Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 26, 1996

A report of a fight Sunday brought university police to the Kappa Sigma fraternity house, 501 E. First St.
The president of the fraternity called police at about 4 a.m. after members of Pi Kappa Alpha reportedly entered the Kappa Sigma house's yard and began a fight.
Police arrived and saw signs of the scuffle. The fight broke up when police arrived and the Pi Kappa Alpha members went back to their house across the street.
Kappa Sigma's president told police that he and a small group of Kappa Sigma members were outside at 4 a.m. when between 12 and 15 Pi Kappa Alpha members crossed the street and began taunting the Kappa Sigma members. The Pi Kappa Alpha members then entered the yard and the fight began, the president said.
The president managed to keep two Pi Kappa Alpha members in the yard as police arrived. He told police that one of the men, Darin T. Proszek, 20, a resident of Pi Kappa Alpha, 1340 E. First St., had punched a Kappa Sigma member.
The Kappa Sigma member sustained various scrapes and bruises and a bump on the head, police reports stated. When police arrived they saw the Kappa Sigma member standing with his shirt torn and blood dripping from his face.
Proszek, who smelled of alcohol, told police he had entered the yard to help a Pi Kappa Alpha member who was fighting. Proszek was taken to police headquarters and cited on charges of criminal trespassing, assault and minor in possession of alcohol.
A second Pi Kappa Alpha resident, Brian M. Spence, 20, was cited on charges of criminal trespassing and minor in possession of alcohol. He was released at the scene.
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Seven parked vehicles were vandalized Friday outside Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, 1801 E. First St.
A male resident of the house called university police Friday morning. According to police reports, he said kitchen staff at the house had notified him of the damage at 5:53 a.m. He said the vandalism probably occurred after 3 a.m.
In all, tires on seven vehicles were slashed and a gash was cut in the bed cover of a pick up. Some tires were slashed with a one-inch wide blade, and others were apparently damaged with a jagged object.
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A female student reported receiving a harassing phone call Sunday at Navajo-Pinal-Sierra Residence Hall, 1557 E. Sixth St.
The student told university police a male caller left a message on her answering machine Friday at 3:57 p.m.
The message said, "Hi, (name withheld) and (name withheld), my name is. well, I can't tell you, I might be a stalker or something. I'm really weird. I want to have sex with you both."
The student was unable to trace the call. Police advised the student to call police if she received another call.
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An investigation into false fire alarms was begun Thursday at Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St.
The hall director of Coronado called university police Thursday at 2:01 p.m. to report information regarding an ongoing false alarm problem.
The hall director told police the false alarms had been occurring since Nov. 4.
The hall director also told police that on Nov. 5, a resident assistant told her a student had come to him with information about the alarms. The student told the RA he had been in an elevator with several pledges from a fraternity. The pledges said they had been setting off the alarms, police reports stated.
The hall director told police she had called the pledge class president and the fraternity's president, both of whom told her the incidents were not their problem, police reports stated.
The hall director told police that two students had come to her that day who had also heard pledges of the same fraternity talking about the fire alarms. According to police reports, they told the hall director the pledges planned to continue the false alarms until exam week.
The case remains active.
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Several items were taken Wednesday night from the Preventative Medicine Program, 1612 E. Mabel St.
A female employee told police that she arrived at the office Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. and discovered the back door and most of the desk drawers open. The office had been closed Tuesday at 5:50 p.m.
A copier, a microwave, a television, a VCR and a printer were taken.
The back door to the office had been kicked open and there were shoe prints throughout the office.
The Sharp copier was valued at $1,373. The value of the other items was unknown.

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