Pair cited for smoking pot at Wilco concert

UAPD responded to Centennial Hall at 10:05 p.m. on June 18. An employee had called police and complained that an unknown person or persons were smoking marijuana at the Wilco concert.

The employee led police to the lower level of section 400, where other patrons pointed out two individuals to police.

The two suspects, a man and a woman, were asked by police to step into the lobby to talk. The pair complied, and as they walked by, officers noticed the smell of marijuana coming from their clothing.

Police told the two suspects that they were suspected of using marijuana and asked if they had been smoking any that evening. The male suspect replied that the two had smoked “one joint.” Police asked if either of the two had any more marijuana on them, to which the female suspect replied that she did.

She opened up a green wallet from which she pulled a single marijuana cigarette. The cigarette was confiscated, and the two were issued citations on charges of possession of marijuana and were released at the scene. [link]

Police confiscate joint

A man was cited and released for possession of marijuana on April 24 at 10:48 a.m.

While on patrol, an officer stopped two men on bicycles for a traffic violation. The officer noticed that the men both had large backpacks on and asked to search them. Both men agreed to the search.

In one of the men’s backpacks, an officer found a marijuana joint in the left zippered pocket. He noted that there was also marijuana “shake” in the front zippered pocket.

The man told the officer that the joint was not his and he did know it was in there. He was cited and released on scene and the joint was confiscated. [link]

Students busted with marijuana in dorm

Two men were arrested for drug charges on April 22 at 11:04 p.m.

Police responded to the Gila dorm in reference to the smell of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. When they arrived, they met with the resident assistant on duty who said that he could smell the odor in one of the hallways. The RA took officers to the area where he smelt the odor.

The officer knocked on the door of the room he believed it was coming from and made contact with a man. The man allowed officer to enter the room. They noted that the odor of marijuana was strong inside the room. There was another man in the room as well.

Police told the men why they were there. Both men admitted to smoking marijuana earlier, but said that it was not in their room. When asked if there was any marijuana in the room, one of the men said yes and went to his dresser drawer where he removed a blue plastic medicine bottle from the top drawer. He handed the bottle to the officer who opened it and noted that it was three-quarters of the way full of a green, leafy substance that smelt of marijuana.

The men admitted that approximately a half hour before they had met up with a couple of friends at the friends’ house. While there, they smoked marijuana in joints and in a pipe. They could not recall the person’s name whose house they went to or where it was located. They insisted that they did not smoke in the dorm room but admitted that the marijuana in the bottle was both of theirs. The men said he got the marijuana from an unknown man for $180.

One of the men also told the officer that he had an 18 inch glass bong under his bed. He pulled it our and gave it to officers. The men said they had no other contraband in the room.

Both men were charged with possession of marijuana. One of them was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. They were referred to the Dean of Students Office and released on scene. [link]

Toking, taciturn tenant cited in Az-So

A man was cited and released for possession of drug paraphernalia on April 20 at 11:16 p.m.

Police responded to the Arizona-Sonora residence hall in reference to the smell of marijuana. When they arrived, they met with two resident assistants who said that they smelled the odor while on rounds.

Police were taken to the room where the odor was coming from. The door was open about an inch and the officer reported that he smelled incense coming from the room. Police knocked on the door, but there was no answer. Then, a man got off the elevator and began to walk toward the room. Police asked him if it was his room. He did not respond. The man walked into the room, so police asked him again if it was his room. He said yes.

As the door opened, officers noted that the smell of marijuana became stronger. Police noticed that there was an incense box on his desk. They told the man to step back into the hallway and speak with the RA staff about using incense, something that is not allowed by Residence life. Officers said they would talk to him about the other issue after.

The man stepped into his doorway but became argumentative with the RAs and police. He told them that they had no right to ask him about anything in his room.

Police noted that the man exhibited signs of recent marijuana use. His eyes would not dilate in the light and his breath smelled of marijuana.

