Tempe Police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
- A 33-year-old Phoenix man was arrested Nov. 3 in the 1200 block of West Baseline Road on suspicion of assault, criminal damage, disorderly conduct and an outstanding warrant, according to a police report.
Police were called to Poppy’s Place because the man was scaring the store manager and customers, police said.
The man had poked the store manager’s stomach several times, and he told him, “This would be a good place to cut you,” according to the report.
Police said he had pointed out the store manager was overweight and how easily he could cut him open.
When police arrived, the man tried to leave in his vehicle, but police stopped him, police reported.
Police said that while the man was detained, he urinated in the back of a police car.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail where he was booked and held to see a judge, according to the report.
- A 35-year-old Phoenix man was arrested at South Priest Drive and West Rio Salado Parkway on suspicion of drug paraphernalia possession and use, according to a police report.
Police said the man was riding his bike without a light, which prompted officers to speak with him.
The man consented to a search and gave police a handbag he said was his “diabetic bag,” police reported.
Inside the bag, police found a large pipe that officers suspected had been used for smoking meth recently, according to the report.
The man said he must have taken the wrong bag from his sister’s house, police reported.
Police said the man eventually admitted to using the pipe to smoke meth the day before.
The man was transported to Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see a judge, according to the police report.
Reports compiled by Shelby Slade.
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