Deputies detain suspicious person near Houghton Rd, Tucson AZ
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Suspicious ActivityAccording to the dispatch call, deputies responded to reports of a suspicious person possibly wearing a skeleton mask near Houghton and Drexel in Tucson. The subject was later found lying near a wall adjacent to a residence and was detained without reported incident.
Audio|Heard on: Tucson Police East Division
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06:3
Transcript:
00:00
Only description we have is going to be a male, unknown clothing description.
00:04
Possibly might be wearing a white skeleton Halloween mask.
00:11
Air 2104 , and 123 .
00:17
One copy. Myself in six four are going to try to make contact with the gentleman.
00:21
We're leaving the Circle K right now.
00:27
Two, there's an individual on the northwest corner quad flashing a flashlight at us.
00:39
Yeah, he's going to be on the sidewalk just north of Drexel.
00:47
West side of the roadway?
00:53
On that copy, is it going to be in the neighborhood or closer to Houghton and Drexel?
00:59
He's on the sidewalk west side of Houghton.
01:02
Just about one neighborhood street north of Drexel.
01:09
I'll put my light on him.
01:14
The two I lost them both my lights in the area that he was at.
01:22
Joe, I got my light right out on that.
01:28
Is he in the neighborhood or is he still on the street?
01:35
Air two, I just got flashed a little bit ago.
01:38
It looks like that person may be in the backyard of a house near E Encinas St.
01:50
We're going to try to make contact with that address.
01:59
Very good, disregard.
02:00
I got him on FLIR.
02:01
It's going to be just on the other side of the wall in the public.
02:06
He's laying down on the ground.
02:07
So there is a wall that's in the backyard of that house.
02:10
He's going to be on the east side of it.
02:12
You'll be able to get to him from Houghton.
02:19
He's getting up.
02:20
He's got a backpack on with a 2nd hoodie.
02:22
He's walking up to the wall.
02:27
We're hearing 10-59, 46 copy?
02:31
10-4[1]0 copy.
02:36
2019.
03:00
And 46 there, just in case I missed it.
03:03
Just flashlight correct? No laser?
03:06
Yeah, 10-4[1].
03:07
I'm not sure if this is the guy from the Circle K, but he's clearly up to no good.
03:12
He's kind of jogging around, he hunkers down, lays down on the ground.
03:24
Officer, I just pulled up.
03:25
Should we immediately have been to you to your west?
03:44
Are you needing additional units?
03:48
All right, so come on with them.
03:50
We're looking to the other area just off town now.
04:03
Air two is still laying down there as it moved.
04:06
You guys start making your way towards the wall and you'll be able to get closer to him.
04:33
Two, they're north of you.
04:35
You keep walking north, turn around.
04:50
Two, if you look at that patrol car and you go directly to the wall, you'll find them.
05:03
What am I? When is it from the 1st patrol car and to the wall?
05:09
It's going to be the 2nd one, the one in the middle.
05:13
Copy.
05:19
Okay, keep walking directly to the wall.
05:21
Go a little bit north.
05:22
Yeah, you're about to contact them.
05:38
One 6461 , this is our guy.
05:44
Two ten nine.
05:48
One six four to six one, this is our suspect.
05:53
Two ten four, do you guys still need us?
05:59
One of them, if he's detained, you guys can clear.
06:01
Thanks for the help and you guys can go there too.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received, understood, or OK.
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Location mentioned:
E Encinas Trail, Tucson, AZ 85747
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