The man then tried to shut the door on police and the RAs. An officer directed him to keep the door open and step into the hallway because the odor of marijuana and incense was coming from his room. The man continued to be argumentative, telling officers that they had “no legal right to bother” him. Police explained that they were within their rights to speak with him, but the man attempted to shut the door again.

Because of the odors and the man’s unwillingness to cooperate, police suspected that there was evidence for their investigation in the room. The officer thought that if the man closed the door he might try to throw evidence out the window. So, when the man tried to close the door the officer reached into the room and grabbed the man’s arm. He then pulled the man into the hallway. The man tried to pull away, and the officer yelled at him to sit down. The man began jerking his arm away, refusing to sit. The officer got behind the man and forced him to the ground. The man was then handcuffed.

An officer said that she saw a pipe on the windowsill. The man consented to a room search. The man told police that the half of the room where the pipe was, was not his half. The officer asked him if the pipe that was one the window sill was his, even if it was near his roommate’s bed. The man said he would not answer that question. The officer then asked the man if he had sat on his roommate’s bed, opened a window and smoked marijuana. The man told him, “That’s a fair assumption.” The officer then asked him if he knew that smoking marijuana could result in an eviction from his dorm. The man told the officer that he did not care because there were only three weeks left anyway.

The other officer returned from searching the man’s room. She located an empty plastic bag that smelled of marijuana, numerous smoking screens on a table near his bed, a glass bong, the marijuana pipe, a small bud of marijuana, a grinder and an ashtray that contained what appeared to be several marijuana roaches.

All of the items were confiscated and the man was cited and released on scene for possession of drug paraphernalia. [link]

Belligerent men invoke Fourth Amendment

Two men were referred to the Dean of Students Office for disorderly conduct on April 18 at 2:06 a.m.

Police responded to Navajo Residence Hall in reference to the smell of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. When they arrived, police made contact with the resident assistant and one of the men who lived in the room.

The RA told police that while he was doing rounds, he smelt the odor of marijuana. He said he traced it to the men’s room, so he called another RA up to the floor to see if she smelt it too. The other RA did smell marijuana, so he made contact with the people in the room. The RA said that there was another man who lived in the room with the student, but he left the scene after being asked to stay. When he returned, he began to yell at and harass the RA, saying that there was no marijuana in his room and that he was being wrongfully persecuted. The RA said the man would not allow him to speak because he constantly interrupted him and spoke over him.

Police had the man take them up to his room. While they were walking there, the officer noted that the man showed him a lot of attitude. The man was cursing and saying that the situation was “so unfair and unjustified” because there was nothing in his room and he does not smoke marijuana.

When they got to the man’s room, the officer asked him if he had smoked any marijuana in there. The man said no.

While police were talking to the man, another resident from a neighboring room tried to interject, even when the RA told him to go back to his room. He continued to stay near the scene.

Police asked the man if they could search his room, but he refused saying that he would prefer not “because of principle.” The man said that his roommate was in the room all night and was sleeping.

Police knocked on the door and the man’s roommate answered. He seemed to be in a daze from waking up, and was asked if there was any marijuana in the room. The roommate said no. Police noticed that there was a strong odor of marijuana coming from the room as soon as the door was opened. They asked the roommate if they could search the room, and he too said no.

Police noted that every time they tried to talk to the first man, he accused them of “bullying” him or “being mean” to him. He would not allow officers to speak and he refused to stop talking when asked to be quiet. Throughout the incident, the man continued to yell at the RA and told his roommate not to speak with officers. Police asked him if there was nothing in the room, why would he not allow them to search it. The man continued to say that it was on principle. Police told the men that they had the right to deny a search, but the more they cooperated the better it would be for them. Both men said that they still did not want police to search the room. The man became so upset at one point he started crying and would not stop for several minutes.

The man was referred to the Dean of Students Office for disorderly conduct.

