By John Brown
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 16, 1997

Police Beat

A woman reported she lost her $15,000 watch while attending a show this weekend at Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.

The 35-year-old woman told university police she parked in a lot near the university about 7:30 p.m., watched the show and then walked back to her car at 9:30 p.m.

According to police reports, the woman didn't realize the gold Chopard Happy Diamond watch was missing until she got home.

A student reported he watched a bike theft occur early Tuesday outside Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall, 910 E. Fifth St.

The student told university police he was walking on North Park Avenue about 12:50 a.m. when he saw a man in the bike racks on the hall's east side looking for a bike, according to police reports.

The student told police he saw the man cut a bicycle's lock and then move the bike closer to another rack, reports stated.

According to reports, the student said the man cut several more locks, however, responding officers were unable to find any of the cut locks.

The student told police the man rode the bike past him then headed west toward North Euclid Avenue, reports stated.

Police were unable to locate the man.

A female student's discovery of Playboy magazines in her boyfriend's bathroom apparently sparked an argument in a residence hall Tuesday night.

University police were called about 1 a.m. after the arguing couple came into the computer lab in Apache-Santa Cruz Residence Hall, 1420 E. Fifth St.

Police found the student, a hall resident, nearby.

The student told police she had argued with her boyfriend about the magazines when he picked her up to go to his house, police reports stated.

According to reports, the argument continued as she checked her e-mail in the hall computer lab.

The student's boyfriend told police he was upset that his girlfriend went into the lab because he felt she was stalling and avoiding the issue.

According to reports, the two left the lab because the boyfriend was being loud and disturbing other students.

When a lab monitor followed them outside, the student's boyfriend told the man it was none of his business.

The monitor told police he had gone outside because he saw the student's boyfriend grab the student when they were in the lab and he wanted to make sure everything was all right.

According to reports, the woman then walked away while the monitor and the boyfriend were talking.

Police warned the student's boyfriend about making threats and sent him home, suggesting the two stay separated for the night.

A student told university police he saw a man Tuesday wandering the third floor of the Main Library allegedly being voyeuristic.

According to police reports, he was identified as one of the five men a male student had reported seeing last week acting suspiciously in the library, 1510 E. University Blvd.

The student's girlfriend told police the man sat across from her and started watching her.

When police found the man he told officers that he has a problem with voyeurism and is attending a class for people with sexual problems, police reports stated.

The woman didn't want to press charges so police warned him for criminal trespassing and told him not to return to the library, reports stated.

The man told police he would not return now that officers know who he is.

Nearly $1,000 worth of stereo equipment was taken Monday from a vehicle parked in the Cherry Avenue Garage, 1651 E. Enke Drive.

An employee told university police a pair of MTX 10-inch speakers, two Sony amplifiers and three Audiotronic amplifiers were taken from his Acura Legend between 9 and 11 p.m.

According to police reports, the right, rear window of the car appeared to have been broken with a screwdriver. The car's steering console was also damaged.

The speakers are valued at $200, the Sony amps at $150 and the other amps at $250.

Police are investigating two other similar thefts that occurred during the same time period.

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