CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio --
Domestic violence: Noble Road
At 12:25 a.m. Sept. 22, police were dispatched to a Noble Road apartment where a woman was heard screaming for help. Dispatch notified officers that a male suspect had left the scene.
The woman told officers that she arrived home from work at 11:30 p.m. and took a shower. As she showered, her live-in boyfriend called her phone several times. When the man got home at midnight, he was angry with the woman for not answering her phone and accused her of cheating on him.
The woman explained why she didn’t answer the phone, but the man remained angry and, in their bedroom he choked her. The woman told police she almost lost consciousness and had tears falling from her eyes. She managed to break free of the man, but as she started to run towards the apartment door, he punched her in the ribs on her right side. The punch was so hard that the woman said she lost her breath and couldn’t yell for help.
The two have lived together for two months. The woman signed complaints against the man for domestic violence and assault.
Disorderly conduct: Mayfield Road
At 3:35 a.m. Sept. 23, police were dispatched to the BP gas station at 2801 Mayfield Road on a report of a disturbance. Officers arrived to find a gas station glass door shattered.
The clerk told police that two men were arguing in the store, with one antagonizing the other and calling him derogatory names. When the man being antagonized tired of the verbal put downs, he punched the other man, sending him to the floor and against the glass door, causing it to shatter.
The man who threw the punch then stood over the other man with balled fists, as the clerk stood between the men. The man who threw the punch then left in a car, while the man who had been struck walked away eastbound on Mayfield Road.
The clerk told police that the man who had been punched had spoken while in the store of a desire to kill himself, offering other customers $2,000 for a gun so he could shoot himself. He also spoke of pulling out his phone on police so that they would mistake it for a gun and shoot him.
While watching surveillance video of the incident, an officer recognized the man who threatened to harm himself from recent incidents. Police fond the man walking. He was intoxicated and had a bloody lip. He denied wanting to harm himself.
Due to his condition, police took the man to the hospital for a psychological evaluation, and then charged him with disorderly conduct/intoxication.
Theft: Mayfield Road
At 4:15 p.m. Sept. 23, police were called to the Walgreen’ store at 3020 Mayfield Road on a report that a man was shoplifting. Police spoke with the suspect, who denied stealing anything.
On the suspect’s person, however, officers found several stolen items totaling $40.56. Also found in the man’s pants pocket was a small clear plastic bag containing suspected heroin and a syringe, along with a pocket knife. Police charged the man with theft, and he may also be facing drug charges.
Drug offense: Mayfield Road
At 12:15 a.m. Sept. 23, police were dispatched to the scene of a one-car crash on Mayfield Road. As police arrived, the two men who had been in the car were walking away from the vehicle.
Police were speaking to the men when one of them ran away, north on Belmar Road. The man was soon after found hiding in a garage in a Belmar Road back yard. Officers ordered the man out of the garage. He exited the garage and ran once more. This time, police tracked him to a Glenmont Road back yard, where he was eventually apprehended.
On the man’s person police found an unknown gray rock substance and $1,203 cash. The man was arrested and is under investigation for a felony drug offense.
Drug offense: Noble Road
At 7:20 p.m. Sept. 24, an officer on patrol noticed a car on Noble Road with expired license plates. The officer initiated a traffic stop, but the car continued on for three blocks before stopping.
Police could smell inside the car the odor of raw marijuana. The male driver admitted that there was a small amount of marijuana in the car’s console. Police searched the car and found the marijuana in the console.
The car’s male passenger, it was discovered, was wanted on a Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office warrant for possession of dangerous drugs. An officer asked the passenger if there were any drugs in his pocket, and he responded that “there shouldn’t be.” In the wallet, however, police found 12 small plastic bags, each containing a white, hard substance. The suspect admitted that it was crack cocaine.
Police cited the driver for driving with expired plates and driving with a suspended license and without a valid license. He was given a warning for the marijuana possession.
The car’s passenger, it was learned, possessed 2.1 grams of cocaine. He is under investigation for a possible felony drug charge.
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