Police Beat
Zach Thomas
Arizona Daily Wildcat
February 6, 1996
Police Beat
Zach Thomas
Arizona Daily Wildcat
February 6, 1996
University police arrested a Tucson youth on charges of reckless driving and cited three others at 10:34 p.m. Friday after the three were seen riding in-line skates while clinging to the bumper of a moving vehicle.The driver, 16, fled from the intersection of East Second Street and North Warren Avenue after the three skaters detached from the 1986 Ford Mustang he was driving. He was later intercepted by other officers at the intersection of North Campbell Avenue and East Speedway Boulevard. He was cited for reckless driving and released.
A 17-year-old boy was the only skater arrested. He told officers the driver of the car did not know the three were riding behind the car, but his story was later refuted by the two other skaters. He was cited for giving false information to law enforcement and released.
The other two skaters were cited for clinging to a motor vehicle and released.
The security supervisor of the Arizona State Museum North, 1013 E. University Blvd., called police after a number of suspicious acts occurred between Jan. 30 and Feb. 2.
During the evening of Jan. 30, one employee locked her office door at 5:40 p.m. The janitor found it unlocked at 4 a.m. the next morning. The computer was turned on, but nothing was stolen.
Feb. 1, employees locked the administration offices at 5 p.m. Custodial staff found the same offices unlocked with the lights on at 4 a.m. the next morning. One office worker later discovered her computer to be unplugged.
That morning an employee locked the door to the archivist's office at 9 a.m. and subsequently found it unlocked at 10 a.m. Police reports indicate no other employee who has a key entered the room between those hours.
Police have no information about the perpetrators or nature of these incidents.
A minor was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana at 10:15 p.m. Friday after officers smelled the odor of marijuana on his clothes while they walked through the basement of the Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd.
Police notified the boy's parents. The boy, 15, was cited and released into the custody of his father.
A Tucson woman was arrested on DUI charges at 1:33 a.m. Sunday after officers observed her car weave in and out of traffic lanes.
University police stopped Patricia A. Head, 48, of the 400 block of East Waverly Drive, at the intersection of North Euclid Avenue and East Drachman.
Police reports indicate she had red, watery eyes and sour cream on her face, blouse and hands, apparently from the Taco Bell containers lying in the passenger seat.
She admitted to having two drinks earlier in the evening and proceeded to fail field sobriety tests and later blood-alcohol level checks at police headquarters.
Head was charged with DUI and traffic violations. She was cited and released to the custody of her roommate.
Three students were charged with liquor violations over the weekend.
Marc A. Lismoire, 18, and Kevin M. Mello, 18, both residents of Sigma Chi fraternity, were arrested Saturday night outside the fraternity house at 1616 E. First St.
In an unrelated incident, a cab driver flagged down a police car in front of the Alpha Tau Omega house, 1050 E. Cherry Ave., after someone on the roof allegedly threw beer on the taxi. The car appeared to be wet from the thrown alcohol, but otherwise undamaged, police reports stated.
After investigating the situation, officers arrested Brian Pitt, 20, of the 200 block of North Granada Avenue, on charges of disorderly conduct and minor in possession of alcohol. He was cited and released at the scene.
One bicycle and a wheel were stolen from campus bike racks over the weekend.
Sometime between 10:30 a.m. Thursday and 1 p.m. Friday, unknown persons took a bicycle that was U-locked to racks west of Maricopa Residence Hall, 1031 E. North Campus Dr. The items stolen are valued at $175.
In a separate incident, sometime between 9 a.m. and 12 p.m. Saturday, unknown persons stole the front wheel and tire of a mountain bicycle locked to racks northeast of the Physics and Atmospheric Sciences building, 1117 E. Fourth St. The value of the items was unknown.
Two students reported the theft of their belongings over the weekend.
A female student called police after her room at Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., was reportedly burglarized.
In an unrelated incident, a student reported the theft of a $70 pair of Nike shoes from the women's locker room in Bear Down Gymnasium, 1428 E. University Blvd.
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