Police Beat

The woman told university police she was driving southbound on North Cherry Avenue near First Street at 5:15 p.m. when she saw the mostly naked man with feathers stuck to his body running down the street.

The woman said the man was followed closely by 15 or more "fraternity members" on bicycles, police reports stated.

The woman also told police sorority members were lined up and cheering on the sidewalks in front of Delta Gamma, Alpha Delta Pi and Gamma Phi Beta sorority houses. The woman told police the women had likely been told in advance that the man would be running.

According to police reports, the woman had no idea where the man or men on bicycles were from.

When police asked how the woman knew the man was naked, she said, "On his buttocks there were too few feathers," police reports stated. Police reports also stated the woman could not tell whether the man's genitals were exposed.

The woman told police she was concerned that the incident was a hazing and that it was humiliating to the man involved. Police reports also stated the woman felt it was unadult behavior not worthy of either fraternities or sororities.

According to reports, the woman was "very offended" and said she would contact the Dean of Students Office, the Panhellenic Association and university President Manuel Pacheco's office.

Police forwarded the report to the Dean of Students.

A cactus was found on fire Wednesday in the cactus garden south of the Administration building, 1403 E. University Blvd.

According to university police reports, a man called police from an emergency call box in front of Apache-Santa Cruz Residence Hall, 1420 E. Fifth St., and reported a fire north of East Sixth Street and North Highland Avenue.

Police found the cactus on fire at 2:51 a.m.

A boot print was found at the scene but was walked over and soaked when the Tucson Fire Department put out the fire, police reports stated.

The value of damage to the cactus was unknown.

A UA female employee reported that the Department of Psychiatry received harassing faxes Tuesday at the Arizona Health Sciences Center, 1501 E. Campbell Ave.

The employee told university police two faxes were received Jan. 17. Police reports stated the faxes were from someone unhappy with the care he received from the psychiatrists.

According to police reports, one of the faxes said, "Stay away from psychiatrists! Stop the neurological damage! Take action! Save future victims!"The employee said two faxes were sent Jan. 28 from the same man, police reports stated.

Police reports stated that the man had never been a patient at the University of Arizona psychiatry unit.

The employee said the department did not feel afraid or threatened by the faxes. She told police she would be concerned if the man contacts the department again and becomes threatening or violent.

A female student reported a message painted in purple letters Wednesday on the front steps of the Alpha Omicron Pi sorority house, 1731 E. Second St.

The student told university police the message, painted about 6:30 a.m., said "ZKM is coming to get you" in 4-inch-tall letters, police reports stated.

Reports also stated the damage may have been caused by someone at Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, 1745 E. Second St., because the house had "a purple-painted door." Police spoke with a member of the fraternity who said no one had been painting in over three weeks.The value of the damage was unknown.

A Pima County Juvenile Parole official reported his badge and badge holder missing Tuesday from his 1993 Nissan pickup parked in Lot 5082, at East Sixth Street and North Fremont Avenue.

The employee told university police he parked his truck in the lot Sunday. When he came back an hour later, he found his driver-side window had been broken.

While getting the window repaired Monday, the employee noticed his badge and badge holder missing from between the truck's seats.

The value of the damage was unknown.

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