Witness helps police track suspected drunk driver: North Olmsted Police Blotter

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Domestic violence: Nela View Road. At 12:05 a.m. Jan. 28, dispatch received several 911 calls from a man in the area of Nela View Road. The man was complaining about East Cleveland police. Not sure where the call originated, a Cleveland Heights officer knocked on the door of a house but go no answer. He then went next door and knocked and a man came running outside, followed by his mother.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Criminal damage: Traymore Road. At 4:50 p.m. Jan. 26, it was reported that a man, 29, delivered a package to a Traymore Road home and needed proof of identity from the resident. Legal identification was not shown and a physical altercation ensued. The delivery man did...

On Jan. 2, a Meijer asset protection team leader called police after observing an employee stealing merchandise from the Broadview Road store.

During a Jan. 10 traffic stop of two suspicious vehicles -- a Hyundai and a Kia -- on Big Creek Parkway, both drivers attempted to flee from police. While the Kia successfully left the area, the driver of the Hyundai was less fortunate. The vehicle crashed while being pursued. The...

A woman reported around 12:30 a.m. Jan. 21 that while she was stopped at an ATM at Key Bank to make a deposit, someone came up to her passenger-side window and pointed something wrapped in a plastic bag at her. Suspecting that the man had a gun, she immediately left...

A resident reported at 4:13 a.m. Jan. 23 that his vehicle was just stolen by a group of male suspects who arrived in the area in another vehicle. The incident is under investigation. Stolen vehicle recovered: Greenvale Drove. A stolen vehicle was located unoccupied in the rear of an apartment...

At 9:22 a.m. Jan. 25, officers responded to the Park Tower Apartment complex for a theft report. The resident said that sometime the night before, her ex-boyfriend had stolen some of her property. She noticed the thefts when she got home from work. The woman had given her ex permission...

Officers responded Jan. 27 to a report of a woman driving recklessly with an unrestrained infant in the front seat. Her vehicle was stopped exiting the highway. She explained that she was driving in such a manner because a man in an SUV had pointed a gun at her. Officers...

At 2:56 a.m. Jan. 28, an officer was flagged down by a newspaper delivery driver, who reported seeing a house with the front door standing open. Officers checked the interior of the house and all appeared OK. No one was home, but contact was later made with the homeowner, who indicated that the door being left open must have been an oversight by the dog walker.

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On Jan. 10, police were dispatched to a Pearl Road gas station regarding a disturbance between a man and a woman in a Honda located in the parking lot. An arriving officer talked to the caller, who said the crying woman had entered the store several times. Not only was she drunk, but the woman told the caller about how the man had assaulted her while they were at a bar.

MENTOR, Ohio — A 30-year-old man was wounded Wednesday morning when two suspects opened fire on the victim as he sat in his car in the parking lot of a hotel, police say. The shooting was reported at about 8 a.m. at an unspecified hotel on Emerald Court, which is located by the Diamond Centre shopping area east of Heisley Road, just south of Ohio 2. The victim, who does not live in Ohio, tells police he was staying at the hotel with a male companion.

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At 9:35 a.m. Jan. 25, a Solon woman, 71, reported that she had received a call from someone claiming to represent Amazon. The caller said the woman owed $400 for a computer and that her Amazon account had been flagged for being connected to money laundering in Russia. In order...

On Jan. 10, a Windrow Lane couple came to the police station to report that the day before, their terrier mix had been attacked by a large Cane Corso dog that had jumped out of the back seat of a parked silver Toyota. The large dog bit the terrier, which...

At 6:15 p.m. Jan. 25, police were called to Saks Fifth Avenue at Beachwood Place mall, 26300 Cedar Road, to investigate a theft. A woman suspected in a theft that took place in November had returned to the store, attempting to return two of the items she allegedly stole. In...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A woman who was killed in a traffic crash in Geauga County in 2020 has been absolved of any blame. Kathleen Huntsman, 61, of Macedonia died in a two-car accident Dec. 29. A second driver, Shannon Mosier, 36, of Burton, was placed on probation for three years and ordered to serve six months in jail after she pleaded guilty last year to attempted aggravated vehicular homicide.

AKRON, Ohio — A bullet struck the driver’s side door of a man’s vehicle as he drove away from an armed carjacking attempt Monday night in the North Hill neighborhood, police say. The carjacking attempt occurred at about 8:15 p.m. when the 51-year-old victim dropped off a...

BEREA, Ohio – A Berea woman, 52, was banned from Speedway, 880 North Rocky River, after she started eating Speedway hot dogs inside the store before paying and threatened store workers. A witness flagged down police and said the woman was yelling at everyone inside Speedway. The woman told...

On Jan. 3, a Cleveland woman came to the police station after discovering that she had left her grandson’s child support check on the counter of a Biddulph Road store. When she went back to the business, the check was gone. There are no suspects. Police are investigating. Suspicious...