The individuals, a man and a woman, suffered from narcotic overdoses. The man was found inside a bathroom at Taco Bell on North Walnut Street and the woman was found at the Monroe County Public Library on Kirkwood Avenue.
EMTs revived both people with naloxone, an antidote used in emergency overdose situations, according to the police reports.
Police arrived around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Taco Bell to find the 41-year-old man unconscious inside the bathroom, Sgt. Joe Crider said. After medics revived him, the man confirmed he had been using heroin. Recounting his experience, he said he overdosed and was unable to breathe.
He was held at IU Health Bloomington Hospital for further treatment, according to the report. The man did not have any substances or paraphernalia on him at the time and cooperated with officers. Police did not arrest him, Crider said.
Police and medics arrived at the library about half an hour after the first incident and again used naloxone to revive 30-year-old Christina Pemberton.
After becoming responsive, she gave police a false name, Crider said. She did not confirm the substance she had overdosed on, but all indications showed it was heroin, Crider said.
The needle she used has been sent to a lab for testing, Crider said. After Pemberton was remanded to the hospital, police arrested her on charges of having two outstanding warrants — possession of a syringe and false reporting. The woman is transient, according to the police report.
In overdose cases, arrests are discretionary and determined by circumstance, Crider said.
“There are a few variables involved,” Crider said. “The male did not have a warrant, and the female did. The male was cooperative and provided his correct name and information. She did not.”
He said she was arrested on criminal charges, which means the prosecutor’s office will determine the formal filing and disposition.
