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A UA employee called university police Sunday after someone broke into a computer lab on campus and in stole about $9,000 computers equipment, police reports stated.

The man said a lab assistant who works for him in the Engineering building, 1127 E. North Campus Dr., left the lab Saturday evening at about 11:07 p.m. and the door to the lab was locked, reports stated.

Sometime between then and 8 a.m. Sunday morning, someone used a generic passcode to enter the lab and steal the computers and computer parts, reports stated.

The lab assistant called his boss to see if the computers had been taken for servicing, and his boss said they should have been in the room.

Three Hewlett Packard Vectra computers valued at an estimated $2,000 apiece were stolen along with random-access memory cards from three other computers valued at a total of $900 and processor chips from three other computers valued at an estimated $900.

The man said he wants to contact the other lab assistants to see if they know about the stolen computers and parts and requested UAPD detectives look into the matter further.

A construction worker working near the Memorial Student Union, 1303 E. University Blvd., called UAPD dispatch Monday after another worker drove a concrete stake through a natural gas pipeline near the union, reports stated.

The man said the line had been moved to accommodate construction, and Tucson Fire Department and Southeast Gas were called to take care of the gas leak.

Southwest Gas capped the pipeline while fire department workers watched the scene.

Southwest Gas then fixed the pipe and offered to light any pilot lights that had gone out during the time the gas was cut off.

UA Risk Management was notified that gas lines to the Memorial Student Union and the Chemistry building, 1127 E. University Blvd., were shut off until the leak was fixed.

Two UA students separately called UAPD Monday after their vehicles were broken into at the same UA parking lot, reports stated.

The first student said he parked his car in a lot at 1420 E. Seventh St. at about 3 p.m., locked it and left.

When he returned to his car at about 4:57 p.m. he noticed his passenger-side window had been shattered and someone attempted to steal his car stereo, reports stated.

The stereo was not stolen, but the dash console was damaged.

Police lifted some fingerprints from the car that may be usable for evidence, reports stated.

The man didn't have any idea who broke into his car, but another man at the scene approached the officer and said he saw two males near where the victim's vehicle was parked.

He told police that when he saw the two males, they went to a Chevrolet Camaro parked nearby and began to back out of the parking spot, reports stated.

When he left the scene, he saw the Camaro pull back into the parking spot.

The other person whose vehicle was broken into told police she parked her vehicle at about 9:45 a.m. and when she returned to it at about 4:50 p.m. it had been broken into and items had been stolen. Her truck was parked just two spaces east from the other victim's vehicle.

A compact disc case containing 24 compact discs was stolen. It was valued at an estimated $400.

Her dash console was also damaged as whoever broke into the vehicle tried and failed in an attempt to steal her stereo. Fingerprints were also found on her vehicle.

Police arrested a man Monday after pulling him over for speeding, tailgating and changing lanes on a road near campus, reports stated.

An officer saw Larry Fincher, 21, of the 900 block of East Berkshire Circle, traveling 50 mph in a 35 mph zone at about 6:58 p.m. on North Campbell Avenue at East Elm Street while tailgating other motorists and changing lanes without signaling, reports stated.

The officer pulled him over at Campbell and East Speedway Boulevard and he admitted to driving with a suspended license, having no proof of insurance and expired registration, reports stated.

The officer also noticed a .38 caliber handgun lying in plain view on the front passenger seat. Fincher had a permit for the gun, reports stated.

He was cited on suspicion of driving with a suspended license, no proof of insurance and expired car registration. He was released to his girlfriend who picked him up at the scene.

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