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Controlled Substance Arrest Made After Man Locks Himself in Starbucks Bathroom

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Geneva police arrested Tyler White, 21, of Geneva on charges of possession of a controlled substance, obstructing justice, possession of a hypodermic needle and possession of drug paraphernalia around 8:21 p.m. Monday, June 10, at Starbucks, 229 W. State St., Geneva police reports said.

According to the synopsis sheet, a police officer was flagged down by an individual who said there was a subject locked in the bathroom inside Starbucks coffeehouse at the corner of Third Street and State Street in downtown Geneva.

The officer was able to get the bathroom door unlocked and observed a male subject—not White—in the bathroom. The officer saw a cellophane wrapper and tin foil packets on the back of the toilet and a hypodermic needle on the floor under the sink.

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When the officer subdued the man, he noticed that the cellophane wrapper and packets were missing from the back of the toilet. The officer asked White where he put the foil packets, and a second officer arrived and began speaking to White.

One of the officers asked White to remove his right shoe, and the officer found a hypodermic needle, a metal spoon and two cotton swabs. Police asked White to remove his socks and found two tin foil packets in White’s right sock.

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Based on the officer’s training and experience, the foil packets were believed to contain heroin, which would be cooked using the metal spoon and injected using the hypodermic needle.

All of the items were confiscated as evidence. 

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