Upon leaving, the man who stood outside the room during the incident told police, “Goodbye assholes.” Police stopped and asked him what business it was of his to involve himself in the incident. The man told police that he heard the whole thing and that all they did was bully the two roommates. The man said that he knew there was not marijuana in the room and all the officers were doing was bullying and harassing them. The man continued to curse at police and was confrontational. They explained to him that the incident did not involve him. The man continued to be “belligerent and disrespectful” towards police.

Police also referred the man to the Dean of Students Office for disorderly conduct. [link]

Dope-using dudes diverted to Dean

Three men were diverted to the Dean of Students Office for possession of marijuana on April 18 at 10:27 p.m.

Police responded to the Sky View Apartments in reference to people possibly smoking marijuana. When they arrived the RAs took them to the room the odor was coming from. The officer noted that the smell was faint in the hallway. The officer knocked on the door and reported that as soon as it was opened the odor of marijuana became strong.

The officer asked the man who answered the door if they had been smoking marijuana in the room. All three men who were there said yes. They admitted that there was a little bit left in the room and gave it to the officer. They also gave police a grinder, which had a small amount of marijuana in it.

The three men were diverted to the Dean of Students Office. The marijuana and grinder were confiscated. [link]

Women with weed wary of police

Two women were diverted to the Dean of Students office for possession of marijuana on April 17 at 11:38 p.m.

Police responded to the Coronado Residence Hall in reference to the smell of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. When police arrived, the resident assistant on duty escorted them to the hallway where the smell was coming from. They immediately detected the odor.

Police knocked on the door and the two residents inside asked, “Who is it?” Police responded saying that it was the University of Arizona

Police Department and one of the women told them to wait a minute because she was naked. The woman then opened the door and her roommate came out of the bathroom.

The women allowed police to enter their room. Police said that they were there because of the smell of marijuana. Both women said that there was no marijuana in the room.

Police went into the bathroom to check and make sure that no one else was hiding in there. While in there, they saw a clear plastic baggie on the floor of what appeared to be marijuana. They took each of the women into the bathroom separately to ask them about it.

One of the women said that it was not hers, but even though she knew who it belonged to, she would not give up her friend.

The other woman said that she did not recognize the baggie or what was inside of it.

Police asked for permission to search the room. They both refused. One woman told officers she refused because she had “personal items” in her room that she did not want the police to see. The other woman said she did not know of anything else in the room. Police asked once again to search the room, but both women refused to cooperate and denied police access to search the room.

Police took the marijuana so it could be placed into evidence. As they did this, one of the women told officers that the marijuana was half hers and they could search her half of the room.

Both women were referred to the Dean of Students Office for possession of marijuana. [link]

I've been expecting you, darling - oh, never mind

A man was cited and released for possession of marijuana and being a minor in possession of alcohol on April 11 at 12:07 a.m.

Police responded to the Sky View Apartments in reference to the smell of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. When they arrived, they made contact with a resident assistant who took them to the room where the smell was coming from.

A man answered the door and asked police why they were there. They told him they were responding to a report of the odor of marijuana that was coming from his room. The man then told police, “Let’s do this in the hallway.” Police suggested it would be better to talk about the situation in the man’s room because he was only wearing a towel. The man opened the door wider as if to step into the hallway and police saw Corona bottles on the table in the room. They asked the man how old he was, and he said 19.

The man told police they could enter the room. They immediately noticed a strong odor of marijuana inside of the room.

The man told officers that he was sick and he had just woken up and taken a shower. He also said there was no marijuana in his room.

Police asked the man to put some pants on, so the man did and returned a short time later. On the counter, an officer noticed marijuana mixed with cigarette tobacco. The tobacco had been emptied from a cigarette wrapper and the wrapper lay open as if it was going to be used to put marijuana in it to smoke.

The officers asked the man about the marijuana substance on the counter. The man said that he knew nothing about it. He also told the officers that his two roommates were out of town for the weekend so they had not been home. He then asked the officers if he could call his lawyer.

