Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 23, 1996

Two child pornography solicitations were reported to university police Sunday.
A male resident of Yavapai Residence Hall, 1222 E. South Campus Drive, called police at 11:55 p.m. after he received an electronic mail message asking him if he would like to buy, sell or trade child pornography.
The mail came from an America Online account. The student told police he did not know why the message was sent to him, nor did he recognize the name of the man or the company.
Earlier that evening, at 11:41, the same e-mail message was received at the Math building, 617 N. Santa Rita Ave.
The message was meant for an account that had been closed and was forwarded to the e-mail postmaster.
The account had been closed for at least six weeks but less than four months, the postmaster told police.
The messages read, "Hi! I sent you this letter because your e-mail address was on a list that fits this category. I am a fan of child pornography and for the past 4 years I have been able to gather quite a collection of it."
The message offered photographs and videotapes, including "Bath Time" and "Happy B-day Timmy."
According to police reports, the message also offered an option for customers.
It stated, "If you send your picture, I can morph your face into one of the action shots and make it appear that you are the one having anal sex with a little boy."
The case remains open.

A university police officer backed his police cruiser into a sign near the Art building, 1030 N. Olive Road, Saturday.
Officer Donald Buttery backed the cruiser into a "No Bicycling" sign at 11:15 a.m., "dislocating" the sign, according to police reports.
The rear bumper molding of the cruiser was cracked and scratched, but the car remained functional.
Police reports stated the vehicle was going 2 mph when the collision occurred.

A mineral sample was taken from the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium, 1601 E. University Blvd.
A female employee told university police the sample of buegerite was last seen around Oct. 3 and was noticed missing Oct. 15.
The employee told police only two people have a key to the room that held the mineral and she initially thought the other employee had moved it. He had not.
The mineral is in the Romero Collection, which is open to the public during the day.
The mineral sample, from Mexico, was described as a small, dark crystal. It was reported to be valued at $1,000.

A male student threatening suicide Saturday was rescued from Arizona Stadium, 541 N. Vine Ave.
An employee of Event Management Inc. reported the student on the northeast corner of the stadium at 3:13 p.m.
University police arrived and escorted the student from the stadium.
The student told police he was depressed because his girlfriend had left him and that he felt like jumping off the building.
The student was taken to Kino Community Hospital.
The stadium had been open for Band Day.

Two men attempted to break in to Alpha Chi Omega sorority, 1775 E. First St., Saturday.
The sorority's house mother told police at 5:46 a.m. that she heard a noise at the rear sliding door of the house. When she went to the door, she saw the two men run east.
There were no signs of entry, but the latch of the sliding door had marks on it that had not been there previously, the house mother told police.
The cobwebs on the door were still intact, police reports stated.
Police searched the area but could not find the men.

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