Suspect jumps fence at water facility, hides in trees, Tempe AZ
BurglaryCallers report a man jumping a fence near the guard gate off Marigold and entering a water utility area. He was last seen hiding in trees near Marigold and College Avenue. Clothing reported: white shirt, blue jeans, white shoes. Responding units checked the golf course and bush areas, blocked the area, and discussed reviewing security video and checking the water plant. The audio includes a phone number (number withheld) and mentions a caller from Grass Clippings.
Audio|Source: Tempe Police Department - North Patrol District
04:7
Transcript:
00:00
Last direction of travel is him jumping over the fence near the guard gate off of Marigold. He's going to be just south of the guard gate off of Marigold. He'll be a Hispanic male. White shirt blue jeans, white shoes. This is Crossby College of Marigold.
00:22
We're 23, used to the closest Maryland in college. 10-4[2] near the gargate. I'm about the gargate right now. 7-13 looks like they need you to look left. He's possibly inside trees.
00:49
Did he provide a name? She did not provide a name. It looks like the original caller was an employee at Grass Clippings. I don't know suspects. He's going to be calling in off of 602.
01:19
20977337. 21. Lincoln 31. We have a unit contact to complete it. 10-4[2]. Now we did. He was the last seen running eastbound in the golf course. We drove by the golf course, nobody was there.
01:49
on that 47[1] call. So he was last eastbound through the golf course, jumped over the wall into SCADA, the water department, and then jumped back over the guard gate, was last seen near Merigold in college in some tree area. 46 minutes on Marigold. Can one of you turn on your overhead lights so you see this, the police?
02:14
Or can do this? A lot of lies on them? Negative. It was too dark once he entered the tree area. They couldn't see him. 36. As far as we know, the subject is no longer in the water facility, do they need us to check it? 46. They didn't say anything about checking the water facility. They did see him jump over.
02:43
They may have video of it if you want it. If yeah, they have that video, we can use it. 10-4[2]. 12-5-6-4-4-and-call skaterback. If Edward 13, you're by the gate, right?
03:08
So he was seen just east of you in the bushes on the south side of Merigold is where he was last seen. 10-4[2]. I'm looking after bushes right now. 10-4. Of course, we have blocked this entire old bush area. 10-4. It does look like SCADA is requesting PD to check the plant.
03:35
gather up and we'll walk the plant.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
47: Possibly suspicious person or call (context: 'on that 47 call')
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement
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Location mentioned:
N College Ave & E Marigold Ln, Tempe, AZ 85288
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