Tempe Police reported the following incidents Wednesday:
- A 26-year-old Fountain Hills man was arrested Oct. 12 on the 300 block of West Lakeview Drive on suspicion of criminal trespassing, according to a police report.
Police contacted the man as he was walking on the light rail tracks that cross over Tempe Town Lake, police reported.The man said he was walking on the tracks because he was trying to find his friends, according to the report.
Police noted that there were four signs at the entrance of the light rail bridge clearly advising not to walk on the tracks and asked the man if he could read them, and he said he could, police reported.
The man was transported to the Tempe City Jail, where he was booked and held to see a judge, according to the report.
- A 45-year-old Phoenix woman was arrested Oct. 9 on the 400 block of Mill Avenue on suspicion of drug paraphernalia possession, consuming alcohol in public and having two outstanding warrants, according to a police report.
Police observed the woman drinking a from a Budweiser beer can on the southwest corner of Fourth Street and Mill Avenue, police reported.
The woman said she was drinking beer, and when officers ran her information, they found she had two outstanding warrants, police reported.
When police searched the woman’s purse, they found two plastic straws containing a white crystalline substance, according to the report.
The woman appeared anxious while repeating incoherent sentences and repeatedly grabbed her groin, police reported.
The woman said she used the straws to snort meth, according to the report.
She was transported to Tempe City Jail, where she was booked and held to see a judge, according to the report.
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