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By Keith J. Allen
Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 7, 1997

Police Beat

University police arrested a man on an outstanding warrant Tuesday after receiving complaints that he was asking people if he could wash their vehicles' windows in Lot 2029 at the intersection of North Warren Avenue and East Helen Street, police reports stated.

The man was walking east bound on Helen Street carrying a bucket and window washing tools when police stopped him.

The man, Vernon L. Foote, 41, of a general delivery address, told police he had been washing windows in the parking lots to make money for food.

Police performed a records check on Foote and found a felony warrant for parole violations on original offenses of first-degree murder, theft and robbery, police reports stated.

At police headquarters, police were processing Foote's belongings from the bucket when they discovered two syringes, a "cooker" made from a beer can with "burn marks and residue" on it, and a prescription bottle with Foote's name on it filled with an "unknown fluid" in it, police reports stated.

According to police reports, police had also checked the bucket at the scene but did not find any contraband.

Foote was booked in Arizona Department of Corrections Wilmot State Prison. The syringe, cooker and bottle were sent to the Arizona Department of Public Safety for testing.


A male student reported he was assaulted Wednesday in his room at Graham-Greenlee Residence Hall, 610 N. Highland Ave.

The student told university police he was asleep at 2:15 a.m. when two men entered his room and struck him behind his left ear. He said the door to his room was unlocked.

The student told police he fought back and one of the men left immediately. The student said he pushed the other man into his closet and held him there, but once he released the man, the man ran away.

Police reports stated that the student did not see either man because the lights were out in the room.

Residents of nearby rooms told police they saw the second man flee, but said they could not identify him if they saw him again.

Police reports did not indicate if the student was injured. Police took photos of the area behind the student's left ear as evidence.


A female UA employee reported a suspicious postcard was received Wednesday in the mail room of the Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd.

The employee told university police a postcard addressed to the library's Special Collections department was received about 10 a.m. She said she became suspicious after reading a statement on the postcard stating, "Be advised, watch for angels."

The employee told police that about three weeks ago, a man tried to go into the "reading room" with his backpack, which violated library policy. Police reports stated she said she told him to leave the backpack outside, and at that time, he became mad and asked, "What do you think I have in here, a bomb?"

The employee told police the man also refused to leave his identification card at the front desk, another violation of library policy. She said that when she did ask for an ID, the man only showed her pictures of saints, nuns and angels.

Police reports stated that the postcard did not have a return address, but it was stamped with a Miami, Fla., postmark.

Police placed the postcard into evidence.


A male student reported his bicycle and cable lock stolen Wednesday from outside of Old Chemistry, 1306 E. University Blvd.

The student told university police he locked his Giant model Yukon mountain bike with a Specialized cable lock on the north side of the building at 8 a.m. When the student returned at 5 p.m., the bike and lock were gone.

The bike was valued at $350, the lock at $45.


A male student reported his Sprint phone card stolen Saturday from his planner that was missing from the Memorial Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd.

The student told university police he lost his planner Feb. 1 while he was in the Student Union. He said the planner was returned to him Feb. 21, but the phone card was still missing.

The student told police he received a statement from Sprint stating he owed $80, and he was able to find out the originating phone number of the unauthorized long distance phone calls.

The case was forwarded to police detectives for investigation.


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


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