Police Beat

University police responded to Parking and Transportation Services offices in the University Services Building, 888 N. Euclid Ave.

The student, James G. Taylor IV, 20, of the 3000 block North Campbell Avenue, told police he bought the parking permit from a friend in December.

Taylor told police he did not know the full name or location of the friend who sold the permit to him. He also said the friend sold the permit because he was leaving the UA, police reports stated.

Taylor told police he thought the permit was legitimate because his friend showed him a receipt, but Taylor admitted to not checking the receipt to see if it matched the permit, police reports stated.

Police cited Taylor on a charge of theft of services under $250 and released him at the scene.

The parking permit was placed into evidence.

Three female students reported prank calls were made Friday to their rooms in Kaibab-Huachuca Residence Hall, 922 E. Fourth St.

A female student told university police she received a call at 3:15 a.m. from an unknown "college age" man. The student told police the caller whispered to her, but he did not threaten or harass her.

The student also talked to two other female students in nearby rooms who had received similar calls at 3:45 a.m., police reports stated.

One of the other students told police the caller said he was in the closet thinking of her.

The two students told police they did not consider the remarks threatening or harassing. The two women told police they tried to trace the calls but were unsuccessful.

The three students told police they believed the caller was a prankster and they did not want to press charges unless the calls continued.

University police found a recycling bin knocked over Saturday near the Olive Road Tunnel after responding to a report of skateboarders kicking a recycling bin on the west end of the tunnel.

Police found four men wearing in-line skates, but they did not fit the descriptions given to police. Police then found a broken recycling bin lying on the ground with its contents strewn about.

Police set the bin upright and placed the contents back in the bin. Police also contacted the university Recycling Office to inform someone that the bin was broken and unsecured.

A male UA employee reported Friday that a case containing jumper cables was missing from the Parking and Transportation Services compound, 1420 E. Sixth St.

The employee told university police a Parking and Transportation Services employee last saw the case Feb. 11. The employee told police the case was secured in the back of a cart.

He told police the cart was taken to a repair shop Feb. 11 and returned to Parking and Transportation Services Feb. 17. Another employee was using the cart Feb. 24 and found the case missing.

The case was valued at $120.

Two UA employees reported finding items missing Friday from the Main Gate Parking Garage, 815 E. Second St.

An employee told university police he found a fire extinguisher case lying in the southeast corner of the garage's top level. The employee told police the extinguisher was pulled out of the wall in the southeast corner.

The fire extinguisher was not in the case, and the case's glass was broken, according to police reports. Parking and Transportation Services took the fire extinguisher's case.

Another employee told police he found a light fixture and light bulb missing from the garage's third level. Police found no glass below the fixture.

The values of the missing extinguisher, light fixture and light bulb were unknown.

A male student reported his bicycle and U-lock were stolen Saturday from outside the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, 1340 E. First St.

The student told university police he used a U-lock to lock his Diamond Back Topanga mountain bike to a bike rack on the west side of the fraternity house at 12:01 a.m. When the student returned at 9:15 a.m., the bike and lock were gone.

The student told police he locked the bike inside a fenced area, but that the area was not secure.

The bike was valued at $359 and the U-lock at $20.