Police Beat

Police reports stated that the Tucson Police Department contacted university police about a student who had handcuffed himself in his room at Corleone Apartments.

University police found the handcuffed student, Anthony Pellegrini, 19, a resident of Corleone Apartments, standing on his porch at about 8:51 a.m.

Pellegrini told police he been waking up with a sore right arm and thought he might be sleeping with his arm under his body. He chose to handcuff his arms in front of his body, which resulted in a "pain-free" waking experience, police reports stated.

Pellegrini told police he is a security guard and forgot his handcuff key at work.

Police asked Pellegrini if he had any guns inside, and he said yes, police reports stated.

Police went inside the apartment to get Pellegrini's identification card and saw a 9mm handgun in plain view in his bedroom.

After police seized the loaded gun, they explained the university's weapon-free policy to Pellegrini. Pellegrini told police the gun belongs to his boss.

Police told Pellegrini they would initiate participation in the Dean of Students Diversion Program for him.

Police left a message with Pellegrini's boss and placed the gun into property for safe keeping.

A Tucson man reported Tuesday that a man had defrauded him of $72 near the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road.

The man told he had received a phone call Monday at his office in the Tucson Baptist Temple, 1525 S. Columbus Blvd., from a male caller saying he wanted religious counseling and desired to "receive Christ." The caller also told the man he had a wife and four children and recently had emigrated from England, police reports stated.

The caller suggested that the two men meet at the University of Arizona and the man agreed.

The man told police the caller said to meet him at the Center for Creative Photography, and they met about noon and talked on the west side of the center.

The caller told the man he was taking a class in photography but was a self-employed watch repairman. The caller told the man that quite often, a customer would drop a watch off for repair and neglect to pick it up.

The caller then told the man he needed $72 to buy food for his family, police reports stated.

Police reports stated the men then walked to the Bank One at East Second Street and North Park Avenue where the man withdrew $72 from an ATM machine.

The men walked to the south end of the Olive Road underpass about 1 p.m., and the man gave the caller the $72.

Later that day, the man called the phone number the caller had given him and found that it was a pay phone on campus. He also went to the address of the man's house, but he found the address to be fictitious.

A male UA employee reported a man sleeping in the Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd., on Wednesday.

The employee told university police about 4:45 a.m. that a man was sleeping in the third floor of the Main Library's southwest corner. The employee described the man as a Caucasian in Army camouflage pants and a jacket with no shoes. He had long brown hair and a mustache.

The employee told police the man also had a backpack.

Police found the backpack, but did not find the man after checking all the library's floors.

The backpack contain numerous items, including envelopes addressed to a man who had a number of contacts with police in the past.

Police placed the backpack and its contents into evidence.

The employee told police he had found the same man in the same place Monday but did not report it.

A male student reported his bicycle and cable lock missing Monday outside of the Center for Creative Photography, 1030 N. Olive Road.

The student told university police he locked his Specialized Rock Hopper bike with a cable lock to bike racks outside the center at 10 a.m. When he returned at 10:50 a.m., the bike and lock were gone.

The bike was valued at $800. The value of the lock was unknown.

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