Eugene man caught with meth outside Danebo Elementary

EUGENE, Ore. – Eugene police caught a man with meth outside an elementary school Thursday morning, according to the Eugene Police Department.

EPD officials said that officers responded to Danebo Elementary School at 6:53 a.m. on Sept. 24 after someone reported a man screaming inside a fenced-off construction zone. When police arrived, they found James Calvin Scroggsmann, 39, of Eugene. Scroggsmann had three warrants out for his arrest in Lane County and one in a neighboring county. Officers took him into custody and found a 3-by-5 inch bag of white crystal-like substance in his pants pocket before taking him to jail. The substance tested positive for meth and weighed 10 grams. Scroggsmann told officers he found the bag four days earlier and didn’t know what was in it…

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