By John Brown
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 6, 1997

Police Beat

A female student was arrested for underage drinking after university police saw her stumbling along East Fourth Street near North Tyndall Avenue.

University police spotted Megan Hunt, 18, a Coronado Residence Hall resident, just after 1 a.m. Thursday sitting on the curb near the intersection.

When Hunt saw police, she got up and started walking east on Fourth Street.

According to reports, Hunt was having a hard time balancing, swaying from side to side.

Hunt told police she drank about four beers at Kaibab-Huachuca Residence Hall, 922 E. Fourth St., but could not remember where or with whom.

Hunt was cited and released to her roommate.

A female student was cited for having a fake driver license just ten days before she turns 21.

Shenna Lin Baccus, of the 1800 block of East Blackridge Drive, was cited for possession of a fictitious license when she went to university police headquarters to pick up her lost wallet, police reports stated.

According to police reports, Baccus lost the wallet last week near the Harvill Building, 1103 E. Second St.

University police found two licenses in the wallet and confronted Baccus when she came to pick it up.

Baccus told police she found the identification in a Phoenix parking lot and only used it to get in pool halls, but not to purchase alcohol.

A female student reported receiving harassing phone calls at Kaibab-Huachuca Residence Hall, 922 E. Fourth St.

The student called university police Wednesday after the two calls between 10 and 10:30 p.m.

The student told police a male caller with a "strange" voice swore at her and threatened her before she finally hung up.

The man called back and the student asked, " Do I know you?"

The man replied, "Yes," and the student hung up again.

A student reported his backpack was stolen from an open shelf at the UA Associated Students Bookstore, 1209 E. University Blvd.

The student told university police he put his green Jansport pack on a shelf about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday and returned at 3:22 to find it gone.

According to police reports, the student notified store security, but the store's surveillance camera was not directed toward the entrance at the time of the theft.

University police arrested a male student on drunken driving charges after reportedly spotting him speeding on East Sixth Street.

Police cited Greg B. Walsh, 24, of the 2700 block of Cartmay Circle, on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding, according to police reports.

Police stopped Walsh after radar clocked him going 47 mph in a 30 mph zone about 1 a.m. Thursday, police reports stated.

According to reports, the officer could smell alcohol on Walsh's breath and his speech was reportedly slurred and slow.

Walsh told police he "had a few" that night.

He was taken to Tucson General Hospital for a blood test and later released to a cab company.

A bicycle was stolen from the east side of Coronado Residence Hall, 822 E. Fifth St., between Sept. 25 and 30.

According to police reports, the $180 bike was secured with a U-lock.

A mountain bike was swiped from the north side of the Optical Sciences Center within an hour Thursday.

The $375 bike was secured with a U-lock and taken between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m., police reports stated.

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