Drunk man holds knife to mother’s throat, threatens her with boiling water: Cleveland Heights Police Blotter

Cleveland Heights police investigated multiple reports of shots being fired on Medford Road, but were unable to find a suspect. No one was injured.

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 got no answer. He then went next door and knocked. A man came running outside, followed by his mother.

The man was yelling that his mother was assaulting him.

The officer spoke with the man, 32, and his mother, 58, and learned that the man, who appeared to be drunk, had been arrested and released that day by East Cleveland police.

Later, his mother returned from work and he explained about his East Cleveland arrest. When his mother asked why he hadn’t taken the empty trash bin from the tree lawn to the back yard, the man became angry, swore at his mother and demanded her cell phone.

The woman told her son that he wasn’t going to talk to her like that and walked out of the room.

The cussing man followed her. He then went into the kitchen and got a glass of water and threw its contents at his mother.

Next, he got a knife and held its point against her neck. Following that, he announced that he was going to boil water and throw it on her.

It was then that the officer knocked and the man and his mother ran out the door. Police arrested the man for domestic violence and assault. His mother requested a temporary protection order.

The man was taken to the Cleveland Heights jail and put in a detox cell.

Carrying a concealed weapon: Superior Road

At 11:05 p.m. Jan. 30, an officer was observing traffic on Superior Road when an older car traveled past. The car displayed a temporary tag that appeared to have a smaller font than a regulation tag. The officer thought that the car’s owner may have created the tag.

A traffic stop was conducted and the officer saw the driver make a furtive movement toward the passenger seat. The officer spoke to the driver and, after smelling the odor of marijuana inside the car, asked the driver if he had marijuana.

The driver stated that he did not and that he does not smoke marijuana.

Next, when asked, the driver denied having a gun. The officer looked into a window at the back seat and saw a gun.

The officer then called for additional officers. As the officer waited for assistance, the driver became angry and threw items from his car’s console about the vehicle. The officer then saw a bag containing raw marijuana that the driver had accidentally taken from the console and thrown onto the passenger seat.

When another officer arrived, police attempted to get the man to exit his car. Instead, the man drove off, eastbound on Mayfield Road.

Police had identified the man before he drove away and were in possession of his driver’s license. Officers learned that his record included prior felony convictions for aggravated robbery, drug trafficking and possession of drugs.

Police are now seeking the man on additional felony charges of carrying a concealed weapon and fleeing and eluding, as well as having a weapon under disability.

Weapon discharged: Medford Road

At 7:45 p.m. Jan. 31, officers were dispatched to Medford Road on a report of six or more gunshots fired. Dispatch had received several reports of shots fired in the area.

One caller said he heard multiple shots, followed by the sound of a car speeding away.

Officers found three spent 9mm shell casings in the middle of Medford Road, as well as two additional similar casings on two other portions of the street, including on a tree lawn.

Police spoke with many residents on the street, some of whom spoke of a car heading toward Noble Road.

One man said he was watching television in his living room, heard the gunshots, and immediately got down on the floor.

No one was injured and no damaged property was reported. Police do not have a suspect.

Burglary: Yorkshire Road

At 8:45 p.m. Jan. 29, police were called to a home where a mother and her son reside. A rear window had been broken and a laptop computer had been taken from the home.

When the woman told police that the window is where she believed “he” entered, an officer asked her whom that might be. The woman suspected her son’s ex-boyfriend.

The son and the ex-boyfriend had been arrested that day in Maple Heights and were released later that day from jail. When the son returned home, he noticed the window broken and the ex-boyfriend’s laptop missing.

The ex-boyfriend had slept over the night before and had left his laptop and medicine in the home. While police spoke with the woman, the ex-boyfriend texted her to say that he had left his medicine there and, because he and her son had argued, he would not be sleeping there that night.

Officers also noticed that a back door lock had been damaged. Muddy footprints and blood were on the floor.

Officers contacted the suspect by phone later that night. He admitted to entering the house through the window, exiting through the door, then returning to get more of his items through the door. He said he had lived at the house for the past six months.

Police asked the suspect to come to the police station, but he said he didn’t have a ride.

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