WESTLAKE, Ohio –
OVI: I-90
A caller at 2:15 a.m. on Nov. 20 reported that a black Kia was “all over the road” and tailgating on I-90 eastbound passing Crocker Road.
Officers stopped the car as it entered Rocky River. While the woman driver searched for her purse for her license, an officer noticed it was sitting in a cup holder next to an open can of alcoholic tea, according to a police department press release.
The 30-year-old Elyria woman slurred her speech and appeared intoxicated. An officer, after administering field sobriety tests, arrested the woman for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and having an open container. A breath test revealed her blood alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit, according to police.
Suspected marijuana, handgun seized: Crocker Road
An officer at 3:15 p.m. on Nov. 21 stopped an SUV on Crocker Road near Detroit Road after the officer confirmed the vehicle was registered to a man with an expired license.
Officers noted signs of illegal drug use in the vehicle and spotted numerous small plastic bags of suspected marijuana and a loaded handgun. Officers arrested the 45-year-old Cleveland man who was driving the car for having weapons under disability due to a prior drug trafficking conviction. A prosecutor will ask a Cuyahoga County grand jury to consider issuing an indictment on additional charges, according to a police department press release.
Drag racing: Center Ridge Road
A Westlake police sergeant at 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 18 spotted two vehicles drag racing on Center Ridge Road heading toward North Ridgeville from Crocker Road.
He stopped both vehicles and cited the drivers, a 20-year-old Lorain man, and a 21-year-old North Ridgeville man, for drag racing.
Fraud
A resident at 4 p.m. on Nov. 21 came to the police station to report a fraud.
The victim had received an unsolicited phone call a few days prior that appeared on the caller ID to come from Ohio Edison.
The caller said that the resident’s bill had not been paid and that an “immediate” transfer of funds was needed to keep the power on at the residence. The victim sent several hundred dollars to the scammers via a money application. Later, wondering if it had been a scam, the complainant called the power company directly. He learned that his bill was in good standing.
Stolen car recovered
The Cleveland Police Department at 5:41 p.m. on Nov. 21 contacted the Westlake Police Department regarding the recovery of a stolen vehicle.
Cleveland police had responded to a one-car crash into a pole on Eaglesmere Avenue in Cleveland. When the officers arrived, they learned from witnesses that two males ran from the car after it struck a pole.
The Dodge Charger had been reported as stolen from Westlake on Sept. 12. The car had been taken from a driveway on Fitzroy after the owner forgot to remove the key fob or lock the door during the overnight hours.
The car was recovered and towed back to the Westlake Police Department. Detectives noted that although the vehicle had been painted red when stolen, someone after it was stolen painted it black. The Cleveland Police Department recovered a license plate on the Charger that had been stolen in Euclid.
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