By Alicia A. Caldwell
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 6, 1997

Police Beat

A female student called university police about 9 p.m. Monday after being harassed by her former roommates outside the Modern Languages building, 1423 E. University Blvd.

The student told officers she had recently moved out of an apartment and had paid those same roommates $600 for rent and other charges earlier that morning, police reports stated.

The roommates allegedly approached the student and told her they wanted $35 more. They also asked if she found her missing bed frame and other items, police reports stated. Tucson Police Department is looking into the missing items.

According to police reports, a second female student witnessed one of the roommates approach the student at 5 p.m. and ask for the $35 again.

The student reportedly told her former roommate she had paid them and the roommate called her a liar and asked her for money again, police reports stated.

The student and witness told officers the roommate followed the student across North Euclid Avenue to her car.

The student was told to call police again if the harassment continued.

A UA employee called university police Monday just before 9 a.m. after he found two cylindrical concrete ashtrays had been rolled down separate walkways at McKale Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive.

Another employee saw the first ashtray, apparently taken from the west side of the building, at 10 p.m. Sunday after it was rolled down the southwestern exterior ramp, police reports stated.

The ashtray reportedly hit and broke the railing at the bottom of the ramp.

The employee told officers he found the second ash tray, taken from outside a McKale Center entrance at 3 a.m. Monday. It had hit a wall and shattered.

It appeared to have been rolled down an interior ramp, police reports stated.

The ashtrays were valued at $120 each. The value of the railing was unknown.

A female employee called university police Tuesday after finding her cellular telephone missing from her purse.

The employee told officers she put her purse in Room 438 of the Physics and Atmospheric Sciences building about 5:15 p.m., police reports stated.

She left the room, her office, between 5:15 and 5:50 p.m., leaving the door open and lights off. She returned to find the phone missing from her purse, police reports stated.

The employee told officers she thought the phone, belonging to Tucson Rape Crisis Center, was at home but when she could not find it she called police, reports stated.

The employee reportedly called Cellular One to stop service on the phone and was told it was in use at the time.

The employee and officers are waiting for the phone bill to be issued to determine phone numbers called from the phone after its reported theft.

The phone was valued at more than $50.

University police got a call from a female student Tuesday after she found her 18-speed mountain bike missing from racks near Graham-Greenlee Residence Hall, 1418 E. Fourth St.

The student told officers she parked her bike and locked it with a cable lock Oct. 29 about 10 a.m., police reports stated.

She reportedly secured the front tire to the bike rack with a U-Lock. When she came back at 7 p.m. Tuesday, the bike was gone but the front tire was still there.

The bike and cable lock were valued at $195.

Two bicycles were reported stolen last week:

A female student called university police Thursday after finding her Trek mountain bike missing from a bicycle rack near the Center for Computer and Information Technology, 1077 N. Highland Ave.

The student told officers she locked her bike to the rack with a cable lock outside CCIT at 1:15 p.m. When she came back at 1:45 p.m. the bike and lock were gone.

The bike and lock were valued at more than $290.

In a separate incident, a male student called university police Friday after finding his Huffy Superior 15-speed bicycle missing.

The student told officers he locked his bike at 11 a.m. to the rack near the Center for English as a Second Language, 1100 E. North Campus Drive.

When he came back at 6 p.m. the bike and lock were gone, police reports stated.

The bike and lock were valued at $130.

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