Tempe Police reported the following incidents on Friday:
- A 24-year-old transient man was arrested Wednesday at Third Street and Mill Avenue on suspicion of threatening and intimidating, disorderly conduct and aggravated assault, according to a police report.The man was crossing Mill Avenue on Fifth Street when he threw a water bottle at a vehicle heading southbound on Mill Avenue, police reported. The vehicle was forced to stop in the crosswalk due to the traffic in front of the vehicle, allowing the driver to step out of the car and ask the man why he threw the bottle, according to the report.
The man then pulled out a knife with an extended blade and, while looking straight at the driver, asked, “Do you want some of this?” police reported. The driver called Tempe Police after getting back into his car, according to the report.
Tempe Police responded to the call and found the man a short time later on Third Street, police reported. The man was arrested and transported to Tempe City Jail for booking and held to see a judge, according to the report.
- A 41-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possession of narcotic drugs at the 800 block of South River Drive, according to a police report.The woman was found unresponsive on the couch at the house she shared with an ex-boyfriend, police reported. Their child, whom they shared custody over, was crying and it was her turn to take care of the child, according to the report.
Tempe Police arrived at the residence after the ex-boyfriend called police and told the officers that the woman had a drug addiction and advised them to search through her purse for any drugs, police reported.
The ex-boyfriend assisted police in the search and was able to locate one and a half Vicodin pills in the woman’s wallet, according to the report.
The woman was awake at that time and admitted to police the pills were hers and that they were generic painkillers, police reported. She also said she had a prescription but could not provide documentation or a pill bottle, according to the report.
The woman said she had not taken any pills that evening, police reported.
Police detected alcohol on her breath, but the woman said she had not drunk anything that evening either, according to the report.
The woman had a blood alcohol level of .179, police reported.
The woman was transported and booked to Tempe City Jail and was released pending the drug charge.
Reports compiled by Shawn Raymundo. Reach the reporter at sraymund@asu.edu
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