Front-yard incident: planters thrown at Tempe home
VandalismA caller reports a man in the front yard at 900 West Vaughn Street in Tempe throwing planters and damaging items. The person is not answering questions and is described as autistic and nonverbal. Responders are aware of the location and the subject's behavior.
Audio|Source: Tempe Police Department - South Patrol District
02:15
Transcript:
One (name withheld) twenty, one (name withheld) twenty. One (name withheld) twenty. Four twenty. Four seventeen, (name withheld), nine hundred four West Vaughn Street for a subject in the yard tearing things up. He's in his twenties. He's not wearing a shirt, blue pants. This is our caller's front yard, and the subject is not known to them. Stand by for a call-taker. The subject is not known to them and he's throwing planters around. He's still in the front yard. Responding on the 417[1], (name withheld), there's a hazard notation for you to be aware that there's an autistic adult that lives at 900 West Vaughn Street. His name's (name withheld). He's not verbal. So we got one to (name withheld). Do you have a description of that subject, though? All we have is that he functions at the level of a five-year-old. I'm not with any (name withheld). I'm still working on the rest of the information. 10023 3rd CFD the bill mail conscious and breeding probably 237 used just not able to answer basic questions some kind of alternate state 10 14 233 fires in route off the airport can you mark the roadway clear 13 14
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417: Subject (disturbance or possible threat)
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Location mentioned:
Near W Vaughn St, Tempe, AZ 85283
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