Creative Con Wants Free Beer: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.

Here are this week's most bizarre police reports. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Crafty Scam Nets Thief Cases of Beer A man has hit two Giant Eagle stores in Fairlawn with a scam that allowed him to walk out with multiple cases of free beer. According to the report, the man identified himself to the manager as a Tramonte Distributing employee who had come to inventory the shelves for outdated beer. He went into the cooler and loaded six cases of Miller Lite and a six-pack of Miller Lite into a shopping cart, then wheeled it out to his car and left. The manager realized it was a scam when the other Giant Eagle …

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Donkeys On The Lam & Meth Lab Explosions: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region

Here are this week's most bizarre police calls, reports and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.  Donkeys On The Lam In Brecksville Brecksville resident Becca Craig was shocked to glance out the front window of her Gatewood Drive home to find two donkeys chasing her pup Barney around the front yard Tuesday afternoon. She quickly reacted, and pulled her dog inside to safety. Turns out that the animals had escaped through an open fence at the nearby Brecksville Stables.  The donkeys were rounded up and returned to the stables. Solon Dentist Accused Of Using Drug Database To Get Info On His Ex-Girlfriend A Solon…

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Westlake Dad Shows up Drunk to Kids’ Daycare, Promptly Arrested

Also: Woman hits to poles; thinks she was rear-ended.

A 46-year-old Westlake man showed up intoxicated at his children’s Center Ridge Road daycare center earlier this month. He was arrested for Disorderly Conduct – Intoxication while loading the children into his car. They were released to their mother at the scene. Other alcohol-induced episodes were plentiful this month. Also in police reports: A 26-year-old Cleveland woman claimed to have been rear-ended by a hit-skip vehicle on Columbia Road near Detroit Road. Debris on Columbia Road in Bay Village (including her car’s rear bumper) indicated that she had hit two poles and then continued on southbound. Westlake Police found her to be under the influence of alcohol and arrested for OVI. She was also cited for BAC (.185 by breath).   An …

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An Inside Job, Skating While High, Theft

Information was provided by Westlake police.

Breaking and Entering An employee of a Center Ridge Road gas station found the door unlocked on Aug. 21 at 5:46 a.m. $117 was missing from the cash register. The station’s camera system showed a former employee entering the station shortly after the previous night’s closing. Breaking and entering and possession of criminal tools warrants will be obtained for the 42-year-old Avon Lake woman involved.   Skating while high  A 23-year-old Fairview Park man wiped out while Rollerblading on the Clague Road overpass at I-90 at 6:08 a.m. Aug. 21. Marijuana and pot pipe were found in his possession, police said. He will be summonsed for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Westlake Fire Dedpartment took him to St. John Medical Center for…

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A Counterfeit $20 Bill, Stolen Catalytic Converter, Disorderly Conduct

Information provided by the Westlake Police Department.

Disorderly conduct An intoxicated 22-year-old Broadview Heights Woman called 911 four times at about 3:40 a.m. on Aug. 18. She thought she was locked out of her male friend’s Brick Mill Run apartment. No area listing could be found for that friend’s name. She was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct. Theft The catalytic converter was cut off a Ford pickup truck belonging to a Detroit Road business on the night of Aug. 17. No suspects. Counterfeiting  A Detroit Road gas station received a counterfeit $20 bill on Aug. 18. The clerk believes an unidentified female used it to buy cigarettes. It will be forwarded to the Secret Service.  Attempted auto theft  Unknown persons tried to steal a U-Haul truck from the Holiday Inn on the night…

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Expensive Headphones Lifted, an Eviction Gets Ugly

Information was provided by the Westlake Police Department.

Theft A 64-year-old Cleveland man stole a $279 set of headphones from a Crocker Park Boulevard store on Aug. 16 at 1:48 p.m., police said. A suspect was located at Crocker and Detroit Roads and arrested on charges of petty theft. He also had active warrants from Parma and Cleveland Heights police departments. Criminal damaging A Marview Drive apartment house owner reported extensive damage to a unit on Aug. 17. The female tenant had been evicted on July 26. Damage was done to carpets and walls, closet and cupboard doors were broken or missing, wiring was cut, and smoke/carbon monoxide detectors missing. The former tenant was contacted and claimed that some of the damage had occurred prior to her moving in. The city prosecutor will review …

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Two Bank Thefts Traced to Toledo, a Domestic History of Violence, a Smash-and-Grab

Information was provided by Westlake police.

ATM theft • A Prestwick Crossing man reported that three illicit withdrawals were made from his account on Aug. 8, 10, and 13 at ATMs in the Toledo area. They totaled $910.00 and he had his ATM card in his possession at that time. There are no suspects.  • When checking his bank statement, a Remington Drive man found two withdrawals from his account that he did not make. They occurred in the Toledo area on Aug. 9 and 13 and totaled $1,003. He had his debit card in his possession during that time frame. No suspects, and the bank involved is not the same as the Prestwick Crossings man’s in a previous item.    Property damage, theft  An Independence man’s 2010 Elantra had the front passenger window broken out on Aug. 14 between 7:30 and 8:20 …

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Police Blotter: Burglary, Theft

Information was provided by Westlake police.

Attempted burglary A Carnation Run man heard noises downstairs on Aug. 10 at 10:49 p.m. He saw a flashlight outside a kitchen window and yelled out. The unknown suspect fled, but had already forced open the window, police said. A neighbor reported hearing noises outside an hour earlier, but did not see anyone when he went to check.  Theft A $4,000 computer was stolen from a guest’s room at the Holiday Inn on Aug. 11 between 6:15 and 10:15 p.m. There are no suspects.  Violation of protection order, open container  Staff at a Main Street bar reported that 3 patrons were pouring their own alcohol into their drinks on Aug. 11 at 11:15 p.m. A 33-year-old Lorain man was arrested for carrying various weapons (a knife) and for violating a …

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Naked Man, Pink Purse & Concealed Drugs: Best of the Blotter

The week's strangest police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.

There's no shortage of bizarre police calls and charges in Northeast Ohio. We'll gather the zaniest of the region each Sunday in this Best of the Blotter column. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Questioned in the Nude: Twinsburg Police didn't learn much about a stolen-money accusation on May 3, but they were exposed to a naked man. The unexpected showing occurred during officers' second trip to the Warren Parkway residence that day. Police came earlier because a woman was screaming for help outside. She was being chased by the naked man's roommate, who believed the woman had stolen $1,000 from the apartment. When police returned with questions, the garment-free man said no one had taken …

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Barfing in Cop Car Doesn't Make Good Impression

The following arrest information was provided by the Westlake Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A 34-year-old Elyria man ended the night in a bad way in the early hours of April 22. He was found passed out in the parking lot of a party center on Center Ridge Road. While arresting him for disorderly conduct by intoxication, Westlake Police discovered the man also had an active warrant from the Lorain County Sheriff's Office. To cap off the man's bad night, he threw up while in the back seat of the police car.

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