Police Reports

1 Theft was reported at 7:33 a.m. Nov. 12 at Truly Nolen, 6185 N. Travel Center Drive. An employee told police someone broke five locks on five compartments on a company truck. A drill and two extension cords were stolen.

2A disturbance was reported at 5:38 p.m. Nov. 12 at Alltel Wireless, 8250 N. Cortaro Road. An employee told police a customer was rude, and he asked the man to leave when he used profanity. He said he did not want to press charges but wanted police to tell the man not to return. Police found the man outside the store, and he admitted he was upset because he was not helped. He said he called the employee a "McFly" and an idiot. The officer told him he was banned from the store.

3A suspicious person was reported at 2:53 p.m. Nov. 9 in the 11600 block of North Moon Ranch Place. The owner told police the following: A man rang her doorbell several times. She did not answer the door and thought he left. She went into her bedroom to change clothes, and her dog started barking. She saw the man at her back door, and the screen door was bent outward. The man said the dog lunged at him and bent the screen. He told her he worked for an extermination company and had been called to her address to remove a beehive. He left when she went to make a phone call.

4A 1994 Saturn was reported stolen at 7:58 a.m. Nov. 9 at Orange Grove Village apartments, 3500 W. Orange Grove Road. The owner told police a man tried to take her car in January, telling her neighbor he was repossessing it. The car was paid off in 2001.

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5Vandalism was reported at 7:48 a.m. Nov. 14 at Flowing Wells District Park, 5510 N. Shannon Road. A maintenance man told deputies he found graffiti on the outside and inside walls of the restrooms. An entrance sign, an electrical box, a wall around the playground and two trash cans were damaged. The sign for the men's room was destroyed, and a toilet seat was missing from the women's room.

6Vandalism was reported at 7:23 p.m. Nov. 14 in the 3500 block of West Massingale Road. A resident told deputies someone sliced the inflatable turkey decoration in her front yard. She said she heard a vehicle speed away from her house at 7:22 p.m.

7Harassment was reported at 1:04 p.m. Nov. 12 at Omni Tucson National Golf Resort & Spa, 2727 W. Club Drive. An employee told deputies the following: A man would call the bar and ask to speak to any women who are on duty. If he reached a female employee, the man would ask her to show up at the bar in high heels. He would tell her she could then drive his new truck and they could get to know each other.

8A 31-year-old man was cited on suspicious of unlawful discharge of a weapon at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 9 on North Silverbell Road near West Sunset Road. Someone called the Sheriff's Department about illegal shooting near the southeast corner of Silverbell and Sunset. Deputies saw the man driving near the area and pulled him over. He said he was shooting a gun about 1,000 feet from the roadway. He was cited on suspicion of illegal discharge of a firearm within county limits and also on suspicion of driving on a suspended license. Deputies confiscated his gun, and he was released.

ORO VALLEY

9Shoplifting was reported at 8:24 p.m. Nov. 18 at Walgreens, 10405 N. La Cañada Drive. An employee told police the following: A man came into the store and asked where he could find the phone batteries. He went to the area where the batteries were kept and took down two MP3 video players on display. He came up to the checkout counter and held up both players in his hands. He said "See ya," and ran out of the store.

10A suspicious vehicle was reported at 9:38 p.m. Nov. 17 in the 1900 block of West Desert Highlands Drive. Police found a car sitting halfway into the front yard. A police officer contacted the car owner, who said he must have forgotten to set the emergency brake. He drove the car out of the neighbor's front yard.

11Illegal dumping was reported at 7:20 a.m. Nov. 17 in the desert near the 1700 block of West Quartz Rock Place. Police found a CD player, a sound mixer and two wooden crates.

12A 23-year-old man was cited on suspicion of possession of marijuana at 3:18 a.m. Nov. 17 in the 8800 block of North Oracle Road after he was stopped for speeding. The police officer noticed the car smelled like marijuana, and the man admitted he had some of the drug in the center console. Police confiscated a plastic bag of marijuana from the console and a package of cigarette rolling papers from the floorboard. He was also cited on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and speeding and released.