By Alicia A. Caldwell
Arizona Daily Wildcat
November 26, 1997

Police Beat

A Tucson man called university police Friday after discovering his Sony video camera missing.

The man told officers he took the camera to the Midnight Madness basketball exhibition game on Oct. 19 at McKale Center, 1721 E. Enke Drive.

He was reportedly video taping the game when he left his seat to go to the snack bar. He told officers he put the camera on the seat next to him when he left, police reports stated.

When he came back to his seat a few minutes later he did not remember seeing the camera, police reports stated.

He reportedly does not remember carrying the camera out of McKale Center that night.

He told officers he called lost and found officials at McKale Center but has not gotten a call back, police reports stated.

The camera was valued at $700.

A female student called university police Thursday after seeing two men drive by and yell at another woman.

The student was reportedly on her way to class, walking north on North Park Avenue near East Second Street at about 9:30 a.m.

She told officers she saw a blue Honda Accord driving north on Park Avenue and heard the men yelling at the woman, police reports stated.

The men yelled, "Hey white bitches, we could take you right now," police reports stated.

According to police reports, the student did not know what they meant by the comments but believed they were sexual.

The woman reportedly turned right on Second Street while the men continued north on Park. The student did not see the car's license place, police reports stated.

A female student called university police Saturday after she found her purse missing from the Music building, 1017 N. Olive St.

The student told officers he left her purse outside room 162 at 3 p.m. when she went to practice, police reports stated.

She reportedly put her purse next to several other things.

She came back to the area at 3:30 p.m. and the purse was gone, police reports stated.

According to police reports, nothing else was missing.

The value of the purse and its contents were valued at more than $18.

A male employee called university police Monday after finding the outer panels of the Campbell Farms green houses damaged

The employee told officers golf balls hit the green houses, 4101 N. Campbell Ave., several times beginning on Friday, police reports stated.

Officers went across the street to Rancho Montaña apartments, 2000 E. Roger Road, and found golf divots outside building "H," police reports stated.

The managers of the building were reportedly notified and asked to circulate a message about the golfer to all the residents.

The panels were valued at over $275.

A female student called university police to tell them her ex-boyfriend was bothering her at her Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall room, 910 E. Fifth St.

The student told officers she broke up with her boyfriend after a 20-month relationship and has since refused to talk to him, police reports stated.

He reportedly continues to call her and comes to her door. She told officers she is staying with a friend, police reports stated.

The student told officers the ex-boyfriend had repeatedly called asking for his belongings, then called apologizing and then again, crying.

The student told officers the ex-boyfriend has been violent in the past but has not made any threats of late, police reports stated.

Officers told the student to call UAPD to set up a time for her ex-boyfriend to come and pick up his belongings, police reports stated.

The student was also told to call officers if the man returns to her room, police reports stated.

A male employee called police Monday after finding his Cannondale street bike and his wife's Balance mountain bike missing from racks near Family and Consumer Resources building, 1430 E. South Campus Drive.

The employee told officers he and his wife parked and locked their bikes with a U-lock at 3 p.m., police reports stated.

When they returned at 6 p.m. both bikes and the lock were missing, police reports stated.

The bikes and U-lock were valued at more than $2,530.

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