Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 18, 1996

A female student reported annoying phone calls Wednesday to university police.
The student, a resident of Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., told police she started receiving the phone calls Aug. 22 after she broke up with her boyfriend, a male student.
The student told police that during September she received 10 hang-up phone calls a day. The student said she confronted her ex-boyfriend, but he denied making the calls. The student told him not to call her any more.
The ex-boyfriend, the student told police, would call her and leave messages about how "he can't let her go." Other times, the student told police, he called her a "bitch" when he reached her on the telephone.
The student said she told him Oct. 8 to stop calling and that day he called back and left messages within two hours.
The student told police she did not want to prosecute unless the problems "escalate."

A stolen car was returned to a female student Monday.
The student told university police she parked her 1989 Pontiac Grand Am in the UA lot at East Ninth Street and North Fremont Avenue Oct. 7 at 6 p.m. She had not driven the car since then and was not aware it had been stolen.
Monday, the Tucson Police Department called the student and told her car had been recovered.

A bicycle was stolen Wednesday from outside the Engineering building, 1127 E. North Campus Drive.
The student told university police his bicycle was leaning unsecured against the south pillar outside of the building's east entrance at 7:30 p.m., while he was standing near the north pillar with his back turned.
The student told police he saw several people outside the building near his bicycle, but when they left, the bicycle was still there.
The student said he then saw a janitor near the bicycle and just afterwards the bicycle was gone.
Police spoke to the building's janitor, who said he had been sweeping outside, but saw no bicycle.
Police also searched the building but did not find the bicycle.
The Specialized Stump Jumper was valued $1,200. A U-lock with the bicycle was also taken.
The U-lock was valued at $30.

Parts were removed Wednesday from a bicycle at Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall, 910 E. Fifth St.
A male student secured his bicycle with a U-lock to a rack northeast of the hall at 1:45 a.m. When he returned at 9 a.m., his rock shocks had been stolen.
In order to remove the shocks, the thief had damaged the bicycle's front tire and cut his brake cable. The bicycle frame remained secured to the rack.
The value of the Indy rock shocks and other damaged components was unknown.

A grounds operations employee reported finding human feces behind Graham-Greenlee Residence Hall, 610 N. Highland Ave., every night since Oct. 8.
The employee reported the incidents to police Tuesday. He said he suspects a local transient is leaving the mess and requested police check the building periodically at night to combat the problem.

A man swerving down State Route 366 Friday was stopped by university police.
Police driving to the Mount Graham International Observatory saw a white Ford Pickup truck following another slower moving truck. The slower truck moved out of the way and the Ford passed it, crossing a double yellow line.
Police followed the Ford up the road, watching it travel over the 25 mph speed limit. It crossed the yellow line on several different curves in the road, sometimes driving in the oncoming lane. The truck reached speeds of 50 mph, according to police repor ts.
The driver of the car, Bulan J. Weech, 65, of South Pima, told the police officer he did not pull over initially because he did not know who the officer was, since he was not from the Arizona Department of Public Safety.
Weech told the police officer he was a member of the university's "public relations board," and that this incident would come up at the next meeting.
Weech was warned for speeding and cited for being left of center on a curve, for not wearing a seat belt, for not having insurance and for having expired registration. He was released at the scene.

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