Police Beat


By Lauren Lund
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, January 13, 2005

Someone stole $30 from an employee's wallet while it was in a room on the third floor of the Louise F. Marshall building, 845 N. Park Ave., Saturday between 11 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., reports stated.

The employee told police he left his wallet in the inside pocket of his jacket, which he left on a chair in the room. He said the room was left unattended while he was in another room on the floor, reports stated.

The employee told police there was approximately $30 in his wallet when he arrived to work that morning, reports stated.

Police spoke with another employee who said he noticed a man in the room sitting at a desk. The employee did not question the man because he thought the man was with two female employees who were outside of the room, reports stated.

The employee said he did not get a good look at the man and could not describe him to police, reports stated.

The employee advised police that the room is used to house electrical equipment and is normally locked. He told police nothing else was missing from the room, reports stated.

Police requested detectives follow up with the two female employees, reports stated.

Police have no other suspects or witnesses.


A man was arrested for possession of marijuana and criminal trespassing after police found him sleeping at the Writing Skills Improvement Annex, 1221 E. Helen St., at 9:10 p.m. Saturday, reports stated.

Police were conducting a building check when they found the man sleeping on the porch, reports stated.

The man awoke and after identifying himself, police were alerted he had been warned for trespassing on university property numerous times before, reports stated.

Police arrested the man and asked him if he had any weapons or drugs on him. He said he had some marijuana in a pill bottle, which he handed over to police, reports stated.

The man was cited and released at the scene, reports stated.

The marijuana was weighed and put into evidence, reports stated.


A student noticed that her license plate was stolen and replaced with another stolen license plate while her car was parked in the Park Avenue Parking Garage, 1140 N. Park Ave., Friday afternoon, reports stated.

The student told police she received a notice from the Marana Police Department advising her that a vehicle with her license plate was witnessed leaving the scene of a shoplifting case, reports stated.

The student was confused so she checked the license plate on her car and noticed it was not hers, reports stated.

Police ran the license plate that was on her car and found that the plate was reported stolen by the Pima County Sheriff's Department.

The stolen license plate was registered for a car with the same make and model as the student's car, reports stated.

Police ran her license plate and found it had been flagged in Marana for shoplifting and in Tucson for other criminal activity, reports stated.

The license plate was removed and placed into evidence, reports stated.

Police did not find any investigative leads after searching the student's car.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A student's bike was stolen from the bike compound in the Main Gate Parking Garage, 815 E. Second St., sometime between Dec. 17 and Jan. 6, reports stated.

The student last saw his bike on Dec. 17, the last day of fall semester classes, reports stated.

He told police that he locked his bike through the back tire and frame to the bike rack with a U-Lock, reports stated.

He told police the compound can only be accessed with a code to the gate, but he wasn't sure if the compound was locked, reports stated.

When he returned to the bike compound at 8 a.m. Jan. 6, he noticed his bike and lock were missing, reports stated.

Police have no suspects or witnesses.


A student's license plate was stolen off of his SUV while it was parked in a Zone 1 lot, 1026 N. Vine Ave., sometime Jan. 6 between 9 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., reports stated.

The student told police that he last saw his back license plate Jan. 6 at 9 a.m. When the student returned from class at 11:30 a.m., the license plate was gone, but his front plate was still on the car, reports stated.

He told police that his father had already gotten new plates and was going to mail them overnight from California, reports stated.

Police told the student to take the front plate off of his vehicle once the new tags arrived to avoid being subject to a high-risk stop, 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.