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  use this in my lawsuit against asu. this guy was also falsely arrested in the memorial union for tresspassing

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Police Beat: God exists, and he's been booked into 4th Avenue jail
by Brian Indrelunas published on Thursday, April 7, 2005
ASU police reported the following incidents Wednesday:

A 28-year-old transient man was arrested at the Cholla Apartments on Monday night on charges of trespassing and loitering. Police contacted the man, who was reportedly sleeping on the west side of Cholla's E-wing, and asked for identification. The suspect reportedly identified himself as "God," but police reported, "He did not have a Social Security Number (SSN), state-issued ID card, birth certificate, parents, family or any item with his name on it." The man reportedly told police he was resting and had entered the gated complex through an unlocked door. Police reported that the gate through which the man said he entered had a "no trespassing" sign on it. The man "continued refusing to provide his identity, claiming he was God, police reported, and "used profanities when bystanders were present and was told several times to keep his language under control. "After the man was arrested and transported to the ASU police station, he reportedly told police his name and said it was his grandson's name. Police reportedly "asked ... how he had a grandson, since he was only 28 years old." The man reportedly said his grandson "doesn't exist in this realm" and "sometimes" is in the same body as himself. Dispatch reportedly checked the given name and discovered two Mesa warrants. Photographs provided by Mesa police reportedly matched the suspect, and he was also allegedly warned for trespassing and loitering at the Memorial Union in October. The man was booked into the 4th Avenue jail.

Reports compiled by Brian Indrelunas. Reach the reporter at brian.indrelunas@asu.edu.