By John Brown
Arizona Daily Wildcat
October 17, 1997

Police Beat

University police arrested two male students on drug charges last weekend at East Fifth Street and North Highland Avenue.

Officers went to the lawn area Saturday at 2:30 a.m. after receiving a report of people smoking marijuana.

Officers found Clayton C. Lawrie, 19, a Manzanita-Mohave resident, Jefferson D. Moore, 18, an Apache-Santa Cruz resident and two other 19-year-old male students sitting on the lawn by a palm tree, police reports stated.

According to police reports, Lawrie's clothes and breath smelled like marijuana and his eyes were red, watery and blood shot.

Lawrie denied having smoked marijuana and when officers asked to check his pockets he said, "Go ahead, I don't mind," reports stated.

According to reports, the officer found a warm glass pipe in Lawrie's right front pocket.

He was cited and released on drug paraphernalia charges.

Meanwhile another officer talked to Moore and the other students who he saw sitting next to a blue backpack.

The students told police they didn't know who owned the pack. According to reports, the officer assumed the bag was lost and searched it to find out who the owner was.

The officer found a change of schedule form and a check book with Moore's name on it, but Moore still denied it was his pack, reports stated.

Eventually a police dog sniffed out a bag inside the backpack that contained about 17 grams of a "green leafy substance," reports stated.

Moore told police the pack belonged to a girl named "Chris" who also lives in Apache-Santa Cruz. He told police he didn't know "Chris"' room or phone number.

Police took Moore to headquarters where they discovered homework and a letter with Moore's name on it in the backpack, reports stated.

Moore was cited for false reporting and marijuana possession and released.

A plastic bag of recyclable paper that caught on fire Tuesday in front of the Administration building was apparently sparked by a wind-blown cigarette butt.

A student told university police he was walking toward the building, 1401 E. University Blvd., about 10 a.m. when he saw two women who appeared to be employees smoking on the south side next to an ash urn and the bag of papers. It was windy.

The student told police he came out of the building about five minutes later and found a woman armed with a fire extinguisher battling the blazing bag of trash, police reports stated.

When an officer arrived, the wind was blowing the burning paper away. He took an entrance floor mat and covered smoldering remnants, reports stated.

Tucson Fire Department arrived and put out the fire.

The student told police he believed the blaze was an accident caused by the butt being blown from the ash urn onto the bag.

A student was arrested Wednesday after Parking and Transportation officers found he had removed an impound boot from his vehicle at East University Boulevard and North Cherry Avenue.

When university police arrived at 2:20 p.m. Joseph P. McCaffrey, 20, of the 1800 block of East Blacklidge Drive, was being detained by parking officers.

According to reports, the boot was placed on his Jeep Wrangler because of six parking violations, however McCaffrey said he was only aware of two unpaid tickets.

The boot was put back on the vehicle and parking officers told McCaffrey it could be removed once he paid his fines.

Police cited him on criminal damage charges and released him after he promised to appear in court.

Officers also discovered his license was suspended from failure to pay on a moving violation and took it from him.

An employee reported Wednesday that a $1,400 microphone stolen from a recording studio at the Music building, 1017 N. Olive Ave.

The recording studio coordinator told university police he last saw the silver microphone Sept. 18 and the room was locked that day by a studio engineer.

The man told police the studio was found unlocked Monday at 10 a.m. and the microphone was missing.

According to reports, several people have keys to the room and the door is sometimes unlocked during the week for recording.

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