By Jesse Lewis
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Thursday, September 2, 2004
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A student’s purse containing a wallet with her driver’s license and two credit cards was stolen from her room in Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., Saturday afternoon, reports stated.
The student said she left her purse on a chair in the room at noon, and when she returned at 1:45 p.m. it was gone, reports stated.
Neither the student nor her roommate was in the room when the items were taken, reports stated.
The student was not sure if the door to her room was locked. There was no sign of forced entry, reports stated.
The student has canceled both of the cards that were stolen. All the items taken were in the student’s purse, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
A man was arrested for having five warrants out for his arrest when police contacted him at East Speedway Boulevard and East Warren Avenue at 9 a.m. Sunday, reports stated.
The officer that contacted the man had spoken with him two weeks earlier, and because of his demeanor had issued him a warning for the warrant he had, reports stated.
Upon contacting him Sunday to see if he had taken care of the warrant, the officer found he had four outstanding warrants from UAPD and one out of Tohono O’odham.
The UAPD warrants were for trespassing, harassment by communication and two for drinking in public, reports stated.
All five warrants were served and the man was taken to Pima County Jail, reports stated.
A man hit a concrete pillar head on, on the first floor of Cherry Garage, 1641 E. Enke Drive, at 2:17 p.m. Sunday, reports stated.
The man was attempting to turn left going about 15 mph in a 5 mph zone when he hit the pillar, reports stated.
The driver did not know what happened and he complained of dizziness. He was having trouble answering the officer’s basic questions, reports stated.
The man was transported to St. Mary’s Hospital for medical attention, reports stated.
The man’s vehicle was towed by Tucson Wrecker, reports stated.
A student’s truck was stolen while parked in Zone 1 lot, 421 N Cherry Ave., over the weekend, reports stated.
The student said he parked his truck at 6:30 a.m. on Aug 21. A friend had seen the vehicle at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 26. When the student returned to his car Sunday at 9 p.m., it was missing, reports stated.
The truck did not have an alarm or a Club on the steering wheel, reports stated.
The student said there were no distinguishing marks on the vehicle but that the topper was painted the same color as the truck, reports stated.
There was no broken glass in the area where the truck was parked, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
A student’s bike was stolen from the Kappa Alpha fraternity house, 906 E. First Ave., sometime over the weekend.
The student locked his bike to a chain link fence behind the house Friday at 6 p.m. He locked it with a cable lock that he ran through the fence and through his U-lock that was attached to the handlebars, reports stated.
The student noticed the bike was stolen Sunday at 10:30 p.m., when another member of the house had noticed his bike was stolen, reports stated.
He said his bike had broken spokes and half of the gears did not work.
The bike was not registered with Parking and Transportation Services.
Police have no suspects or witnesses.
A Nintendo GameCube, 20 DVDs and a memory card were stolen from a student’s apartment at 825 E. Fifth St., Saturday morning, reports stated.
The student’s roommate said he heard the front door slam at 6:30 a.m., reports stated.
The student told police that when he woke up he noticed everything was missing, reports stated.
A woman who was staying with them said she heard the voices of three or four men in the living room at 6:30 a.m. for two or three minutes, and then they left, reports stated.
Afterward she said that someone knocked on the door and went into the apartment for a minute, then left, reports stated.
There was no apparent forced entry and the residents were not sure if the front door was locked, reports stated.
An orange sticky substance that police suspect is soda was on the floor by the front door. The residents said that they did not know how it got there, reports stated.
Police have no suspects.
Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. For a complete list of UAPD activity, the daily resumé can be found at http://www.uapd.arizona.edu.