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Weird Crimes

Sunday, August 26, 2012

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Masseuse Solicits Patron & Loud Sex Complaint: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports 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. No happy ending here — A man went to a North Canton masseuse for a full-body massage, but ended up getting solicited for additional services. The man provided North Canton Police with a cell-phone recording of The Massage Center employee "soliciting sexual acts for hire along with prices and agreements/conditions," according to the report." The report did not include arrest information, but soliciting is a third-degree misdemeanor. Keep it down, please — Sometimes a Stow resident hears a variety of loud noises …

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James Thomas

4:31 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012

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Sunday, August 19, 2012

Police Car Tarred & Drunk, Lost Man: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports 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. Police car tarred — What are the chances that one with three warrants would spray a police vehicle with tar? Pretty good, it turns out. Lakewood Police turned Frankie Eden over to Cleveland officers earlier this month after he accidentally sprayed pressurized tar on himself, another man and the police car on Madison Avenue. Eden, a 21-year-old Cleveland man, had been working for a pavement company when an officer asked workers to move a dump truck that was blocking the westbound lane of traffic on Madison, near W…

Sunday, August 12, 2012

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Drunken Naps & Parked Car Plowing: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports 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. Nursing home nap: A nursing home bed can be too comfortable to pass up. A drunken man couldn't do it on Aug. 5 in North Canton. Police responded to Windsor Medical Center after a caller said a 21-year-old man was asleep in a resident's bed. He had no relation to the residents and no permission to be on the Windsor grounds. Laying down on lawns: In Stow, front lawns were the best options for a man in need of rest. A Tudor Lane resident called police to report a man sleeping in front of his home at 4 a.m. on Aug. 4…

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Sunday, August 5, 2012

Breaking & Entering for a Cocktail: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports 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. I pay the bills here — A Lakewood woman found a strange, drunk man in her home on July 30 — one who insisted he had a right to be there. The woman told police he crawled through a front window of her Newman Avenue home at 6 a.m. The man was smoking a cigarette and said he had the right to be there because he had been paying bills there for a month. Lakewood Police arrested him for trespassing and public intoxication. No place like home? — It takes a lot for a mother to turn away her son. In Solon, a woman did just…

THOMAS KANE

1:43 pm on Sunday, October 14, 2012

AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE?TOILET PAPER,A RACOON,A UNAVAILABLE ROOM,A POTATO,A DRINK,B+E FOR SMOKE,B+E FOR A DRINK .ALL THESE PRIORITIES CAUSED PEOPLE TOO GET ARRESTED RECENTLY.THANK GOD NOBODY GOT HURT OR WORSE IN THESE EVENTS.   more ›

Sunday, July 29, 2012

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Two DUIs in One Night & Man in Panties: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the most bizarre police reports from departments across the region

Here are this week's weirdest 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. Repeat offender — It took just three hours for a Westlake man to achieve the unthinkable. Police arrested him twice in 180 minutes for driving under the influence. First, police stopped him at 2:37 a.m. on Columbia Road for his erratic driving. His blood-alcohol content level was .144 at that point. His license was automatically suspended. He was released to his girlfriend. Officers found him again at 5:24 a.m. on Hilliard Boulevard. He blew a .098 this time around. He had taken his girlfriend's car without her …

Jim O'Reilly

10:47 am on Friday, March 15, 2013

Re: the 11,000 deaths in alcohal related crashes in 2009. Etc. etc. & etc. What a shame, a complete loss of life. What with MADD, all of the tightening of laws, etc. & etc. nothing seems to help. Maybe your wipping a dead horse anyway. Maybe it's time to turn to DAMM {drunks against mad mothers} What I'm trying to say here is........ Never, ever should you approach a problem while carring a …   more ›

Sunday, July 8, 2012

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Marijuana Cab Fare & Sidewalk Sleeping: Best of the Blotter

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

Here are this week's head-scratching police calls 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. Pay your way with weed — When it's time to pay a taxi driver, money and drugs are all the same, right? Jacob Bruckner, a 38-year-old of Massillon, rationalized as much on June 27 when a driver took him to a Holiday Inn near Bath Township. He owed the driver $24 and said he would go get some money from the hotel. When he returned, Bruckner handed over $15 and small bag of marijuana. The driver declined the offer, opting to call police instead. Officers got an additional $5 out of Bruckner and charged him with drug abuse…

Sunday, July 1, 2012

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Underwear Thieves Escape: Best of the Blotter

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

As temperatures climb in Northeast Ohio, the amount of bizarre incidents reported to police departments is rising, too. Here are some of this week's weird calls 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. Pricey panties stolen: It appears that an undergarment thief made a clean getaway from SouthPark Mall in Strongsville. According to a police report, someone stole about 150 pairs of panties from a display table on June 23 at the mall's Victoria's Secret location. The panties are collectively valued at $1,362. Police have named no suspects. More VS bandits: A week earlier, the Victoria's Secret at Summit Mall …

Kimber Malloy

7:59 am on Monday, July 2, 2012

I never have seen a wheelbarrow in a Victoria Secret   more ›

Sunday, June 24, 2012

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Drug-filled Gummy Bears & Meat Theft: Best of the Blotter

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

It seems there's no alleged crime too bizarre to occur in Northeast Ohio. Here are some of this week's weird calls 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. Driving through a neighborhood: An 18-year-old Avon Lake man faces drunk driving charges from an incident that caused damage to a home, a garage and a car. Westlake Police said William Muller drove his 1991 Ford pickup truck into a garage and car Tuesday morning on Bradley Road. About 15 minutes later, a resident of the 31100 block of Center Ridge Road said somebody drove a pickup truck through his backyard and into a creek before exiting on foot. A …

Sadie collins

8:42 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012

I think it starts with our children addicts have a disease,iam one so I know. As,a child I was exposed to so much be it in the media or jus at home..i went to dare a program supposed to teach children the DANGERS of drugs but it just made me curious.we need to talk,teach,watch,love,RESPECT our children yes I said respect..if our children grow up feeling respected safe and are taught MORALS AND …   more ›

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