Crime & Safety

Man Heats Fake Urine; Busted for Pot

Man was hoping for a clean drug test at nearby car dealership.

Pulled from this week's Westlake police blotters. 

From the “That’s Just Nasty” file: At 2:16 p.m. on Sept. 9, a Detroit Road gas station employee reported that a male was heating up urine in the station’s microwave. 

When confronted and sent packing posthaste, he claimed it was fake urine to be used to pass a pre-employment drug test at a nearby car dealership. 

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He was stopped and detained by Rocky River Police Department on E. Melrose Drive and detained until Westlake Police  arrived. 

Marijuana, a pipe, and rolling papers, as well as a fake urine kit were recovered from his car. The 24-year-old North Olmsted man was cited for possession of both marijuana and drug paraphernalia. 

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