Two cars were stolen and at least two others were damaged on campus Thursday, according to University Police Department reports.
Both of the stolen cars were recovered.
The first car reported stolen was a 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass owned by Roy Wilds, 60.
Wilds told UPD he left the car in the Physical Plant Division parking lot off Radio Road when he went to work at 5:45 a.m. When he returned at 3:30 p.m., he said the car was gone.
At about 10:20 that night, a Gainesville Police Department officer saw the car driving erratically on Northeast Waldo Road.
The officer followed the car, which made a sharp left turn and eventually made its way through a grassy field before crashing into a ditch, damaging the front of the car, according to a UPD report.
The suspect, who fled on foot, is described as a black man with dreadlocks in his 20s. He wore dark pants and a black T-shirt at the time of the incident.
The second car was reported stolen by William Adams, 18. Adams told police he left his 1985 Chevrolet Caprice Classic at Parking Garage 5, behind Hume Hall, on March 22.
He said when he returned on Thursday the car was gone, according to a UPD report. There was broken glass where the car had been.
On Friday at about 11 a.m., a UPD officer noticed the car at the PPD parking lot.
There was damage to the passenger-side rear vent window, the report stated.
An Olde English 800 beer can, a plastic cigar tip, a bag of Wonder Bread and a McDonald's cup, all of which did not belong to Adams, were found in the car.
Also on Thursday, two Cadillac DeVilles, one a 1998 model and one a 1999 model, reportedly had windows broken.
The incidents occurred at Parking Garage 5 and in the Elmore Hall parking lot off Radio Road, according to UPD reports.
