By Bryon Wells and Tom Collins
Arizona Daily Wildcat
January 26, 1998

Police Beat

Two Tucson teen-agers were cited Thursday on charges of disturbing the peaceful conduct of an education institution after university police saw them "hotdogging" outside of Arizona-Sonora Residence Hall, 910 E. Fifth St.

A male student called police at 4:39 p.m. and complained of noisy skateboarders in front of the hall.

Police arrived and spotted three youths skateboarding off the benches and yelling. One skater saw police and ran off, but the other two, both 16, were stopped by officers as they started to leave. A computer check showed both youths had previously been warned by university police for skateboarding on campus.

The two were cited and taken to police headquarters. One boy's mother picked him up, while the other was taken to meet his mother at a local elementary school.

A 49-year-old Tucson man was cited on a trespassing charge Wednesday after university police found him asleep in the Medical College Library, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.

Michael Aaron McKelvey, of the 7000 block of South Sixth Avenue, was arrested after an officer found him asleep at 5:08 a.m. in the library's northeast reading room, according to police reports.

The officer recognized McKelvey from a previous contact and a computer check showed he had been warned about trespassing before, reports stated.

The officer woke McKelvey, cited him on a charge of criminal trespassing and released him.

Nearly $3,000 worth of stereo equipment and compact discs were reported stolen last week from a student's car in the Park Avenue Garage, 1140 N. Park Ave.

The man told university police he parked his 1992 Pontiac Firebird at 9 p.m. Tuesday and returned at 11 a.m. Wednesday to find his passenger window broken and the equipment missing.

The student told police his $500 CD player was taken, as well as a $50 flashlight, a $150 amplifier, a $25 wiring harness, a $25 installation kit and 25 CDs valued at $15 each. An $800 speaker box and a $100 cellular phone were also taken.

The value of the damaged window was unknown.

A student reported Thursday that someone tried to steal her 1997 Jeep from Lot 2119, at East Speedway Boulevard and North Vine Avenue, a day earlier.

The woman said she parked the car Wednesday at 1:30 a.m. and returned at 3:15 p.m. that day to find the ignition switch broken and a tear in the vehicle's plastic window.

Someone had tried to start the car with "something other than a key," police reports stated.

The value of the damage was unknown.

Someone took a female student's clothes Jan. 19 from the laundry room at La Paz Residence Hall, 602 N. Highland Ave.

The student told university police her laundry was taken from a washing machine at the dorm between 1 and 2 p.m. She told she police did not see anyone suspicious in the area.

Items missing included a blue towel, valued at $20, a pair of green sweat pants valued at $25, and a $50 pair of DKNY jeans, police reports stated.

A female student reported being involved in a hit-and-run collision Monday night in Lot 3046, at East First Street and North Highland Avenue.

The woman told university police she pulled her 1984 Chevrolet pickup into an open parking space about 4 p.m. and started searching for quarters for the parking meter.

The student told police a man driving a 1988 light blue Toyota pickup struck the right side of her vehicle's rear bumper while attempting to park in an adjacent space.

According to police reports, the man's truck sustained damage to the driver's-side door.

The student told police that when she got out to check the damage to her car, the man backed up his truck and drove away.

A University of Arizona Parking and Transportation Services employee gave police a baby stroller he found Thursday in Lot 2030 near North Martin Avenue and East Mabel Street.

The man turned the white and blue stroller in to university police at 11:26 a.m. Thursday.

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