Crime & Safety

Heroin Addict Helps UP Police Search His Vehicle, Teens Harass Library Visitors Because They're 'Bored'

The following arrest and crime information has been supplied by the University Place Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

JUNE 4, 2013

Drug Possession, Warrants: An officer on patrol near 27th St. W. and Mildred Street West ran the license plates of a Ford Ranger and found that the driver had a felony warrant out for his arrest. The officer followed the vehicle to a parking lot on Sunset Dr. W. and 27th St. W. An officer searched Wade and the plastic cap to a syringe fell out of his pocket. Stuffed inside the cap was a plastic baggy of methamphetamine. A “drug kit” was found in the car, along with another plastic baggy that contained 1.5 grams of black tar heroin. The man was honest and forthcoming with police and didn’t want them to get harmed by the needles, so he made sure to tell police where to find everything. He said he got quickly addicted to opiates after back surgery and his addiction turned to heroin when pills became too expensive to purchase. He was arrested and booked for meth possession, heroin possession, paraphernalia and warrants.

Stolen Vehicle: At approximately 4:57 p.m. officers observed a Honda Civic travel past. They ran a routine license check on the vehicle, which revealed it was stolen. Police pulled over the car in the Meadow Park Garden Court Apartment complex on Hannah Pierce Road W. The driver tried to exit the vehicle after stopping but was quickly placed under arrest. The man said he didn’t know the car was stolen, despite having to start it with a screwdriver. He insisted that he borrowed the vehicle from a friend, but couldn’t provide a physical description of the person and claimed he didn’t know his address or phone number. He had a felony warrant for his arrest, for vehicle prowls. A search of the car revealed multiple GPS mounts and a damaged steering column. 

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Stolen Motorcycle: At approximately 9:41 p.m. officers responded to a stolen vehicle report. The victim parked his motorcycle in front of the flower entrance to Fred Meyer and left the keys in the ignition. He returned to find it stolen and walked back to Lakewood to report the theft. 

Harassment: An officer responded to the University Place Public Library at 9:50 p.m. for a report of six juveniles harassing people as they exited the library. There were also reports of a 16-year-old man lifting up his shirt to people as they walked out of the library. One of the individuals had previously been trespassed from the library property and he was arrested for violating the order. The teen who had been lifting his shirt and yelling at people told the officer he was “bored.” He was issued a trespass warning. 

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