Fight breaks out when delivery man asks package recipient for identification: University Heights Police Blotter

University Heights police arrested a man who attempted to steal $9,000 worth of merchandise from Target, 14070 Cedar Road.

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio

Criminal damage: Traymore Road

At 4:50 p.m. Jan. 26, it was reported that a man, 29, had 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 not sustain an injury, but his glasses and cell phone were damaged. He did not wish to pursue charges against the resident. Police took a report for company insurance purposes.

Theft: Cedar Road

At 12:45 p.m. Jan. 23, police arrested a Euclid man, 23, for the theft of $9,010.86 worth of merchandise from Target, 14070 Cedar Road. The suspect was taken to the Solon jail.

The suspect is a store employee who was marking down prices of video games during checkout. The suspect admitted to the markdowns, and said some of the people for whom he reduced prices were his friends. He said he began doing markdowns around Christmas time.

Theft: South Green Road

At 12:30 p.m. Jan. 24, police were called to Heinen’s, 2180 S. Green Road, on a report of a theft that took place Jan. 6.

Officers gathered information and began an investigation of the theft, which totaled $158.40 worth of groceries.

Warrant arrest: Cedar Road

At 2:50 p.m. Jan. 24, officers investigated a car crash that took place at Cedar Road and Miramar Boulevard.

It was learned that one of the drivers, a Euclid man, 20, was wanted on a Bedford Heights police warrant. Police arrested the man and turned him over to the BHPD.

Domestic violence: Warrensville Center Road

At 4:40 p.m. Jan. 26, a woman, 46, reported that she had been assaulted at her home by her husband, also 46. The woman further stated that her husband had taken her phone and threw it on top of their apartment building.

The man fled before police arrived.

The woman sustained minor injuries to her hands that did not require medical attention. She also suffered pain in her back and buttocks from falling to the floor during the altercation. Police are investigating.

Warrant arrest: Cedar Road

At 12:15 a.m. Jan. 27, an officer came across an unoccupied car stopped in a lane of travel on Cedar Road, near Wrenford Road. The car’s owner, an East Cleveland man, 26, was found shortly after at a gas station.

It was learned that the man was wanted on a Maple Heights police warrant. Police took the man into custody and transferred him to Maple Heights police.

Domestic violence: Cedar Road

At 10:25 a.m. Jan. 27, dispatch received a 911 hang-up call from a Cedar Road dwelling. Officers went to the home and determined that a domestic violence incident had taken place.

Police arrested a University Heights man, 24, and took him to the Solon jail.

Psychiatric situation: Cedar Road

At 8:25 p.m. Jan. 28, police responded to an alarm from Papa John’s pizza, 14404 Cedar Road, and learned that a woman had created a disturbance inside the business.

As officers spoke with the woman, they determined that she was in distress and was experiencing a mental health episode.

EMS took the Cleveland woman, of unknown age, to the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Underage consumption of alcohol: John Carroll Boulevard

At 1:25 a.m. Jan. 29, police assisted EMS in responding to a call from the Lombardo Student Center at John Carroll University. There, a student -- an 18-year-old Galena, Ohio, woman -- was found to be heavily intoxicated.

Police cited the woman for underage consumption of alcohol and falsification.

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