Child Taught to Steal, K9 Teased, Man Attempting to Bail Friend Arrested: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest and most clicked-on police reports and incidents from departments across the region.

Here are this week's most bizarre and most talked about police reports. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. • WESTLAKE: Drunk Man Tries to Bail out Woman for Drunken Driving, Promptly Arrested A 34-year-old North Olmsted man should have used better judgment May 11 when he went to bail out a friend who had been arrested for operating under the influence earlier that morning. The man arrived at the police station just after 4 a.m. Westlake police found him to be under the influence and he was arrested for drunk driving as well. Police subsequently determined that he had been drinking with the woman before her arrest. …

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Man Living in Woods, Taco Bell Rage: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.

Here are this week's most bizarre police reports. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. STRONGSVILLE: Man Found Living in Woods A May 3 fire led officials to discover someone has been living in the woods. Firefighters were called to smoke on the east side of the building about 9:40 a.m. and reported to police that there was someone living there. Officers located a man walking to the area, who admitted to having a fort and cooking. The said he believed he had gotten permission to camp there. He agreed to gather up his belongings and move on.  That same day, a witness reported a homeless man washing his clothes in the …

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Creative Con Wants Free Beer: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.

Here are this week's most bizarre police reports. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Crafty Scam Nets Thief Cases of Beer A man has hit two Giant Eagle stores in Fairlawn with a scam that allowed him to walk out with multiple cases of free beer. According to the report, the man identified himself to the manager as a Tramonte Distributing employee who had come to inventory the shelves for outdated beer. He went into the cooler and loaded six cases of Miller Lite and a six-pack of Miller Lite into a shopping cart, then wheeled it out to his car and left. The manager realized it was a scam when the other Giant Eagle …

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Donkeys On The Lam & Meth Lab Explosions: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region

Here are this week's most bizarre police calls, reports and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.  Donkeys On The Lam In Brecksville Brecksville resident Becca Craig was shocked to glance out the front window of her Gatewood Drive home to find two donkeys chasing her pup Barney around the front yard Tuesday afternoon. She quickly reacted, and pulled her dog inside to safety. Turns out that the animals had escaped through an open fence at the nearby Brecksville Stables.  The donkeys were rounded up and returned to the stables. Solon Dentist Accused Of Using Drug Database To Get Info On His Ex-Girlfriend A Solon…

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Manhunt! Cold Car Thief Turns Himself In

After man steals car and breaks down, he takes off through Avon.

A man who led police on a chase through Avon eventually turned himself in Sunday night when it became too cold for him to remain outside. Avon Police Chief Richard Bosley said a man who began walking away from a broken down car on Nagel Road near Detroit Road began running when police approached him. “We saw him broken down on the side of the road and he ran,” Bosley said. Police ran the plates and realized the vehicle, a 2003 Ford Taurus, was stolen from Brook Park. Officers were initially called out at 3:25 p.m. Jan. 20 and searched for more than an hour. “It was cleared at 3:48 p.m. after Brook Park police took custody of the vehicle,” Bosley said. The man caused some alarm in the area. “We were notified Sunday afternoon that the police…

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Lori E. Switaj

3:06 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Linda, per Chief Bosley: The charge was for receiving stolen property because the vehicle was stolen in another community and reported in that community as stolen. We cannot prove who stole the vehicle but can show that the person being charged (Mr. Witnik in this case) was in possession of the vehicle and knew or should have known that the vehicle was stolen.   more ›

Unruly Beer Buyers Get Gun Treatment from Avon Clerk: Blotter

New Year's Eve turns not-so-happy for three men in Avon

A clerk at the BP gas station on Colorado Avenue in Avon became concerned enough on New Year’s Eve to rack a round into his 380 pistol to let two men know he was carrying. The problem started at 11:45 p.m. on Dec. 31 when the clerk said two young men were trying to buy beer by showing a temporary permit as proof of age. One of the young met briefly argued with the clerk and left, but soon returned and again began arguing over the validity of the man’s permit. The clerk, feeling threatened, took his 380 pistol out of his pocket, racked a round, and then put it back in his pocket. He later told police he did this to let the two men know he was carrying a concealed weapon. Avon police advised the three men before leaving. The clerk had a …

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Man Stuck in Dumpster? Not Funny

A man's prank goes a little too far.

All information was provided by police reports from the Avon Police Department. Information does not indicate a conviction. A man who was at work…and then disappeared, led police on a goose chase before the man 'fessed up and said his claim he was stuck in a dumpster was a joke. Just after 8 p.m. on Nov. 7, an Elyria man began contacting a co-worker at his Avon employment that he was stuck in a dumpster, and indicated that he was hiding in the dumpster at McDonald’s. After a search turned up no sign of the man, his home in Elyria was checked with no sign of the missing man, who did not have a car. Police also checked area businesses including Costcos. His family eventually located the man, who claimed to be in Lorain and added that he was …

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Auto Theft, Identity Theft: Police Blotter

Information was provided by Avon police.

Auto theft  A blue 2011 Ford Fusion was reported stolen from a parking lot on the 35800 block of Detroit Road at about 10:25 a.m. Sept. 19. Police found the car near a Payless shoe store. Identity theft A resident of the 2500 block of Seton Drive reported that someone was trying to open credit card accounts in his name on Sept. 19. He said his neighbors have experienced the same thing.

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Car vs. Tree; iPod stolen from Avon Middle School: Police Blotter

Information was provided by Avon police.

Hit-skip If you see a car with pieces of bark or leaves sticking out of a damaged front bumper or grille, it's probably the one that took out a small tree on the 37800 block of Quail Hollow the night of Sept. 17-18. The impact snapped the tree over and into the driveway. The driver left the scene, leaving tracks in the lawn but no damaged car parts behind.   Theft • Copper wire was removed from a property on Chester Industrial Parkway sometime between July 24 and Sept. 19.  • A wallet was reported stolen from the Cleveland Clinic, 33100 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, on Sept. 19. • A phone and iPod Touch were stolen from a locker at Avon Middle School, 3075 Stoney Ridge Rd., on Sept. 18.

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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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