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POLICE BEAT Police catch robber 1 James Noel Williams, 49, was arrested by Eugene police Tuesday on charges of robbery when he fit the description of a suspect that used a simulated weapon to rob a U.S. National bank on 7th Avenue. The suspect approached a teller at the bank and pretended to have a weapon. He demanded money, to which the teller complied, and left the bank on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. Police responded to the robbery alarm at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday and set up perimeter observation points around the bank’s area in an attempt to locate the suspect. A total of six to 10 officers re sponded to the call. A 911 call gave police a description of the suspect and at 10:30 a.m. Officer Terry Martin located the suspect at Garfield Street and Broadway. After a brief investigation, Offi cer Martin believed Williams to be the suspect and lodged him at Lane County Adult Corrections facility. The FBI’s local office is continuing the investigation at this point and all the stolen mon ey was recovered. Man found with drugs 2A transient was charged with unlawful possession of a con trolled substance on E. 17th Av enue and Hilyard Street at ap proximately 7 p.m. on April 28, police reports stated. Two Uni versity students witnessed the suspect and another individual in the bathroom of the education building injecting themselves with an unknown substance and called OPS. Officer Steve Invig§| you to Come See The Only Mechanical Bull in Eugene/Springfield it Live Country Must it TaSW&Mfed- t!Sat.'MM: it Karaoke it Sun. to Tues. it Live Entertainment it 7 days a week 535 Matin St. Springfield 747-0307 Williams of Eugene police locat ed the suspect walking west on 17th Avenue near Hilyard Street and stopped him for questioning. The suspect allowed Williams to perform a standard search in which he found a small bag that the suspect admitted was heroin. He was charged with the listed of fense, but upon investigation, Williams learned that the suspect was wanted on other charges. A probation violation and a failure to appear in court viola tion were also issued and the sus pect was lodged at the LCAC. Six thefts reported 3 There were six reported thefts from vehicles that took place between April 22 and April 26 in the University area, according to police reports. The first was on E. 18th Avenue sometime between April 22 and 25 and resulted in the theft of a car stereo. When the owner of the car returned to the parking lot, she noticed that the dashboard in her car was torn up and the stereo was missing. The victim told po lice that the car was locked. No suspect information is available. The second took place at 1711 Patterson St. on April 24 between 1 a.m. and 5 p.m. Fifty dollars worth of possessions in total were taken from the car and there were cigarette bums in the interior. The third theft took place at 1580 Alder St. on April 23 be tween 8:30 and 11 p.m. A car compact disc player was stolen along with six compact discs and a Motorola phone. The total value of the stolen possessions was esti mated to be $605. No suspect in formation is known at this time. The fourth theft took place at 1711 Patterson St. sometime be tween April 23 and April 26 and resulted in an estimated $100 worth of stolen possessions. The fifth theft took place on 1244 Wal nut St. between April 23 and April 24. The passenger’s side window was broken and $1474.45 worth of tools were stolen from the vehicle. The last incident took place on April 24 between midnight and 8 p.m. at 555 E. 17th Ave. A brief case and two pairs of sunglasses mmmm were stolen with a total value esti mated to be $140. Hit-and-run occurs 4 A University student was the victim of a hit-and-run acci dent on April 26 on the comer of E. 13th and Patterson at approxi mately 10:10 p.m., police reports stated. She was driving her vehi cle on Patterson Street and stopped at the 13th Avenue stop light. When the light turned green, a 4X4 truck came from the right lane and tried to turn left in front of her. The victim’s car was struck on the passenger’s side. A witness provided a description of the ve hicle and the license number to the police and an investigation is underway. Students receive MIPs 5 Three University students were charged with minor in possession over the weekend, ac cording to police reports. The first was brought to offi cers’ attention by a resident assis tant in Wilcox Hall on April 27 at approximately 2:30 a.m. Accord ing to the resident assistant, the suspect was uncooperative and smelled of alcohol. Officers from Eugene police arrived and charged him with the above of fense. 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