Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
December 5, 1996

The Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity house was spray painted with graffiti Monday.
A male student told university police he left the house, 1510 N. Vine Ave., at 8:30 p.m. When he returned at 9:15 p.m., he noticed the graffiti on the west wall of the house.
"V-DAY" was written in black spray paint. A swastika was drawn under the words.
The student told police he did not know who would have vandalized the house.
The fraternity re-painted the wall that evening.

Several plants were reported destroyed Monday at the university's Campbell Farms, 4049 N. Campbell Ave.
A male employee told university police that the plants, located on the east side of the entrance road to the farm, were fine Saturday at 2:30 p.m. when he left. He said he returned Sunday at 6:30 p.m. and saw that the plants had been destroyed. Police reports did not indicate how the plants had been damaged.
Police found tire marks in the field, but could not identify the tread because of the soft dirt.
The 19 agave plants were valued at $455.

A water bottle flung from Navajo-Pinal-Sierra Residence Hall Monday hit a Tucson man's vehicle.
The man told university police he was driving west on East Sixth Street at 9:35 p.m. when the bottle was tossed from a window in the hall, 1557 E. Sixth St., and hit his car. The man said he slammed on his brakes and was nearly hit by the vehicle behind him. He then drove to police headquarters and reported the incident.
He told police he heard a man's voice from the window.
Police took the man to the hall and he identified the window from which the bottle had come. Police tried to contact the residents of the room, but they were not there, so police spoke to a resident assistant.
Later, one of the room's residents called police and said she and her roommate were out when the incident occurred and that no one else had access to the room.

Several items were reported taken over the weekend from a male student's room in Cochise Residence Hall, 1018 E. South Campus Drive.
The student told university police that he locked his room and left for the weekend Nov. 27 at 5:30 p.m. He said a friend of his noticed his room unlocked Sunday afternoon.
The student returned Sunday at 8:30 p.m. and discovered his room unlocked and a traffic citation, $50 cash and six Icecats hockey tickets missing.
He said his suite mate might have left the door unlocked. The hockey tickets were valued at $48.

Two chairs taken over the weekend from the offices of KUAT, 1423 E. University Blvd.
An employee told university police the chairs were last seen Saturday at 9 a.m. He said another employee told him the chairs were missing Sunday at 8 a.m. The employee told police the doors to the lobby were locked, but it was accessible by elevator.
The straight-backed, black chairs with teal cushions were valued at $90 each.

A refrigerator which contained students' food and drinks was emptied Monday at the Ina E. Gittings Building, 1713 E. University Blvd.A female employee told university police the refrigerator was raided Monday between 4:15 p.m. and 11 p.m.
She said the room in which the refrigerator was kept was unlocked so students can get to their food. The refrigerator itself was locked by a chain through the handle.The handle's screws were removed.
The employee told police she suspected that skateboarders opened the refrigerator. She said the doors to the building are often open in the evening for dance practices, and that skateboarders had been sighted in the building at the time the theft occurred.
The value of the food and drink items was unknown.

A cellular telephone was reported stolen Tuesday from the Education building, 1430 E. Second St.
A female employee told university police the telephone was taken from a second floor room between Tuesday at 10 a.m. and Monday at 1:30 p.m.
The employee said she had attempted to call the telephone's number, but got no response. She said the telephone's service company had no records of any calls made during that time.
The Motorola flip phone belongs to the Education Department. It was valued at $99.

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