Off-duty ranger discovers fentanyl during delivery, Mesa AZ
Drug ViolationAn off-duty Arizona Ranger working as an Uber delivery driver picked up a package in Chandler to deliver near Baseline and Ellsworth. Upon opening the package, the Ranger found fentanyl pills inside. The delivery recipient became verbally aggressive, and the Ranger was then followed by a vehicle described as a white Nissan Altima. The Ranger was parked in a black Dodge Durango and reported receiving text messages indicating he was being watched. Authorities were coordinating response and welfare checks in the area.
Audio|Source: Mesa Police Department Fiesta Patrol District
05:27
Transcript:
00:00
Bigger 34, if I had a start for a 646.
00:03
It's a 2612 plus baseline, five-minute time delay.
00:07
RP is an off-duty Arizona Ranger.
00:09
They were delivering a package to an address.
00:13
The owner got verbal, so RP went to go leave and then he's being followed.
00:17
And you say in the package he was delivering, he was like fentanyl.
00:24
You're 34, coughing around from 193.
00:28
They're saying the off-duty ranger was doing an Uber delivery today.
00:34
He's in the parking lot still getting text messages from the guys saying he's being watched.
00:39
He's in a Dodge Durango with a push bar.
00:46
Other vehicles of white Nissan Altima.
00:53
Charles 14 to Paul 23.
01:00
Bigger 44-11.
01:06
Goal full swing, sir.
01:09
Hey, um,
01:11
because this week is breaking and we got a FPL IT unit coming to you guys for that 240 a banner.
01:18
Copy option, thank you.
01:22
To Baker 44, I'm just going to...
01:24
711 with that 101 can be same mileage for the 102.
01:28
Copy.
01:33
The Baker 44 is going to have you at 906[2], the 646 off of the Baseline.
01:42
Speaker 444 copy, send a DTA coming from Ellsworth and Baseline.
01:47
Okay. Okay.
01:53
You can send you to the traffic a desert.
01:56
Thank you, you guys.
01:57
Adam, Edward 5.7.
02:03
I'll be in that, thank you.
02:09
Can we have the RP put the package down and it's not messing with this?
02:13
Yeah, 10-4[1].
02:14
I'm trying to confirm.
02:15
I'm getting misinformation on who the RP is and what's actually in the box.
02:21
Okay.
02:26
It sounds like they're saying the RP is the off to the Arizona Ranger who's doing Uber delivery today.
02:32
They picked up the box in Chandler to take it to dispatch 20.
02:39
And he is confirming there's fentanyl pills inside of that.
02:48
If he picked it up in Chandler, would it be a Chandler call or would it stay with us if it's happening in dispatch 20? I can get Chandler for you guys if you need to.
03:01
Yeah, can we have Chandler go over to the pickup address?
03:08
Good morning.
03:09
They can give me a 21, whatever, they get the call as well.
03:13
Copy.
03:17
Unfortunately, 14, is there only out of districts on that 646?
03:21
Yeah, they're coming all the way from out east.
03:26
You can send you that.
03:28
Copy, thanks.
03:34
Unfortunately, 14, I'm trying to catch up on the comments here really quick.
03:39
Basically, the RP is saying they're an off-pudy ranger doing Uber delivery today.
03:43
He picked up a box from Chandler to deliver it to dispatch 20.
03:46
He decided to open the box and there's fentanyl in it.
03:49
And the guy he was delivering it to got verbal.
03:54
Okay, if he separated from the person he's delivering it to?
03:57
It sounds like it.
04:03
You could also just find me a place where he can meet me.
04:07
That'd be great.
04:08
So he's in the parking lot in a black dodge or angle with a push bar.
04:18
They are separated.
04:20
Can you sing that close well?
04:24
Yes, thank you.
04:25
Three Maker 34.
04:26
I'm going to show you back on three.
04:28
And Two Maker 44 I'm going to show you back on four.
04:34
Okay, good thing, Craig Hopkins, thank you for much.
04:38
Here, 4-4-5-4, thank you.
04:44
Number 18.
04:46
418.
04:49
Can you show me en route to 815 self-stop, and reference this call, please?
04:55
Yeah, 10-4[1].
05:00
In reference to 646, we have Chandler going to that original 20 for pickup.
05:04
What are you wanting them to do just like a welfare check there or to call you guys first?
05:14
I can't see why Chandler would need to do anything right now.
05:19
Maybe we'll do something on the back end.
05:20
As of right now, I can't see anything.
05:21
I can't see anything.
05:24
Maybe one of the out of districts had said to start them.
05:27
I'll get...
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood; affirmative or OK.
[2]
906: Missing person (at-risk)
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Location mentioned:
E Baseline Rd & Ellsworth Rd, Mesa, AZ 85209
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