Police Beat

A male UA employee told university police that a man who had worked for Arid Lands used a UA postal code to send personal mail from the Shantz Building, 1200 E. South Campus Drive.

The employee told police that after the man, Joseph Laferriere, 41, of the 4000 block of East First Street, left for the Shantz Building, mail was discovered at 9 p.m. in the building's mailroom with Arid Lands' postal code number and Laferriere's information on the return address.

Police reports stated the mailroom was suspicious and notified another male employee at the Shantz Building. The other employee called the first employee, and it was discovered Laferriere was not supposed to be using that number.

The employee told police he e-mailed Laferriere and asked why he was using the code. The employee said the reply Laferriere allegedly sent said he was trying to "save a few coins."

Laferriere told police he placed the Arid Lands' postal code number on his personal mail knowing it was wrong to do so, police reports stated. He said that Friday's mailing was the first time he had done so since being told to stop by the employee.

Laferriere told police he did it to save money and that he had done it five to 10 times. He said he sent dead plants and books Friday.

The mailroom gave police seven items to keep as evidence, one of the items being sent by the other employee, police reports stated. Reports stated police returned the other employee's package to him.

Police valued the shipping costs of four of the packages at $121, the values of the other two were unknown.

Police cited Laferriere on a charge of theft less than $250. He was released at the scene.

Three female students were referred to the Dean of Students' diversion program after being found with false identification cards Friday at the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity house, 1011 N. Tyndall Ave.

An off-duty university police officer was working a party at the house when security personnel at the party referred all three women to police.

Police reports stated that the security members wanted the officer to check a student's Arizona driver's license at 10:58 p.m. because she looked younger than 21.

Police asked the student to tell them her social security number, but the student did not know it except for the first number, police reports stated.

The student told police the woman whose name was on the ID gave her birth certificate to the student so she could get a false ID. Police confiscated the ID.

The security members wanted the officer to check a second student's Arizona driver's license at 11:15 p.m. because she looked under 21 years old but wanted to drink, police reports stated.

Police asked for the student's ID and another ID card. Police reports stated that the student pulled an ID from her wallet and then tried to conceal it.

Police took the ID and found different names and birth dates on the IDs, police reports stated.

The student told police she got the fake ID by taking her sister's birth certificate without her knowledge. Police confiscated the ID.

Security personnel later brought a third student's ID to be checked because she looked younger than 21.

The third student told police her birth date was the one shown on the Arizona ID Card. However, after the officer explained the possible charges involved, the student began to cry.

The student told police her real birth date and said she had a false New York ID which she used to obtain the false ID at the Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles.

Police recommended all three students be placed in the diversion program.

A female student was referred to the Dean of Students' diversion program after she admitted to smoking marijuana Friday at Navajo-Pinal-Sierra Residence Hall, 1557 E. Sixth St.

The student told university police she wanted to turn herself in for "smoking marijuana" after a resident assistant witnessed her smoking at 4:20 p.m.

Police reports stated the "small joint" was washed down a sink before police arrived.

Police recommended the student be admitted into the diversion program.

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