Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 1, 1996

One man was arrested and a boy cited yesterday for attempted bicycle theft at the Martin Luther King Center, 1332 E. First St.
An employee called university police at 4:46 a.m. when she saw two males by the bicycle racks near the center. The two males ran off when they noticed the employee.
Police stopped the two males at the intersection of East Speedway Boulevard and North Tyndall Avenue.
The man, Rodney D. Lindsey, 25, of a general delivery address, told police he and the 17-year-old were, "Just walking around, since, you know, I couldn't sleep."
Lindsey had a crescent wrench, an Allen wrench set and a U-lock key.
The two were handcuffed and taken to police headquarters.
The 17-year-old told police he and Lindsey had been at an apartment at Varsity Village. He said they had headed to campus to use a computer lab.
When they got to campus, Lindsey told him he knew a guy who would give them $75 for a bicycle, the boy told police.
The two then wandered around several bike racks looking at bikes, the boy told police.
Lindsey told police he and the boy had come to campus to steal bicycles and that they had ridden bicycles to campus. Lindsey took police to two bicycles locked with a U-lock and a cable lock.
Lindsey told police one of the bicycles was his and the other bicycle belonged to the boy. The boy told police they had not ridden bicycles to campus and that neither bicycle was his.
The bicycles were taken by police until proof of ownership could be established.
Lindsey was booked into Pima County Jail on charges of violating probation and attempted bike theft. The boy was cited for attempted bike theft and released to his father.

A female student was cited Tuesday after police saw three differing forms of identification in her wallet.
University police stopped at East Second Street and North Cherry Avenue saw a black Mercedes in the left turn only lane. The Mercedes did not turn left, but continued east down Second Street.
At North Mabel Avenue, the Mercedes did the same thing, and police pulled it over.
When police asked the driver, Emily A. Singer, 18, of Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., for her driver license, she said it was in her trunk.
Singer got her wallet out of the trunk. Police reports stated she opened her wallet and pulled out an Arizona identification, then put it back in the wallet. Singer then pulled out a New York state driver license and put it back in her wallet. Finally, Singer gave police a Texas driver license.
Police asked to see the other IDs, which showed Singer's name and picture, but had different birthdates.
Singer was cited for failure to obey a traffic control device and possession of fictitious identification. She was released at the scene.

A computer was reported stolen Wednesday from the Memorial Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd.
A male student told police he left his computer bag Oct. 23 at 2:50 p.m. in a classroom in Modern Languages. He returned later that day and was told a student in the next class had taken the bag to the Student Union lost and found.
The student told police he checked the lost and found Oct. 24, but the computer had not been turned in.
On Wednesday, the student told police he went back to the lost and found. A computer matching his had been signed out. The signature was illegible.
The Compaq Contura Arrow 425 SLE computer was valued at $270. There was also a 2400 baud modem valued at $20 in the computer bag and six floppy disks. The computer bag was valued at $30.

A stereo amplifier was stolen Wednesday from a car parked in Lot 5070 at East Sixth Street and North Euclid Avenue.
A male student said he parked his 1992 Honda Accord at 12:30 a.m. and turned his car alarm on.
When the student returned at 4 p.m., he found his driver side window broken out. The alarm no longer worked.
The student's wallet was taken from between the front seats and his amplifier was taken from the trunk. The wire to the car's "air horn" was cut, and the positive cable to the car's battery disconnected.
The red Orion amplifier was valued at $600. The value of the wallet was unknown.

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