Tempe police reported the following incidents Thursday:
- A 20-year-old transient man was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of armed robbery and kidnapping, according to police reports.
At about 3:40 a.m., the man forced his way into a home located on the 100 block of West Fifth Street and threatened the resident with a baseball bat, police reported.
The man told the resident to give him his wallet and other valuables while threatening him with the bat, police reported.
The resident tried to flee the home on foot but was restrained by the intruder, police said.
The man was arrested later that morning and was to the Tempe City Jail.
- A 32-year-old Phoenix woman and a 30-year-old Phoenix man were arrested Wednesday night on suspicion of the sale of methamphetamine, according to police reports.
The man and woman were caught selling what is believed to be methamphetamine to a Tempe police officer, police reported.
Officers then searched the man and the woman and found what police believed to be morphine and methamphetamine, according to the reports.
The man was arrested on suspicion of two counts of sale of a dangerous drug and the woman was arrested on suspicion of two counts of sale of a dangerous drug and one count of suspicion of possession of a dangerous drug, police reported.
The two were taken to Tempe City Jail, police reported.
- A 39-year-old Tempe man was arrested on suspicion of possession of a dangerous drug and suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia Wednesday night, police reported.
The man was stopped on the 7500 block of South Rural Road around 10 p.m., according to police reports.
Police found a bag containing methamphetamine and a pipe with drug residue on his person, police reported.
The man was taken to Tempe City Jail and held to see a judge, according to police reports.
Reports complied by James King. Reach the reporter at jaking5@asu.edu.
