By Bryon Wells
Arizona Daily Wildcat
March 13, 1998

Police Beat

Two Tucson women called university police Wednesday afternoon to report loud music blaring from the Kappa Alpha fraternity house, 906 N. First Ave.

An officer arrived at 4:05 p.m. and noticed the music was "moderately loud," police reports stated.

One of the women asked the officer to come to her back yard to listen to the "racket" coming from the fraternity, reports stated.

Having received other complaints earlier that day, the officer told the fraternity president that the music would have to be turned down.

The fraternity president said he would turn the music off, and police later explained to everyone involved that they would have to come to a compromise.

University police Wednesday found a man who had apparently made himself at home in the Arizona Health Sciences Center Library and Research Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.

At 2:57 a.m., police discovered a 23-year-old Tucson man asleep at a desk on the fourth floor with a blanket, pillow, and several bags containing his belongings, police reports stated.

The man told police he was not a student or employee, and police warned him about criminal trespassing, reports stated.

A Tucson woman reported being harassed by four to five men Wednesday evening while walking near the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house, 1340 E. First St.

The woman told police she was walking south near the west side of the house at 6:45 p.m. when about five men began yelling at her from the terrace, saying, "Hey baby, where 'ya goin'?" police reports stated.

The woman told police she just kept walking until one of them shouted, "You fuckin' whore," and then threw a chair from the terrace, which landed about 15 feet from her, reports stated.

She told police she was unable to identify any of the men because of the darkness.

A UA employee reported Wednesday that a carload of people armed with paintball guns splattered some windows during a drive-by attack of the Student Recreation Center, 1400 E. Sixth St.

The employee told police she saw the raid at 9:24 p.m. but could not give a description of the vehicle or its occupants.

The attackers hit 10 windows on the north side of the building, leaving small circles of yellow paint, which were still wet when police arrived, reports stated.

A McKale Ticket Office employee called university police Tuesday to report a man who mentioned firing a shotgun during a ticket dispute at McKale Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive.

The woman told police the man came to her window at 12:25 p.m. Tuesday and requested his season ticket seating for this weekend's first- and second-round NCAA women's basketball tournament at McKale, police reports stated. The employee told the man that she could not guarantee that seating because the tournament is not a varsity event, reports stated.

The man then became angry and then said "he would start shooting his shotgun," reports stated.

Police later called the man and asked him what had happened at the ticket office that day.

The man told police he did not mention firing a shotgun, reports stated.

The man then said, "Several years ago you could fire a shotgun inside McKale during a game and be able to hear it. Today, you could fire a shotgun inside McKale during a game and not hear it," reports stated.

The officer decided the employee may have misunderstood the man, reports stated.

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