WESTLAKE, Ohio –
Drug possession: Detroit Road
Officers at 9:20 a.m. on June 15 responded to the McDonald’s drive-thru at West Bay Plaza for a reported road rage incident.
Two drivers got into a traffic-related dispute while in line waiting for food. The female driver of one of the cars pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the other vehicle while yelling out the window, according to the police department.
Westlake officers stopped the suspect’s vehicle on Crocker Road at Detroit just after it had left the parking lot. The female driver admitted to having a handgun in the car but claimed that the other vehicle had attempted to ram her vehicle. Officers recovered a handgun and ammunition from her vehicle along with suspected marijuana and suspected ecstasy pills.
The 38-year-old Cleveland resident was charged with inducing panic, felony possession of drugs, and tampering with evidence as she tried to hide the small plastic bags of narcotics upon being stopped by police. The male in the other vehicle did not want to press menacing charges.
OVI: I-90
A caller at 11:15 p.m. on June 11 told the Westlake Police Department about a possibly intoxicated driver of a Jeep on I-90.
The caller witnessed the vehicle driving partially on the shoulder of the highway. An officer stopped the Jeep at Cahoon after witnessing it drive over lane lines several times. Despite the doors on the Jeep being removed, the officer was still able to smell an alcoholic beverage on the driver, according to a police department press release.
The 20-year-old Avon Lake female driver appeared intoxicated, and an officer conducted a field sobriety test. The officer then arrested the woman for operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
Police impounded her vehicle and towed it from the scene. Officers took the woman to the Westlake jail, where she was cited with underage consumption, OVI, and prohibited breath alcohol content after she was found to be almost four times the legal limit, according to the police department.
Forgery: Detroit Road
Westlake police officers at 1:30 p.m. on June 14 responded to a bank after a teller called about a customer apparently trying to pass a fraudulent check and causing a disturbance when the employee would not return his ID.
The suspect claimed he was trying to cash a legitimate check he had earned for working construction. Authorities contacted the company listed on the $2,000 check and confirmed it had never been issued.
Police arrested a 46-year-old Cleveland man and learned that he was wanted on a felony warrant out of Cuyahoga County for a probation violation from a past assault, according to a police department press release. The male was charged with felony forgery.
Hit-skip: Detroit Road
Officers at 10:15 a.m. on June 17 responded to a report of a hit-skip crash on Detroit Road at Crocker Road.
A red vehicle fled the scene of the accident but was followed by the vehicle that had been struck. Rocky River police stopped the suspect’s vehicle on I-90. The driver, a 21-year-old Cleveland woman, had no license and several outstanding warrants including for felony weapons violations out of Cuyahoga County.
The female passenger in the suspect’s vehicle also had warrants including one from the Westlake Police Department for obstruction.
Both women were arrested for their warrants. One of the women reported minor injuries from the accident.
Traffic citations may be issued once the crash investigation is complete, according to a statement from the police department.
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