Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 8, 1996

A Tucson man was arrested Wednesday after he was seen tampering with a bicycle lock near the College of Pharmacy, 1703 E. Mabel St.
A community service officer reported seeing Michael D. Williams, 43, of the 900 block of South Fourth Avenue, hitting a bicycle lock with a hammer at 12:48 p.m.
University police stopped Williams, who was walking at the intersection of Mabel and North Campbell Avenue. Williams told police he had been visiting a friend at University Medical Center.
Williams had a hammer in the waistband of his pants and a folding knife in his pocket.
Police asked Williams if he had been trying to steal bicycles.
"You ain't got no witnesses," Williams told them.
Williams was taken to police headquarters where he said he and a "crew" of eight and 12 people had stolen 500 bicycles from campus. Williams told police he sold the bicycles to a man on the west side of town for between $80 and $120, police reports stated.
Williams was taken to Pima County Jail and booked on charges of attempted theft and criminal trespassing. He was released by pre-trial services.

A female student reported harassment Wednesday to university police.
The student told police that on Oct. 25 at 1:30 p.m., she was walking near the Physics and Atmospheric Science building, 1118 E. Fourth St., when a man walked by her and said, "Nice tits, girl!"
A few days later, the student told police she was in the Student Recreation Center, 1400 E. Sixth St., when the man walked by her at least six times with a "disturbing smirk" on his face.
On Tuesday, the student told police, the man approached her at the Rec Center again and said, "You're great, girl."
The student told police she was interested in prosecuting the man and that she is afraid of him.
Police reports stated that detectives will investigate the case.

A car was vandalized Tuesday in Lot 2029 at North Warren Avenue and East Mabel Street.
A female employee parked her 1993 Nissan Sentra in the lot at 8 a.m. She returned at 4:30 p.m. to find her right front tire flat.
The woman told police that a technician at a local automotive center told her the tire looked like it was cut with a knife.
The tire was valued at $35.

Suspicious activity was reported Tuesday outside the Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St.
During a fire alarm at 2:09 a.m., a resident assistant told university police that two vehicles drove up to the hall.
One, a white Chevrolet Blazer, reportedly pulled up on the north side of the hall. Two men in hooded jackets got out of the Blazer and began looking through the crowd.
Three minutes later, a black Nissan pick up truck arrived on the east side of the hall. Two or three men in hooded jackets got out of that truck and began to search the crowd as well.
A few minutes later, all the men got into their vehicles and left.

Two separate thefts were reported Wednesday at Bear Down Gymnasium, 1428 E. University Blvd.
A male employee told police he locked his things in a locker at 11 a.m. to go work out. When he returned, his lock was gone and his wallet and pager had been stolen.
The wallet contained $45 and the value of the pager was unknown.
Another male employee told police the lock had been taken off his locker between 1 p.m. Monday and noon that day.
Nothing was taken from his locker.

A karaoke machine was reported stolen Tuesday from the Education building, 1430 E. Second St.
A female employee told university police that the machine was left Oct. 31 in a locked closet on the fourth floor. She discovered the machine missing Tuesday at 1 p.m.
The employee said only she has keys to the closet, but several people have keys to the room the closet is in. The keys are kept in her desk, which is in the room and never locked.
The GPX C130 AM/FM dual cassette deck karaoke machine was valued at $80.

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