Theft, Rock Throwing and Bald Tires Lead to a Crash: In the Blotters

This week’s Westlake Police blotter. All information was pulled from Westlake Police records.

• A King James Parkway man reported that six trees in the rear of his property had been cut down sometime Oct. 3-4. A neighbor was found to have hired another male to cut them down, thinking that the trees were his or a third neighbor’s who also wanted them removed. The City Prosecutor will rule on the matter.
• Like Goldilocks, a 26-year-old Cleveland man found a Union St. bus stop to be just right for an intoxicated snooze on Oct. 4 at 8:17PM. When an officer tried to rouse the man; he became belligerent and was arrested for DCI.
• A Center Ridge Road business was burgled on the night of Oct. 4 by unknown suspect(s) who forced open a side door after cutting the phone and electrical lines. $160 cash was taken. An adjoining firm was also forcibly entered through a side door. $130 cash and three bottles of water were taken. 
•  An 84-year-old Bay Village woman withdrew $9300 from her bank account on Oct. 4 after receiving a phone call from a “police officer.” The caller reported that her granddaughter had been arrested for drug charges and needed bail money. When the victim tried to make another withdrawal on Oct. 5 at another bank where she has an account, the teller became suspicious and called WPD and the granddaughter, who of course was not in jail. No suspects. 
• A 34-year-old Cleveland man was arrested on Oct. 5 for Theft after stealing jewelry from a Farrs Garden Path where he was doing some remodeling. He tried to give it back to the homeowner after WPD arrived, but we do not allow “do-overs,” especially when we find more stolen jewelry in his truck. 
• Two 54-year-old neighbors in a Center Ridge Road trailer park fought after a parking dispute on Oct. 5 at 11:22PM. Rocks were thrown, a cane was swung, and a commotion ensued. The City Prosecutor will rule on whether any charges will be filed.
• Baldness may constitute a detriment to one’s looks, but it is a much more serious matter for tires. A 26-year-old Cleveland woman learned this the hard way on Oct. 6 at 4:24PM when her left rear tire blew out on I-90 eastbound near Crocker Rd. Her 1996 Nissan went into the ditch after that. Officers found that the left front tire was bald as well. She was cited for Failure to Control, Driving Under Suspension and Unsafe Vehicle.
• A 2012 Lincoln MKZ turned up missing during an Oct. 7 inventory at the Nick Mayer car dealership on Center Ridge Rd.  A salesman has been seen driving it; he has not reported for work since Oct. 5.
• A wallet with several credit cards was taken from a 2006 Saturn Vue while it was parked in a Hidden Acres driveway. One of the cards was used at the Redbox kiosk at Dover Center-Center Ridge roads to rent DVDs and a game. No suspects and no signs of forced entry to the vehicle.
• A Taurus-brand .380 semiautomatic pistol was a taken from an unlocked 2012 VW Passat while it was parked in the owner’s Balsam Dr. driveway. A pair of sunglasses was also taken; the theft occurred on the night of Oct. 8.
• 7 vehicles had tires slashed on the night of Oct. 8 while they were parked at a Sperry Drive hotel. No suspects. 
• A city worker found that unknown suspect(s) set fire to a paper towel dispenser inside the mens room at Roman Park on Ranney Pkwy. on Oct. 10 at 3:50PM. The light fixtures were severely damaged and the whole room was filled with smoke when the employee opened the door. Heavy smoke damage was also apparent. No suspects.  
• A 40-year-old woman refused to leave St. John Medical Center on Oct. 12 at 2:20PM unless, in her own words, “it was in handcuffs.” When the handcuffs showed up (on the belt of a WPD officer), she skulked away without further incident.  
• A 32-year-old man popped by the Westlake police station on Oct. 13 at 12:24PM saying he knew he was wanted by some police agency somewhere for something or other. Obliging dispatch staff checked and found warrants from North Olmsted and Brooklyn PDs. He was turned over to the former.  
• A 1996 International dump truck (value $47,000) belonging to a contractor was used to steal construction equipment from a Clemens Rd. jobsite on the night of Oct. 12. The truck was backed inside the building and hit a steel beam before being loaded with the missing property and driven away. Various contractors are still taking inventory of what was stolen.  
• Two unlocked vehicles were entered in a Courtland Meadows driveway on the night of Oct. 13. A pair of sunglasses, DVDs, and a wallet with a credit card were taken; no suspects.
• $10 cash was taken from an unlocked Avon woman’s 2011 Toyota on the night of Oct. 13. It was parked in an Oakwood Ln. driveway; no suspects.