Soto Birthday Blood Drive Set For Monday

Event will help benefit Lorain County Blue Foundation

The Pete Soto Birthday Blood Drive will be held Monday from 3-8 p.m. at Mulligan’s Pub and Grille in Avon to benefit the Lorain County Blue Foundation. The blood drive was created to honor Avon police officer Soto who was critically injured in an on-duty crash of his police motorcycle in October 2010. Soto suffered a shattered pelvis, lacerated spleen and broken leg. Officer Soto was a loyal blood and platelets donor and a blood drive soon after the accident gathered more than 200 units of blood. “We hope that maybe we can make his day an annual event,” John Guzik, a Sotto friend and event organizer, said. “This was something that was near and dear to his heart. He was such an avid blood donor and platelets donor.” Guzik emphasizes that …

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Stealing Pills Isn't Very Neighborly

The following arrest information was provided by the Avon Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A Carleen Avenue resident told Avon police on May 6 that she’d let someone from the neighborhood into her home that day and discovered, after the person had left, that close to 30 of  her oxycodone pills were missing. Someone attempted to break into Avon United Methodist Church sometime on or around May 8. There was some damage to the storm window on the southwest corner of the building. Police have no suspects. 

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Rush Hour Motorcycle Crash Injures 1 on Chester Road

Elyria man taken to AECC after crash.

Rush hour near SR 83 and Chester Road in Avon is bad enough when it’s accident free, but a motorcycle mishap May 15 created additional headaches for travelers Tuesday night. Avon Sgt. Bob Olds said a motorcycle ridden by Richard Peabody of Elyria slid on the pavement and headed off the roadway at 5 p.m. “The motorcycle lost control heading into stopped traffic,” Olds said. Peabody, 56, suffered bumps and bruises and was taken by ambulance to the Avon Emergency Care Center. No other vehicles were involved in the accident.

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Shooting Fish in Pond Gets Kids in Trouble

The following arrest information was provided by the Avon Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Whatever happened to fishing with a rod and reel? A Ledgewood Lane resident called Avon police the evening of May 4 after seeing some children using their BB gun to shoot at fish in the retention pond behind the resident’s house. Police spoke with the mom and told her the kids can’t be shooting into the pond.

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Best of the Blotter

Naked Man, Pink Purse & Concealed Drugs: Best of the Blotter

The week's strangest police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.

There's no shortage of bizarre police calls and charges in Northeast Ohio. We'll gather the zaniest of the region each Sunday in this Best of the Blotter column. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Questioned in the Nude: Twinsburg Police didn't learn much about a stolen-money accusation on May 3, but they were exposed to a naked man. The unexpected showing occurred during officers' second trip to the Warren Parkway residence that day. Police came earlier because a woman was screaming for help outside. She was being chased by the naked man's roommate, who believed the woman had stolen $1,000 from the apartment. When police returned with questions, the garment-free man said no one had taken …

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Drinking and Walking Too Much for Man

The following arrest information was provided by the Avon Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

Avon police came to the aid of a man who had one (or more) too many at Mulligan’s, but thankfully did not try to drive. A Mulligan’s employee called police around 2:24 a.m. on May 7 after a cab had been called for him, but the man refused it, instead walking toward BJ’s Wholesale Club. Police found the man a few minutes later passed out in the grass by BJ’s. They brought him back to his room at Value Place hotel.

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Falling Furniture Causes a Fright

The following arrest information was provided by the Avon Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A Carleen Avenue resident got a scare just before 1:30 a.m. on May 7 when she heard a loud bang from near the back door of her home. She called police, scared that someone was trying to get in. The bang ended up being from a leg on the entertainment center breaking and causing the entire unit to come crashing down.

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Century Home Fire Cause Remains ‘Undetermined’

Home, built in 1854, is deemed a total loss.

The fire that caused significant damage to an 1854 home in Avon last week remains undetermined, according to the Avon Fire Department. An electrical shortage in the house, which has been vacant for years, was cited as a possibility. Avon Fire Department responded to the fire at 3583 Long Road at 12:45 a.m. May 4. Fire departments from Avon Lake, North Ridgeville and Sheffield Village also responded. The four bedroom, two bath century home is expected to be razed. The building was unoccupied at the time of the fire. A firefighter said the house has been unoccupied for years. It is currently owned by First Federal Savings & Loan Association Of Lorain and was listed as sale with Howard Hanna at the time of the fire.

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