Police Blotter: Officers Suspect Men Of Panhandling For Heroin Money

Police Arrest Men Asking For Gas Money

A 27-year-old Parma man admitted to Westlake police that he and a friend were asking gas station patrons for money at about noon Jan. 24.

Plainclothes police officers saw the man bothering people at two different Westlake gas stations. When they started asking questions, the man said that he and a 28-year-old Parma man were asking for gas money. Police said the men actually intended to buy heroin with the money they collected due to the younger suspect's track marks and the older suspect's drug trafficking record. Officers found $160 total on the two men.

Police arrested both men for soliciting without a permit. The arresting officer pointed out that donations go to a better use when given to a charitable organization, rather than a panhandler.

Man Tries To Find Brother, Then Sister, Then Current Location

An intoxicated 40-year-old Bay Village man woke up a Hedgewood Avenue household at about 1:30 a.m. Jan. 26 by pounding on the door, demanding to be let in. The man first insisted that his brother was inside, then that his sister lived there. Then, he told officers that he was Bay Village. He wasn't able to tell police how he got to the house, and they arrested him for disorderly conduct intoxicated.

Credit Card Fraud Caught For Ordering New Cabinets

A Canterbury Road man received a call from a home improvement store Jan. 24 saying that his new cabinets had just arrived. The man had not ordered any cabinets, and later realized that someone had opened an American Express account in his name. The account was closed and a watch was set on the man's credit report.