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    A woman scratched her fingernails across a student’s car Tuesday afternoon while it was parked in Tyndall Avenue Parking Garage, 880 E. Fourth St., after the student didn’t return her Tupperware, reports stated.

    The student told police his car was fine around 1 p.m. and said he noticed his car was damaged around 2 p.m.

    There were scratches on the left and right rear panels of the car and on top of the trunk.

    The student said he had taken his car to a repair shop and they had told him it would cost $1,728.92 to fix.

    The student said the woman had knocked on his door a little after 1 p.m. The student said he hadn’t answered the door because he knew the woman wanted her Tupperware back.

    The student told police he suspected the woman of damaging his car because right after she came over, he noticed the scratches, reports stated.

    Police called the woman and told her the student suspected her of damaging his car.

    The woman admitted that she had scratched her fingernails across the student’s car. The woman said she had done it because she was mad at the student for not returning her Tupperware and for not answering the door.

    The student said he did not want to press charges against the woman.

    The woman wrote the student a check for the damage, reports stated.


    A student found another student’s wallet the night of Feb. 24 at the Marley building, 1145 E. Fourth St., reports stated.

    The student told police he found the wallet on the ground around 8 p.m. The student said no one had been around to claim the wallet.


    A student’s $115 parking permit was stolen sometime between Feb. 20 and Feb. 26 while his car was parked in a Zone 1 parking lot, 1425 E. Sixth St., reports stated.

    The student said he parked his car around 10 p.m. on Feb. 20 and said he returned around 2:30 p.m.on Feb. 26 to find two parking tickets.

    The student said he then realized his parking permit had been taken.

    The student said he had left his passenger window down about 4 inches.

    Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


    A UA employee’s $20 heart-shaped silver brooch was stolen sometime between Feb. 16 and Feb. 17 from her office in the College of Nursing, 1305 N. Mountain Ave., reports stated.

    The employee said the brooch had been on her blazer and said she had left the blazer on a chair in her office around 5 p.m. on Feb. 16. The employee said she returned around 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 17 to find the brooch gone.

    The employee told police her office door had been locked, but said several other employees had keys to the room.

    The employee said the brooch could not have fallen off accidentally. The employee said even though the brooch wasn’t of much value, she was still very fond of it.

    Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


    A UA employee’s black fanny pack was stolen Feb. 23 from her office in the University Teaching Center, 1017 N. Mountain Ave., reports stated.

    The employee said she had left the fanny pack on her desk around 11:30 a.m. and said she came back an hour later to find it gone. The woman said the office door had been left unlocked.

    The fanny pack held $30, polished stones, a wallet, stamps and credit cards.

    The woman said she had canceled her credit cards.

    Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


    A student’s car was damaged sometime between Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 while it was parked under a second-story window at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house, 1509 E. Second St., reports stated.

    The student said his car was fine around 3:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 and said he noticed the damage around 11 a.m. the next day.

    The front windshield and the skylight were shattered. There were also between 10 and 15 small dents on the hood and the left side of the car.

    Police noticed red and blue paint transfer in many of the dents. It looked like someone had poured a liquid on the car, which left a dry residue.

    There was a broken Captain Morgan bottle 5 feet from the car.

    There were also several red and blue drawers strewn around the building. It looked like pieces of the drawers were broken off inside the car.

    The student said no one lived in the room on the second floor above the car and said anyone in the fraternity could use it.

    Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.


    Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department Records. For a complete list of UAPD activity, the daily resumǸ can be found at www.uapd.arizona.edu.

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