ASU Police reported the following incidents Tuesday:
- A 39-year-old Mesa man was arrested Friday on suspicion of stealing a Gator vehicle on the Tempe campus belonging to ASU’s Well Fargo Arena, according to a police report.
An officer on a Segway responded to the call from a University employee who told police the Gator’s ASU vehicle number and VIN number, police reported.
The officer later spotted a Gator vehicle heading south on Tyler Mall being driven by the Mesa man, who the officer did not recognize as an ASU employee, according to the report.
The Gator vehicle parked on the east side of Hayden Library and when the officer caught up to the vehicle, the driver had already fled on foot, police reported.
The officer lost sight of the man for a few seconds while searching the area but later found him hiding behind a van, according to the report.
The man told the officer he was an ASU student but did not have a student ID, police reported.
Officers found a blue backpack on the front seat of the Gator vehicle and a red camcorder nearby, and the man said both of the items were his, according to the report.
Police officers later searched through the backpack at the ASU Police station and found two prescription bottles with the man’s name, a large bolt cutter, a pry bar, screwdrivers, flashlights, other tools and a black and grey Halloween mask, police reported.
- A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man was cited for failure to comply and failing to obey a traffic control device on Thursday, police reported.
The man and his friend were on bikes while crossing Apache Boulevard as a traffic control device displayed the “no walk” symbol, according to a police report.
Two officers told the man and his friend to stop but both refused, police reported.
When one of the officers caught up with the man and his friend, he asked them both why they did not stop, and one of the two replied, “Because I have better things to do,” according to the report.
Reports compiled by Shawn Raymundo. Reach the reporter at sraymundo@asu.edu
