Police Beat

Police were at East Speedway Boulevard and North Campbell Avenue about 12:30 a.m. when they saw a 1981 Cadillac nearly hit a pedestrian while turning southbound onto Campbell Avenue.

Police stopped the car at East Third Street and Campbell and found through a records check that the driver had "shot at police before," police reports stated.

The driver told police he did not have any weapons and told police they could search the car if they wanted.

While police watched the front seat passenger, Frederick L. Nichols, 22, of the 1000 block of East 34th Street, exited the car, and officers saw a gun on the car's floor between Nichols' legs, police reports stated.

Police then conducted a "high-risk style" exit of the two passengers in the back seat, a 21-year-old unidentified Tucson man, of the 700 block of East 39th Street, and Curtiss C. Williams, 21, of the 3400 block of North Stone Avenue.

Police reports listed the unidentified man's name as "John Doe" because the man gave police three different names.

Weapons were not found on the unidentified man and Williams, but police found a revolver under the a front seat, accessible only by the passenger in the rear, which was the side where the unidentified man was sitting, police reports stated. Reports stated the unidentified man later admitted the revolver was his.

After a records check of Nichols and Williams, police found both had warrants on charges of unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful acts regarding alcohol, police reports stated.

Police arrested Nichols and Williams on the warrants and the unidentified man on a charge of weapons misconduct.

The unidentified man was booked into Pima County Jail. Nichols and Williams were released by Pretrial Services. The driver was released at the scene.

A UA employee reported a television monitor stolen Friday from McKale Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive.

The employee told university police he saw a man put a 25- to 30-inch television monitor in the back of a gray Ford Aerostar.

The employee told police the man walked out of doors on the northeast corner of the building. The employee also told police it was the same entrance used by media during the basketball tournament the weekend before. Police received the Aerostar's license plate number from the employee, but attempts to contact the owners were unsuccessful.

The value of the television was unknown.

A male UA employee reported numerous hang-up phone calls to his office March 17 at the Computer Center, 1077 N. Highland Ave.

The employee told university police he started receiving hang-up phone calls in the middles of the fall semester. He told police the caller would not say anything but would hang up.

The employee told police he though it was someone trying to check to see if he was there, and on one occasion, he traced the calls by pressing *57.

The employee told police he has also received similar phone calls at home and that on March 14, the tires to his car were slashed.

Police contacted the Center for Computing and Information Technology to get records of the calls the employee traced. The case was forwarded to detectives.

A 9-year-old Tucson girl reported her bicycle, cable lock and pink bicycle helmet stolen Thursday from outside of the Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering building, 1130 N. Mountain Ave.

The girl told university police that she locked her Roadmaster Ultra Terrain bike to bike racks with a cable lock outside of the building at 8 a.m. When she returned to her bike at 4:30 p.m., she found the bike, lock and helmet missing.The bike was valued at $100, the cable lock at $10 and the helmet at $25.

A male student reported a car stereo, compact disc changers and speaker stolen Thursday from his fraternity brother's car parked outside the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house, 1510 N. Vine Ave.

The student told university police he parked and locked the Nissan car Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. When he returned to the car Thursday at noon, the Alpine car stereo, CD changer and speaker were missing.

Police reports also stated that the car stereo had a removable faceplate that was also taken from the car.

The values of the stereo, CD changer and speaker were unknown.

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