp with a custom-made $5,000 amp box, reports stated.
Police spoke with the owner who said he would provide serial numbers for the items if he could find them, reports stated.
The student who found the vehicle said video surveillance of the fraternity's parking lot might have captured the crime. The student was unable to provide video at the time, reports stated.
No usable fingerprints were lifted from the vehicle, and police have no suspects or other witnesses.
A man was arrested for possession of marijuana and false reporting to a police officer after police saw the man sleeping on a bus stop bench at North Euclid Avenue and East Sixth Street, at 8:05 p.m. Jan. 4, reports stated.
Police approached the man after seeing him sleeping at the bus stop for several hours. The man told police he wasn't sleeping, but was waiting for a bus, reports stated.
Police asked the man for identification, and the man said he didn't have any and provided police with several false names. Finally, the man gave police his Arizona identification card, and police found that he had an outstanding warrant out of Tucson Police Department for shoplifting, reports stated.
Police arrested the man and asked him what he was doing in the area. The man told police he goes to the library to learn about astrology, reports stated.
Police searched the man and found two small pieces of balled up newspaper, which contained marijuana, reports stated.
The man told police it was marijuana and it was enough for him to smoke, reports stated.
Police transported him to Pima County Jail and placed the marijuana into evidence, reports stated.
An employee of KUAT reported receiving many annoying phone calls in her office in the Modern Languages building, 1423 E. University Blvd., from young children between Dec. 6 and Jan. 3, reports stated.
The employee told police she received 10 phone calls on Dec. 6 and three more calls the next day. She received three more calls on Jan. 3 at 4:14 p.m., reports stated.
All of the calls were made from the same local number. Police called the number and spoke with the mother of the children who had been making the phone calls, reports stated.
Police made the mother aware that what her children were doing was a misdemeanor, reports stated.
Police informed the employee that the children's mother had been warned and advised her to contact the University of Arizona Police Department if she received any more calls, 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.