ASU police reported the following incidents Monday:
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Between 5:50 and 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, an unknown person or persons stole the backpack of a 19-year-old male ASU student, police reported.
The student’s credit card was inside the backpack, which was taken from an unsecured location near the Student Recreation Complex fields on the Tempe campus, according to a police report.
The total estimated loss is $455, police reported.
No charges had been made using the stolen credit card at the time the report was filed, according to the report.
There are no leads, suspects or witnesses at this time, police reported.
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A 25-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of domestic violence, assault and disorderly conduct, police reported.
The woman was arrested at a Chili’s restaurant at 801 S. Mill Ave. after she had a fight with her 26-year-old boyfriend, according to a police report.
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Between 9 p.m. on April 10 and 8:55 p.m. on Thursday, an unknown person or persons forced entry into a Jeep belonging to a 20-year-old female ASU student, police reported.
The suspect or suspects stole both doors of the vehicle while it was parked in the Vista del Sol parking structure on the Tempe campus, according to a police report.
The total estimated loss is $1,000, police reported.
Tempe police reported the following incidents Monday:
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A 19-year-old Guadalupe man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of two counts of first-degree trespassing, theft of a means of transportation and false reporting to a law enforcement officer, police reported.
A man called police to report that his vehicle was in the process of being stolen at a Jack in the Box at East Southern Avenue and South 48th Street, according to a police report.
Police followed the vehicle to the 6000 block of South 37th Street, where the suspect fled on foot, police reported.
The man was eventually found in a backyard near South 36th Street and East Southern Avenue and initially gave a false name to the arresting officer, according to the report.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, booked and held to see a judge, police reported.
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A 19-year-old Tempe man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of theft and trafficking stolen property, police reported.
The man, an employee at a cell-phone store, is suspected of pretending to sell several cell phones to his friend, a 21-year-old male, according to a police report.
Police investigation revealed that the employee would hand a box containing a brand-new cell phone to his accomplice who would pretend to be a customer. The accomplice would discretely remove the phone from the box and leave the store, placing the phones in the employee’s car, police reported.
After his shifts, the employee would sell the cell phones to friends, according to the report.
Owners of two newly activated cell phones were contacted and admitted to purchasing them from the suspect, police reported.
The man turned himself in on Thursday and admitted to both theft and trafficking the stolen property, according to the report.
The man was booked into Tempe City Jail and released pending charges, police reported.
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A 19-year-old Mesa man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia, police reported.
The man was arrested near South Maple Avenue and West Fifth Street in Tempe after he was observed holding two glass pipes and a metal grinder in a parking lot, according to a police report.
The arresting officer saw the man with the items in his car. The pipes and the grinder were filled with a green leafy substance believed to be marijuana and were in plain view, police reported.
The man admitted to ownership of the pipes and the grinder, according to a report.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, booked and released pending charges, police reported.
Reports compiled by Tessa Muggeridge. Reach the reporter at tessa.muggeridge@asu.edu.
