Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
August 29, 1996

A male student said he was harassed Monday at 9:30 p.m. near Social Sciences, 1145 E. South Campus Drive.
The student left Social Sciences heading north and was followed by two men about 18 years old, he told police. The males shouted at the student, calling out obscenities to him, police reports stated.
The student told police he continued walking and the men followed, threatening him physically.
The student told police both men appeared drunk and had difficulty walking. He said he could identify the men and would press charges of threats and intimidation.

Two cars collided Tuesday at 3:20 p.m. near the Park Student Union, 601 N. Park Ave.
According to police reports, the crash occurred when a white Toyota pulled out from an alley north of the Union and hit a black, Ford sedan traveling north on North Tyndall Avenue.
The Ford's front and rear side panels and passenger's side door and window were damaged. The Toyota sustained damage to its front bumper and grille.
The Toyota's driver, Elaine P. Lim, 18, of the 9000 block of East Burnett Street, told police she was pulling out to see around cars parked on Tyndall when the collision occurred. She was cited for failure to yield from a private drive and released.
Neither Lim nor the driver of the Ford, Gregory W. Pugh, 19, of the 6000 block of East Rock Canyon Place, were injured.

Two men were arrested Tuesday at 2:35 p.m. after police observed them take four bicycles from the porch of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, 1801 E. First St.
Police observed Gerald R. Moore, 41, of the 6000 block of South Beehive Avenue, and Joseph J. Bethel, 40, of the 1800 block of East Prince Road, load the bikes into a truck and drive off. The men were stopped at East First Street and North Highland Avenu e.
The men told police the Phi Gamma Delta house manager had given them permission to take the bicycles. The house manager confirmed the men's statements, saying he did not know who owned the bikes and they had not moved in months.
The two men were cited for theft of less than $250 and released, however, the house manager did not wish to prosecute them, and police said they will take action to drop the charges.

A Cannondale V 500 mountain bicycle was stolen Tuesday between 11 a.m. and noon from the east side of the Center for Computing and Information Technology, 1077 N. Highland Ave.
A male student told police he locked the $1,000 bike to a rack with a $30 cable lock.
The bicycle and lock were both taken.

The mother of a female student called university police Saturday at 3:54 p.m. because she feared her daughter missing.
The student was due to return to her family's Tucson home, but she did not return, and several attempts to reach her failed, police reports stated.
The mother met officers at the student's residence, Babcock Inn, 1717 E. Speedway Blvd., where police found a message on the board outside her room which read: "Die, die, die whore. So you never came back. Had a little adventure, huh? Well, if you come b ack tonite go up to room (withheld). I wish I went with you. It's been an interesting night at the old Babcock Inn."
Police entered the room and found 13 messages on the student's answering machine, including a conversation between her and an unknown male. The conversation sounded like an "argument," police reports stated.
The student sounded angry at the man for committing an act without permission, though the type of act was never identified. The conversation continued on to a debate over whether the student had had sex with a third party.
A resident assistant told police he and another resident had seen the student Friday evening. The RA and the resident were concerned because the student had bruises on one of her arms and both her legs.
The student's mother then called home and discovered her daughter had arrived there after her mother left the house.
The student told police she had had consensual sex with the man in the phone messages and no assault occurred.
The student told officers she did not know where she got the bruises, but said she may have fallen off a diving board or received them while moving into her hall.

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