A student and a second man were arrested for underage drinking, criminal damage and burglary at 4:11 a.m. Saturday after a student reported seeing the men break into a car parked on North Highland Avenue and East Fourth Street, reports stated.
The student told police he saw the men smash a vehicle’s window and remove several items from inside.
An officer said the subjects were running from him near East University Boulevard and North Cherry Avenue, reports stated.
A second officer observed the two men running south between the Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd., and Bear Down Gymnasium, 1428 E. University Blvd., reports stated.
The officer stepped in front of the men and ordered them to stop three times before they finally stopped running, reports stated.
The men were ordered facedown on the ground and handcuffed, reports stated.
Witnesses positively identified the men as the ones who had broken into the vehicle, reports stated.
The male subject told police he understood he was under arrest and would answer the officer’s questions by saying, “”yes””, reports stated.
The officer asked the man how much he had to drink and the man told the officer he was not going to answer, reports stated.
The officer noticed a strong odor of intoxicants coming from the man, reports stated.
Police found a business card in the man’s front-left pocket, reports stated. The business card had the name of the vehicle’s registered owner.
Police found the same business card in the student’s possession along with an insurance card with the vehicle’s owner’s name on it, reports stated.
Police found a radar detector, gate remote, earphones and a cellular phone charger in the men’s possession. All the items had been taken from the vehicle, reports stated.
Police also recovered a red and white umbrella the men had stolen from the vehicle and thrown while running, reports stated.
The men were transported and booked into Pima County Jail, reports stated.
A UA employee found a brown leather wallet Sunday morning in a parking lot near the Park Student Union, 615 N. Park Ave., reports stated.
The wallet contained three licenses belonging to three different people and credit cards belonging to two of them, reports stated.
The wallet also contained $11 in U.S. currency and $5 in Belize currency, reports stated.
The items were placed into found property, reports stated.
Police have no suspects or witnesses, reports stated.
A UA employee found an engagement ring at 12:26 p.m. Feb. 18 in a parking lot on the west side of the Social Sciences building, 1145 E. South Campus Drive, reports stated.
The ring’s band was 14K gold with green leaf inlays and a small diamond on top, reports stated.
The owner of the ring could not be located.
The ring was placed into found property for safekeeping, reports stated.
A student’s $1,000 laptop computer was stolen Friday from his bedroom in the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity house, reports stated.
The student told police he left his room at 5:30 a.m., and when he returned at 8:30 a.m., the laptop was missing.
The door to the room had remained unlocked, reports stated.
The student told police that sometimes homeless people wander into the fraternity house.
Police found a set of office keys on the ground at 7:10 a.m. Saturday just north of the Learning Services building, 1512 E. First St., reports stated.
The keys were marked as belonging to the UA, reports stated.
The owner of the keys could not be located, reports stated.
The keys were placed into found property, reports stated.
A student reported finding a debit card at 5:18 p.m. Sunday on the east side of 1303 E. University Blvd., reports stated.
The debit card was on the ground under the ATM, reports stated.
Police located the owner’s phone number and e-mail address and left messages on both, reports stated.
The debit card was placed into found property, reports stated.
Police Beat is compiled from official University of Arizona Police Department reports. For a complete list of UAPD activity, the daily resume can be found at http://www.uapd.arizona.edu.
