Police Beat

A resident assistant told police she smelled the "distinct aroma of burned marijuana" coming from a room about 6:28 p.m.

When police went to the hallway outside the room, they did not smell anything out of the ordinary, police reports stated.

Police knocked on the room's door and a student, Eric R. Sandoval, 20, a resident of Kaibab-Huachuca Residence Hall, answered. Police asked if they could go into his room and speak with him and Sandoval said he did not want them to.

Police smelled a "musty aroma" and burned incense coming from the room while they spoke with Sandoval, police reports stated.

Sandoval told police he had smoked marijuana with a friend off-campus earlier that day, police reports stated.

When police asked if they could look around Sandoval's room, police reports stated that Sandoval began to act nervous, not look at police and evade their questions.

Sandoval told police he did have a pipe in his room and got it and a lighter out of his desk drawer and gave them to police, police reports stated.

Reports stated the pipe smelled of burned marijuana and appeared to have burned marijuana in it.

Police referred Sandoval to the Dean of Students Diversion Program on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and released him at the scene.

The pipe and the lighter were placed into evidence.

A male student was arrested on three charges Thursday after a police community service officer smelled burning marijuana near the intersection of North Park Avenue and East Lowell Street.

The CSO reported the odor of burning marijuana coming from a bench north of the Park Avenue and Lowell Street about 6 p.m.

University police approached three men sitting on the bench smoking cigarettes about 6:19 p.m.

Police reports stated that as police approached the three men from behind, one of the men, Peter J. McGloin, 18, a resident of Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., saw police and then placed something into his pocket.

The men denied knowledge of the marijuana, police reports stated.Police asked the men for identification, and through a records check, police discovered McGloin had a warrant for failure to appear on a charge of possession of marijuana.

McGloin told police he knew about the warrant and intended to take care of it.

Police arrested McGloin on the warrant.

During a search of McGloin, police found a metal cigarette pipe with residue that smelled like burnt marijuana in his pocket, reports stated. Police also found a small bag of marijuana tucked in the elastic of his shorts near his stomach.

McGloin was also cited on a charges of possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He was booked into Pima County Jail.

The other two men were released at the scene.

A male Arizona Crop Improvement employee reported one of the company's trucks stolen Wednesday from outside its building at 2120 E. Allen Road.

The employee told university police he drove the 1994 Chevrolet Blazer to work April 4 and parked it in front of the building about 7 a.m. He said another employee saw the Blazer at 8:15 a.m. but then noticed it gone at 10:15 a.m.

The employee told police he took the keys with him but was unsure if he had locked the Blazer's doors.

Police reports stated no broken glass was found at the scene.

The employee told police another employee could not have taken the Blazer because he had one set of keys with him and the other set was locked in a cabinet.The Blazer is valued at $18,500.

A female student reported her bicycle and cable lock were stolen Wednesday from outside Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall, 910 E. Fifth St.

The student told university police she locked her Roadmaster Chromium women's bike with a cable lock to a bike rack Tuesday about 7 p.m. When she returned to her bike Wednesday about 9 a.m., the bike and lock were gone.The bike was valued at $130. The value of the lock was unknown.

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