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Police: Man found with heroin paraphernalia in rectum

Police arrested a man after they found heroin in his possession and, during a strip search, found paraphernalia in his rectal cavity.

By Mark Remillard | September 17, 2013

Police find heroin, syringe in woman's bra

Police arrested a woman who had an outstanding warrant and, while searching the woman in jail, reported finding pills, heroin and a syringe in her bra.

By Mark Remillard | September 16, 2013

Police: DNA helps link man to purse-snatching

Police arrested a man two months after a purse-snatching with the help of DNA and witness testimony.

By Mark Remillard | September 15, 2013

Tempe Police's Operation Safe and Sober continues with more officers

DUIs and underage drinking are the targets for this weekend's campaign as officers hope to decrease the number of arrests over the next few weeks.

By Joey Hancock | September 12, 2013

Police: Woman conceals $1,886 in merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue

Police arrested a woman after she was caught concealing $1,886 in merchandise from Saks Fifth Avenue.

By Joey Hancock | September 12, 2013

Tempe Police: Man shot after charging at officer near ASU

An officer shot a man Thursday morning near the Tempe campus after he refused to drop a sharp weapon, according to Tempe Police.

By Dulce Paloma Baltazar Pedraza | September 12, 2013

Police: Man breaks into house, steals television, laptop

Police arrested a man after he burglarized a house and took a television, laptop, DVD player and cash.

By Shelby Slade | September 11, 2013

Students take part in Meet Your Local Police event

Officers from Tempe and ASU Police met with students in an effort to answer questions and help inform students about their local police departments.

By Mark Remillard | September 10, 2013

Police: Man with stick strikes biker, throws rock at car

Police arrested a man after he struck a bicyclist with his walking stick and threw rocks at bystanders.

By Mark Remillard | September 10, 2013

Community discusses crime prevention at Tempe meeting

Community leaders met with city officials Monday evening to discuss crime prevention and the latest on Tempe Police's Operation Safe and Sober.

By Joey Hancock | September 9, 2013

Police: Minor litters, caught with alcohol

A man seen littering in an alley was found to be underage and drinking alcohol out of his discarded cup, according to police.

| September 9, 2013

Police: Broken cellphone leads to assault

A man was arrested after he assaulted another man, causing serious injury after a cell phone was damaged.

| September 8, 2013

Police: Man burglarizes home after entering through doggie door

A Tempe man was arrested after confessing he had burglarized a home in April.

By Joey Hancock | September 5, 2013

Asst. AD Sherman Morris placed on administrative leave following arrest

Assistant athletics director for recruiting, Sherman Morris, has been placed on administrative leave following his Aug. 29 arrest.

By Josh Nacion | September 5, 2013

Tempe Police consider Safe and Sober operation successful, plan to continue program

Operation Safe and Sober has increased police activity in common party areas in an effort to decrease underage drinking and drunk driving.

| September 4, 2013

Police: Woman arrested after disturbance call had MDMA with her

A Tempe woman was arrested after officers responded to a disturbance call and found a pipe with brown residue and a bag of MDMA.

By Joey Hancock | September 4, 2013

Impact of loud party ordinance remains unclear

With a busy month in August, Tempe Police is waiting for the dust to settle to see if the city's new party ordinance is having its desired effect and looking ahead to the department's busiest month, October.

By Mark Remillard | September 4, 2013

Police: Man at restauant arrested after disturbing patrons, groping teen

Police arrested a man after he was allegedly swearing and yelling inside the Rainforest Cafe in the Arizona Mills Mall, and when asked to leave, he groped a teenager near the entrance.

By Mark Remillard | September 3, 2013

Police: Man hiding in park denies owning backpack with marijuana

Tempe Police arrested a man in a park after he dropped a backpack containing marijuana and attempted to hide from police.

| September 2, 2013

Police: Woman stashes shoplifted nail polish, lotion, coloring books in purse

Police arrested a woman after store employees observed her hiding cosmetics in her purse.

By Shelby Slade | August 29, 2013

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