Drunken Driver Caught with Stolen Credit Cards and More Crime

Police Catch Drunken Driver with Stolen Checkbook

A 22-year-old Westlake man was arrested for drunken driving at about 2:15 a.m. March 28 after a patrol officer saw him commit several traffic violations. Inside his car, police found a checkbook belonging to a Cleveland man and a cell phone and credit cards belonging to a Salem woman.

When police contacted them, both people said their belongings had been taken from their cars in the Flats and Ohio City. The 22-year-old faces charges of receiving stolen property, possession of criminal tools, operating a vehicle intoxicated and blood alcohol content for blowing a .156 on his breath test.

Family Fight Ends with Arrests

Police arrested a mother and son for domestic violence at about 4:15 p.m. March 29 on Stonehedge Drive.

The 46-year-old mother, whom police found passed out in the garage, claimed that her daughter-in-law charged her, and she defended herself. She said the fight then moved outside, where her son choked her, and she bit him to defend herself.

The son, 28, told police that his mother pulled his wife's hair, and that she bit him when he tried to break the two up. The couple had been preparing to move out after arguments over the last week.

Police released the woman on bond March 30. The son has a prior domestic violence conviction, making this offense a felony. He was transferred to the Cuyahoga County Jail.