The man allowed police to search the room. They found a fire safe security box and asked the man to open it. The man said that he did not have the key anymore because he lost it. He then changed his mind, found the key and opened the box. Inside, officers saw a small baggie of what appeared to be marijuana, although it was more refined. The man said that the small baggie contained Salvia.

The man was cited and released for being a minor in possession of alcohol and possession of marijuana. He was also referred to the Dean of Students Office. [link]

Repeat reefer-user racks up referrals

A man was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia on April 9 at 12:15 a.m.

Police responded to the south side of La’Aldea apartments, 825 E. 5th St., in reference to a group of people smoking marijuana.

When police arrived, they saw eight people in the area. Police did not smell nor see any marijuana.

Six of the eight people allowed police to search them. None of those six people had drugs or drug paraphernalia on them, so they were released on scene.

Police then split up the two men who had not agreed to be searched for questioning. While officers were questioning the two men, another officer found a multi-colored glass pipe and a plastic bag of marijuana hidden in the bushes near where the group was sitting.

They asked one of the men if the pipe and marijuana were his. The man said they were not and paused for a minute before saying, “Officer, look, I changed my mind. You can search me.” Police found no illegal drugs or paraphernalia on the man so he was released on scene.

Police noticed that the other man had a bulge in his pocket approximately three inches in length. They asked him to empty his pockets, which he did voluntarily. He pulled a tin container out of his pocket and gave it to the officer, saying that he had marijuana inside of it. Police opened the container and found a folded-up baggie of marijuana.

He then pulled the bulge out of his pocket, which turned out to be a glass smoking pipe. The pipe had black residue in it and smelled of burnt marijuana.

The man admitted that the marijuana and the pipe were his. He said that he had smoked the marijuana, approximately two or three bowls, prior to the officers’ arrival. The man said he smoked the marijuana of his own free will and confirmed that he had purchased it earlier in the day. He told officers that he bought the marijuana from an unknown person on Fourth Street and Tyndall Avenue. He did not know the man and said that it was the first time he had purchased drugs from him. The man also told police that he had already been diverted to the Dean of Students office for the same charges recently.

He was cited and released on scene. The pipes and marijuana were confiscated and placed into evidence. The man was, again, referred to the Dean of Students office. [link]

Medical marijuana merits dean of students diversion

A man was diverted to the Dean of Students Office April 3 at 2:31 p.m.

Police responded to the Cochise Residence Hall in reference to the odor of marijuana coming from one of the rooms. When police arrived, they made contact with the reporting party who told them where the marijuana smell was coming from.

When police entered the hallway, they immediately smelt marijuana. They knocked on the door of the room it was coming from and a man opened it. When the man did, the odor of marijuana became even stronger.

Police told the man that they were there because of the smell. The man said, “A couple of my buddies were in here a couple of hours ago and smoked some marijuana. I’m not telling you who they are.” An officer noticed that the man’s eyes were dilated and his speech and motor skills seemed slow. Police asked the man to open his mouth, which he complied with. They noticed a greenish brown tint on the back of his tongue and his taste buds were raised. His clothing and hair also smelt of marijuana. The officers informed the man that he exhibited signs of marijuana use.

The man then told officers, “Okay, we smoked it all up a couple of hours ago. Hey what kind of test did you do on me? Anyway, it’s ok; I have a medical marijuana prescription.”

The man then went into his room and returned with a California prescription for medical use of marijuana.

Police asked the man if they could search his room. He replied, “No, there’s nothing in the room, we smoked it all up. Besides, I don’t keep marijuana in my room.”

The man was told he was being diverted to the Dean of Students for possession of marijuana. When the reporting party was informed of the outcome, she told police that she knew the man would not allow them to search his room because his roommate had been arrested for possession and use of marijuana on Dec. 11. [link]