Police Beat

Zach Thomas
Arizona Daily Wildcat
April 19, 1996

The attic and roof of an off-campus U.S. Geological Survey building on UA property caught fire Wednesday evening.
Police reports stated flames were spouting from the roof of the building, 1675 W. Anklam Road, at 6:45 p.m.
A USGS employee who was returning to the building at the time smelled smoke and called 911.
University police and Tucson Fire Department engines responded and extinguished the fire, which was confined to the roof and attic area.
The building monitor told officers roofers had been working in the area and had left around 6 p.m.
A TFD arson investigator at the scene said the fire was caused by a spark or a cigarette butt igniting sawdust in the attic. Investigators determined the fire was not arson-related.
The employee and the building monitor were treated for smoke inhalation by TFD paramedics because they had reentered the flaming structure to move computer equipment and try to put out the blaze themselves.
The value of the damage was unknown.

University police arrested a Tucson man on DUI charges Wednesday after he was seen swerving through traffic, almost hitting a bicyclist on North Campbell Avenue north of East Speedway Boulevard.
Officers stopped the 1985 Ford Bronco driven by Geoffery S. Lewis, 21, of the 8300 block of East Shasta Drive, near the intersection of East Helen Street and Campbell Avenue at 12:13 a.m. Police reports indicate the interior of the vehicle smelled of alcohol.
Lewis reportedly failed field sobriety tests and registered .116 and .129 on subsequent Intoxilyzer tests.
Lewis was cited on charges of driving under the influence and DUI with a blood-alcohol concentration of .10 or above. He was released from police headquarters.

Tires, rims and other bicycle accessories have been stolen from campus-area racks in four separate incidents during the past week.
ť Between 3 p.m. April 8 and noon April 10, someone stole the front wheel and cut the brake cable of a student's mountain bicycle parked outside Manzanita-Mohave Residence Hall, 1000 N. Park Ave.
The bicycle's frame was attached to a rack with a U-lock, but the front wheel was not secured.
The stolen items and damage are valued at $95.
ť Thieves stole the front tire and rim from a bicycle belonging to the UA English department between 3 p.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday.
The bicycle was locked to a rack outside the Modern Languages building, 1423 E. University Blvd. The bike's handle bars were bent and the front brake cable was cut.
The values of the stolen items and damage were unknown.
ť Between 1:30 p.m. Monday and 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, someone stole the front shock absorbers and cut the front brake cord of a student's bicycle locked to a rack outside Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St.
The bicycle and front wheel were secured with a U-lock. The shocks are valued at $400.
ť Someone took the front tire and rim of an employee's mountain bicycle from outside the Steward Observatory Mirror Casting Facility, 527 N. Warren Ave.
The tire was taken sometime between 5 p.m. Monday and 8 a.m. Tuesday.
The bicycle's frame was chained to the rack but the stolen tire had been left unsecured.
The value of the stolen item was unknown.

Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports.
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