Police Beat

Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
August 30, 1996

University police arrested a man when they responded to the Main Library Wednesday at 6:36 p.m. after the man dialed 911, complaining of a seizure.
The man, John Roger Hoarn, 46, of a general delivery address, expressed discomfort when University of Arizona Police Department dispatch informed him that police would accompany medical help.
A computer check on Hoarn revealed a warrant for his arrest for failure to appear on a 1994 disorderly conduct charge through UAPD.
Hoarn had told dispatch he would be in the library, but when police arrived, Hoarn was found on the lawn northeast of the library at 1510 E. University Blvd.
He told police he had taken Benadryl, seen spots and fainted.
Hoarn was handcuffed and taken to Kino Community Hospital, 2800 E. Ajo Way.
In the ambulance, Hoarn threatened a university police officer. According to police reports, Hoarn told the officer he would get his .45-caliber gun, find out where the officer lived and shoot her.
While at the Kino Hospital, Hoarn "talked loudly" and had to be restrained and moved to separate room, reports stated.
Hoarn was released from the hospital and arrested on the warrant and for threats. He was booked into Pima County Jail.

A truck parked in the UA lot at East Ninth Street and North Fremont Avenue was vandalized Wednesday in what appeared to be an attempted theft.
A male student parked and locked his 1986 GMC truck at 7 a.m. He returned at 5 p.m. and found a man crouched behind his truck.
The man got into a white car driven by a second man and drove off.
The driver's side window of the truck was pushed in and the steering column punctured.
Nothing was missing from the truck, and no evidence was found.

A backpack was taken Wednesday from the UA Associated Students Bookstore, 1209 E. University Blvd.
A male student put his backpack down at 10:56 a.m. on the floor next to the shelves at the store's entrance. When he returned at 11:07 a.m., the backpack was gone.
Police and the student watched the store's video surveillance tape, but were unable to see any suspicious activity.
The blue backpack contained several texts, notebooks, an Arizona driver license, and a UA student ID. The value of these items was unknown.

A license plate was taken Wednesday from a car parked in the UA lot at East Sixth Street and North Fremont Avenue.
A male student said he had parked his Toyota in the lot at noon, and returned at 3:15 p.m. to discover the license plate missing.
There was no other damage to or theft from the car.
The value of the California license plate was unknown.

A mountain bicycle was taken Wednesday from the Drama and Theater building, 1025 N. Olive Road.
A male student told university police he had left his bicycle unlocked at 11 a.m. in the basement of the building. He returned at 1:50 p.m. and found the bicycle was missing.
The blue Trek mountain bicycle had a flat tire and rear rack. It was valued at $230.

A UA professor called police at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday after he received a suspicious piece of mail.
The professor received a white, letter-sized envelope postmarked in Philadelphia.
The envelope contained a newspaper clipping about a shooting in San Diego, in which a student shot three professors.
The UA professor told police he had acquaintances in Philadelphia, but did not know of any students unhappy with him.
University police advised the professor to call them if he receives any more odd mail.

Several parking meters in the UA lot at East Mabel Street and North Warren Avenue were vandalized.
A Parking and Transportation Services employee reported the damage to university police Monday.
The windows of 14 meters were spray-painted black, making the time on the meters unreadable.
The value of the damage was unknown.

Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Reports.