Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 22, 1996

Several computer components were reported stolen Tuesday from Social Sciences, 1145 E. South Campus Drive.
Three offices in the building were broken into between Monday at 8:15 p.m. and Tuesday at 8:10 a.m., according to university police reports.
The thieves entered Room 324 by removing a grate in the door, reaching up and opening the door.
According to police reports, the wall between Room 324 and 324A does not reach the ceiling, and the thieves climbed the wall and slipped through the 2-foot space at the top to get into the room.
They used the same method to enter Room 322A.
They took one computer from 324A and brought it into 322A, where there were already two computers, police reports stated. They took the computers apart, taking several components and leaving the shells of the computers behind.
Police found fingerprints on the computers, grates and doors. A computer in Room 324 was damaged when the thieves tried to remove a cable from it.
In all, a Pentium processor, scanner, modem, CD-ROM drive, 486 processor, Zip drive and two printer connections were taken. The stolen components were valued at $7,836.98.

A female student Wednesday reported a harassing telephone call made to her home in the 2000 block of East Sixth Street.
The student came to university police headquarters Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. and said she had received one phone call Tuesday at 4:15 p.m.
In the phone call, a man named "Paul" claimed to be taking a survey for "UA Student Health," the student told police. Paul asked the student her marital status, age and the number of sexual partners she had had. Paul also asked her about her participation in oral sex. He then asked her to masturbate.
The student traced the call through U.S. West Communications and called the Tucson Police Department. TPD told the student it would not pursue the case unless more calls were made.
The student called Campus Health and a female employee told her that there had been other complaints about the same problem.
That employee told police she has received 24 complaints about similar calls for the last two years.
The student said she would press charges if the caller was found. University police are reviewing the case to determine if it will be pursued, since the home is off campus.

A female student was reportedly flashed Wednesday as she walked by the Hillel Foundation, 1245 E. Second St.
The student told university police she was walking north on North Mountain Avenue Wednesday at 8:10 p.m. when she heard someone shout "Hey, you."
She looked toward the voice and saw a man in the parking lot north of Hillel. Police reports stated he had his shorts down and appeared to be masturbating.
The student looked away, then looked back to see if the man was following her. Police reports stated that the man had pulled his shorts up and was walking away laughing.
The student called police right after incident, but a search of the area did not turn up the man.
The student said she would be able to identify the man and will press charges if he is found.

A suspicious letter was found Wednesday in a car outside the UA Press, 1230 N. Park Ave.
The press' courier was dropping off packages at the building Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. He took the packages into the building and returned to find a dozen letters in his car's front seat.
He brought one of them to a female press employee and she called university police.
The letter titled, "My Fellow Americans," was signed by "Albert Thomas Wilson III" and "A. Patriot."
The letter concerned a "certain organization" that had wronged the writers, according to police reports. The letter states the organization was supposed to "protect my church, my pastor and my Susan from an equally corrupt police force that's still raping and torturing our women."
Police reports stated the letter goes on to describe prostitution rings in Oregon and California run for politicians and celebrities among others.
The writer ends the letter with a plea to fax the information around the world or put it out on the Internet, police reports stated.

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