Aug 17, 8:41 PM EDT   
      
   Man Asks Officer Wearing Badge for Meth   
      
    EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -- A man hoping to score some meth asked the wrong   
   person for the drug. The Eugene police vice narcotics unit had   
   searched an apartment on Monday night and were questioning the tenant   
   when a man came by and asked to buy drugs, Sgt. Jerry Webber said.   
      
   As detectives stood around with their badges hanging from their necks   
   and latex gloves on their hands, the man asked the tenant, "Can you   
   hook me up?" Webber said.   
      
   The tenant was seated on the couch with handcuffs around his wrists. A   
   detective was writing him a citation.   
      
   The tenant said, "I don't think I can help you," Webber recalled, but   
   the visitor persisted. He then allegedly turned to a detective and   
   asked him for meth.   
      
   The detective told the visitor, James Wilkinson, 34, of Eugene, he was   
   under arrest for attempted possession of methamphetamine.   
      
   Wilkinson tried to run, but officers grabbed him, Webber said.   
      
   They found a small amount of marijuana in his possession, Webber said.   
      
   Officers cited the tenant, Gary Puckett, 58, for possessing meth and   
   for endangering the welfare of a 15-year-old girl who was in the   
   apartment.   
      
   They also arrested a man who walked into the apartment carrying seven   
   baggies of meth, Webber said.   
      
   A fourth man showed up at the apartment carrying an illegal butterfly   
   knife, Webber said. He told police he had come to tell Puckett not to   
   sell drugs to his 15 year old girlfriend. He left with a citation for   
   carrying a concealed weapon.   
      
   After that, police stopped answering the door, Webber said.   
      
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