Man Pleads Guilty in Court, Walks to Corner, Attempts Carjacking

A man who pleaded guilty in on Dec. 8 to a misdemeanor charge, left the court on Walker Road in Avon Lake, walked to the corner gas station, and attempted to carjack a woman, police said.

He could face felony charges.

The man, 23-year-old Bryan Schiffbauer of Euclid, has been charged with robbery and assault and is currently being held without bond at the Lorain County Jail.

According to Lt. Duane Streator, Schiffbauer had been picked up in Cleveland on an outstanding warrant from the Avon Police Department for possession of drug paraphernalia and brought back to the Avon Lake Municipal Court the morning of the incident.

Schiffbauer pleaded guilty to those charges and was given a suspended $250 fine, issued a 30-day suspended jail sentence and had his license suspended for six months.

Streator said police believe he walked from the Safety Center, which houses both the police and court to the two driveways down, where he attempted to steal a car from a woman.

“We believe that’s what happened,” Streator said. “The timing would be correct.”

At 11:52 a.m. on Dec. 8, the Avon Lake Police Department received a call of a possible carjacking at the .

“The caller reported that a male had approached a woman after she has finished pumping gas and grabbed her from her vehicle and then got into her car in an attempt to take it,” a press release issued by the police department said.

The 48-year-old woman, who lives in Avon Lake, screamed and several patrons came to help her. The patron grabbed the male from the car and some construction workers who were working in the parking lot held the male on the ground until police arrived.

The woman told police that she has seen Schiffbauer walking back and forth while she was pumping gas. When she finished pumping gas and was getting into her vehicle, Schiffbauer reportedly approached her, held her car door open and pointed something at her from inside his coat making her believe he had a weapon. She then got out of the car, Schiffbauer got in the car and she yelled for help.

Streator said Avon Lake resident Ronald Cherni,76, and Brian Williams, 40, of Barberton came to her aid and pulled Schiffbauer from the vehicle and held him on the ground with the help of the construction workers until officers arrived.

No weapon was found on Schiffbauer and no one was hurt.