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Police News: Five charged for alleged underage alcohol sales

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Macedonia -- Police say an 18-year-old woman working with them on a Nov. 20 investigation helped them cite five clerks at various city stores with selling alcohol to an underage person, a first-degree misdemeanor.

According to police reports, clerks in all five cases sold the woman a six-pack of beer after they either did not ask for her identification, or did ask but she told them she did not have any.

Police Lt. Vince Yakopovich said the woman was a volunteer working with police. He said the operation was a periodic investigation police conduct to determine if businesses that sell alcohol are checking for proof of age.

Those charged include a 48-year-old Barberton woman working at a Route 82 service station; a Chenook Run man, 21, a Berkshire Drive man, 21, and a Sagamore Hills woman, 28, all working at separate Highland Road service stations; and a 25-year-old Cleveland man who worked at a Macedonia Commons Boulevard store.

Police say none of the five were arrested, but were told they would be issued a summons into Macedonia Mayor's Court.

Theft

Nov. 22. Charges made to bank card: A city man and woman reported someone stole the wife's bank card and charged a little over $2,000 in purchases to it at various Lake and Geauga county businesses between Nov. 16 and 21. The wife said she was unaware that the card was missing until her husband discovered the purchases.

Police said they are investigating.

Nov. 21. Man charged in theft from purse: A New York man, 21, pleaded not guilty to first-degree misdemeanor theft Nov. 23 after a woman reported he took her credit card and driver's license from her purse while she was at a South Freeway Drive restaurant two days earlier.

Police said they recovered the driver's license and cred it card from the man and returned them to the woman. No charges to the credit card were reported.

The man was released from Macedonia City Jail on a $500 bond Nov. 23.

Nov. 20. Woman charged in GPS theft: Police charged a 26-year-old New Jersey woman with attempted theft and possessing criminal tools, both first-degree misdemeanors, after an employee of a Route 82 store reported the woman appeared ready to take four global positioning system units, totaling $1,340 in value, from the store.

The employee said he saw the woman on store security video put the four units into her purse and walk to the exit doors before taking them out and putting them on a shelf and leaving the store. Police said when they found the woman, they found an unidentified material was sewn into the lining of her purse that would have prevented the store's exit door security alarms from sounding if the woman had walked by them with the GPS units.

The woman was released from Macedonia City Jail on a $1,000 bond Nov. 23 pending a Nov. 30 arraignment in Stow Municipal Court.

Nov. 18. Computer purchased with stolen credit card: An employee of a Route 82 store reported a woman purchased a $2,130 laptop computer with a credit card that was later determined to have been reported stolen in Brecksville.

Police said they are investigating.

Nov. 16. Checks stolen at Highland Road business: The owner of a Highland Road business reported someone stole nine checks from the business' checkbook after it had been left on a counter at the business in early November. The man said he discovered the theft after finding a check had been issued for $575. The man said he closed the checking account and police say they are investigating.

Nov. 14. Man accused of stealing clothing: A 23-year-old Cleveland man pleaded not guilty on Nov. 16 to theft, possessing criminal tools and driving under suspension, all first-degree misdemeanors, after an employee of a Route 82 store reported the man left the store without paying for $82 in clothing.

The employee gave them a description of the man's vehicle after the man left the store and police stopped him a short time later on South Bedford Road. Police said the man admitted to using pliers to cut security tags off the clothing and they found the clothing and pliers in the vehicle.

The man was released from Macedonia City Jail on a personal bond Nov. 16.

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Arrest warrant

Nov. 23. Man arrested in traffic stop: A Summit County Sheriff's deputy arrested an 18-year-old Northfield Village man, who was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped for an equipment violation on Olde Eight Road at Route 82.

According to a police report, the deputy discovered the man was wanted by Stow Municipal Court for failing to pay $390 in fines and court costs after he pleaded guilty to a theft in Twinsburg Township in July.

The man was released from Summit County Jail Nov. 23 after making a partial $100 payment.

Theft

Nov. 18. Man charged in theft from store: Police charged a Newburgh Heights man, 34, with first-degree misdemeanor theft after an employee of a Route 82 store reported the man left the store without paying for $145 in merchandise. The man was given a summons into Stow Municipal Court.

Resisting arrest

Nov. 17. Neighbor complained about car stereo: An East Oakmont Way man, 18, pleaded not guilty Nov. 18 to fourth-degree misdemeanor resisting arrest and disorderly conduct, a minor misdemeanor, after a neighbor reported the man was playing his car's stereo too loudly at about at about 8 p.m. the evening before.

A Summit County Sheriff's deputy reported the man was uncooperative, refused to provide information and pulled away from him when the deputy tried to arrest him. According to Stow Municipal Court records, the man was released from Summit County Jail on a personal bond Nov. 18.

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.