Sat Jul 31 2010
Macedonia -- A Park Avenue man pleaded no contest to several misdemeanors Nov. 4 after police said they found him in a men's room stall of a Macedonia Commons Boulevard store drinking alcohol he had not paid for.
Police said the 19-year-old man also had two DVDs he had not paid for and had cut out of their packaging with a knife. Police also said a store employee found a third DVD cut out of its packaging and several full bottles of beer in a rear men's room after the man admitted he had been in there as well.
According to Macedonia Mayor's Court records, the court magistrate found the man guilty of theft, possession of a criminal tool and underage consumption of alcohol, all first-degree misdemeanors. He was given a 90-day suspended sentence, fined $1,500, $600 of which was suspended, and ordered to pay the store $70 in restitution.
Police said the store employee reported the man had gone into the restroom with the alcohol and was drinking it in there in the early evening. Two officers entered the restroom and discovered the man was in the stall with the door closed. The man initially refused to come out, but did so when the officers threatened to break the door down, police said. The man was arrested and held overnight in Macedonia City Jail until his arraignment the next day.
Theft
Nov. 10. Charges made to credit card: A city woman reported someone, possibly in Oregon, charged about $300 in online purchases from a Wisconsin company to her credit card account. Police said the credit card provider is investigating.
Nov. 3. Man and woman skip meal bill: An employee of a Route 82 restaurant reported that an unidentified man and woman left without paying their $15 bill.
Nov. 2. Diesel fuel stolen from business: Police said they are investigating a reported theft of 137 gallons of diesel fuel, valued at about $320, from a Valley View Road business during the night.
The business' manager reported discovering the theft from an outside tank when he arrived in the morning. The manager said the pump was shut off and its power level was switched off and secured with a padlock, but an access cap at the top of the tank was loose and may have been removed.
Assault
Nov. 6. Man assaulted woman in car: A Northfield Center man, 24, pleaded guilty to first-degree misdemeanor assault Nov. 9 after the man's girlfriend reported he assaulted her while she was driving on Route 8 three days earlier.
No injuries to the woman were reported.
According to Stow Municipal Court records, the man was sentenced to 180 days of electronically monitored house arrest, 160 of which was suspended, and fined $1,000, $850 of which was suspended.
Police said they responded to a 911 call from the woman after she stopped at the side of the road south of Route 82 at about 9:20 p.m. The woman said that during an argument, the man grabbed her head and pulled it back, striking it against the seat's headrest. The woman said she immediately pulled over and made the 911 call and the man got out of the car and walked away. Police said they found the man walking along the road a short time later and arrested him.
Operating a vehicle
under the influence
Nov. 1: Police see man urinating: A 33-year-old Hudson man pleaded guilty Nov. 9 to operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, a first-degree misdemeanor, and public indecency, a fourth-degree misdemeanor, after police said they saw the man urinating while standing next to his car in the parking lot of a Route 82 business the week before at about 3:20 a.m.
Police said the man admitted to drinking four beers and he did poorly on the field sobriety tests.
According to Stow Municipal Court records, the man was sentenced to 210 days, 200 of which were suspended, in Macedonia City Jail, and fined $250, $200 of which was suspended.
-- Northfield Center --
Attempted break-in
Nov. 14. Business' front door damaged: The owner of an Olde Eight Road business reported someone tried to break in to the business during the night.
According to a police report, someone apparently tried to pry the front door frame loose. The damages were estimated at about $480, the report stated.
Theft
Nov. 13. Warrant issued for woman: The Summit County Sheriff's Office reported it issued a first-degree misdemeanor theft warrant for a Cleveland woman, 41, after an employee of a Route 82 store reported the woman left the store without paying for about $390 in groceries in a shopping cart.
The employee said the woman left without the groceries in a vehicle. The sheriff's office reported that the employee was able to give them the woman's license plate number and he identified her from her Bureau of Motor Vehicles photo.
Nov. 10. Wallet reported stolen: A woman reported someone took her wallet, containing her driver's license, two bank cards and a checkbook, while she was at a Golden Link Boulevard business in the late afternoon.
The woman said she immediately called her bank and canceled the bank cards and checks. No charges to the cards was reported. Police said an investigation is pending, but there were no witnesses or security video at the business.
Editor's note: Police News is a sampling of incidents responded to by local law enforcement agencies. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.
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