Denton police took the victim of a home-invasion robbery to jail Sunday after finding drugs and paraphernalia in plain sight in his apartment, according to a report.

Officers responded shortly after midnight to the 700 block of North Locust Street to a small loft apartment over a garage. An officer noted that he smelled marijuana as he walked toward the apartment and the smell was stronger inside the apartment. The victim acted “high,” according to the report.

A man with a heavily bruised face said that some men kicked in the door and beat him until he told them where he was hiding cash. They left with about $1,000, he said.

The officer noted that the door showed signs of being kicked in several times. The victim said the same men robbed him a few weeks ago. Another man who lived in the apartment said the same men actually had broken in and robbed them three times.

The officer saw drugs and paraphernalia in the apartment and charged the victim with possession of a controlled substance.

 

Other reports

100 block of West Collins Street — A man arrived at a hospital emergency room early Saturday with a bullet wound in one foot.

The man told police that he was walking down a street about 12:30 a.m. and passed a group of men who were smoking marijuana. Two of them followed him, he said.

One produced a gun and demanded all his money. He handed over $78, he said.

Then the man with the gun “rushed” him and grabbed him in a bear hug, he said. He struggled, and the gun went off, injuring his foot.

He said he called a relative, who took him to the hospital.

However, parts of the man’s story did not coincide with other evidence, according to the report. Officers found blood at the relative’s house, and the man changed his story and said the relative took him to his house before taking him to the hospital.

The incident is under investigation.

1300 block of Audra Lane — Members of a church reported that someone cut the rope holding an American flag and a Christian flag late Wednesday or early Thursday and stole the flags.

 

Roundup

From 7 a.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Monday:

• Denton police handled 851 calls for service and officer-initiated calls, including 10 vehicle burglaries, 10 thefts, seven reports of criminal mischief, one report of discharging a firearm in a city, three building burglaries, one deceased person, one aggravated robbery, three cases of harassment, two robberies, five assaults, one sexual assault, seven cases of possession of drug paraphernalia, three cases of possession of a controlled substance, two cases of criminal trespass, three frauds and three forgeries.

• Denton County sheriff’s dispatchers handled 751 calls for service and officer-initiated calls for the agencies they serve. A total of 104 people were booked into county jail. Depu­ties took reports of one possession of a controlled substance, one suicidal person, one case of disorderly conduct, three as­saults, one incident of criminal mischief, two vehicle burglaries, one building burglary, one theft, one threat, one harassment and one indecent exposure.

• Denton firefighters res­pond­ed to 46 medical calls, one public service request, two vehicle fires, one deceased person, one gas leak, three traffic accidents, one alarm, two gas spills, two requests to assist an invalid, one smoke investigation, one electrical malfunction and two brush fires.

Argyle firefighters responded to one alarm and one fire.

Aubrey firefighters responded to three grassfires, one overdose, five medical calls, one request to unlock a vehicle, one fire and one controlled burn.

Sanger firefighters responded to one alarm, one electrical malfunction, one gas leak, one grassfire, four medical calls, one overdose and one request for mutual aid.

Corinth firefighters responded to two smoke investigations, one childbirth, two requests to assist a citizen and one request to unlock a vehicle.

Krum firefighters responded to two medical calls, one hay fire, one request to unlock a vehicle and two building fires.

DONNA FIELDER can be reached at 940-566-6885. Her e-mail address is dfielder@dentonrc.com .

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