Thu Feb 09 2012
Macedonia -- Police charged an Akron man with a felony drug possession after they said they found about a gram of suspected cocaine in his vehicle following a single-vehicle accident on Interstate 271 July 8.
According to Stow Municipal Court records, the 28-year-old man did not enter a plea to the fifth-degree felony charge at his July 8 arraignment. He pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, refusal to submit to a blood alcohol test, driving under suspension, ficticious license plates and failure to control.
He was being held in Macedonia City Jail on a 10 percent of $75,000 bond as of July 12.
Police said they responded to the interstate a little after midnight in response to an anonymous report of a traffic accident. Police said the man told them he had lost control of his vehicle and it went into the median strip between the north- and southbound sides of the interstate. The man said he then overcompensated when turning back into the road, struck a concrete barrier on the right side and ended up in the middle of the road.
The man was bleeding from a facial wound and was treated at the scene by the Macedonia Fire Department, but he refused to be taken to a medical facility, police said. The vehicle had to be towed from the scene.
Suspected arson
July 6. Mulch fire may have been set: Police said July 12 that city police and fire department investigators were looking into a mulch fire at a Forest View Circle home the week before.
According to a police report, the Macedonia Fire Department was called to the home about 8:30 p.m. to put out a fire that burned mulch along the edge of the front porch and side of the garage. Police said the home and garage were undamaged.
Police said that the way the fire burned indicated that some kind of flammable liquid may have been poured onto the mulch.
Theft
July 6. Stereo taken from vehicle: A man reported someone broke into his vehicle and took its stereo system while it was in the parking lot of a Macedonia Commons Boulevard business late in the evening.
Police said it appeared someone used a screwdriver to unlock the vehicle. Police said they are investigating.
July 1. SUV stolen from parking lot: A man reported someone took his locked 1995 sport utility vehicle while it was in the parking of a Macedonia Commons Boulevard business late in the evening.
Police said they are investigating.
Marijuana plants
July 5. Two plants found in field: Police said that after receiving an anonymous tip that someone was growing marijuana in a field off Ledge Road, they found two small marijuana plants in buckets in the field. Police said they destroyed the plants.
Property damage
July 3. Rocks damage vehicles: An employee of a South Freeway Drive business reported someone threw rocks into the business' parking lot during the night, damaging the hoods and windshields of three vehicles.
July 3. Mailboxes damaged: A city police officer reported that while he was patrolling late in the morning he saw several mailboxes on Ledge Road had been damaged.
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Theft
July 7. Pills reported missing: A township woman reported someone may have taken 14 prescription anxiety pills from a bottle next to her bedroom nightstand. The Summit County Sheriff's Office says it is investigating.
July 3. Woman charged in grocery theft: A Brecksville woman, 43, was charged with first-degree misdemeanor theft after an employee of a Route 82 store reported she left the store without paying for $151 in groceries in a shopping cart.
The woman was given a summons into Stow Municipal Court and released.
Property damage
July 5. Vehicle damaged by rocks in road: A woman reported her minivan was damaged after she struck some large rocks that someone left across Route 82 in the middle of the night. The Summit County Sheriff's Office says it is investigating.
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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