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
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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
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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.
The two other students were
seen walking on Columbia Street
each holding a half-full beer con
tainer on April 26 at about 11
p.m. All were charged with minor
in possession and released on
scene.
—compiled by Ryan Maughn
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