Tempe Police reported the following incidents Monday:
A 19-year-old Tempe man was arrested on Feb. 3 at on the 1900 block of East University Drive on suspicion of disorderly conduct, according to a police report.
The man had been cleaning a 9mm Luger when he loaded the chamber and accidentally pulled the trigger, police reported.
The round shot through the north wall of his apartment and proceeded to enter the wall of his neighbor’s, puncturing two pillow cases and halting at the top of a bedroom desk, according to the report.
During a welfare check, officers noted that no one had been in the room at the time of the shooting, police reported.
The man told officers he did not notify police nor check on his neighbors because he did not want his neighbors to think he had purposefully shot at them, according to the report.
While searching the man’s apartment, officers located marijuana on his kitchen counter, which the man then identified as his, police reported.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see a judge, according to the report.
A 49-year-old Tempe man was arrested Feb 4. on the 2000 block of East Apache Boulevard on suspicion of possession and use of dangerous drugs, according to a police report.
Officers first arrested the man because he had been operating a motorized vehicle on a suspended license, police reported.
During an inventory inspection, officers found four baggies of crystal meth inside a pink and black makeup bag and two bottles of “prescription-only” medication, neither of which were in the suspect’s name, according to the report.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was released on pending drug charges, according to the report.
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