Macedonia -- A 24-year-old Northfield Center man did not enter a plea in Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court June 13 to two felony charges in connection with a loaded handgun police said they found in his vehicle during a traffic stop the day before.
In addition, the man pleaded not guilty to several misdemeanor counts police charged the man with following the stop.
The police report stated that while patrolling on June 12 at about 2:40 a.m., a city police officer stopped the man after seeing him turn onto Spring Hill Drive off Firestone Lane without using his turn signal. The officer said he smelled alcohol coming from the man's vehicle and that the man's eyes were red and glassy. After the man did poorly on the field sobriety test, he was placed under arrest, the report stated.
Police alleged that while they were putting handcuffs on the man, he admitted to having a loaded semi-automatic handgun and an extra loaded magazine in his vehicle, for which the man said he did not have a permit. Police said they found the gun and magazine.
Police alleged they also found five forged driver's licenses in his vehicle, plus a sixth forged license in the man's wallet. Police alleged the man told them he planned to sell the licenses for $100 each.
According to court records, police charged the man with carrying a concealed weapon and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, both fourth-degree felonies. The man is also facing first-degree misdemeanor charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, using weapons while intoxicated, forging identification cards, possessing forged identification cards and having a blood alcohol level over the legal limit, and a minor misdemeanor charge of failing to use turn signals.
The man was released from Macedonia City Jail on a personal bond and is scheduled for a June 24 pretrial hearing.
Theft
June 8. Camera stolen: A woman reported someone took her $250 digital camera from her vehicle while it was in the parking lot of a Macedonia Commons Boulevard business in the early evening. Police said there was no sign of forced entry, and the woman was uncertain if she had locked the vehicle. There are no suspects.
June 8. Bicycle stolen from woods: A woman reported someone took her son's $600 bicycle after he left it in a wooded area behind a Berkshire Drive home in the previous few days. There are no suspects.
June 7. Man reports purchase made in his name: An Iroquois Trail man reported someone used his personal information to make a $600 purchase with a forged check from a Virginia business. The man said his bank would investigate the matter.
June 7. Cash taken from dresser drawer: A Berkshire Drive woman reported someone took $210 from a dresser drawer in the previous week. The woman said someone may have entered the home through a rear garage door that had been left unlocked a couple of times. The woman said nothing else appeared to be missing.
June 7. Fraudulent purchase made: A Mapleview Road woman reported someone used her bank card information to make a $398 purchase through an online auction Web site on May 30. The woman said she discovered the fraud after the seller sent her an e-mail thanking her for her purchase.
Police said the matter is being investigated by an online payment service that handled the transaction.
June 2. Copper wiring taken from business: A foreman for an electrical contractor working on a Highland Road business under construction reported that someone took 500 pounds of insulated copper wiring, valued at about $4,000, from a Highland Road business under construction in the previous few days.
The foreman said the wiring was stored in a room with padlocked doors, but lacking a roof. Police said a construction vehicle parked outside the room had footprints on top of it. They said they believe an unknown number of suspects climbed onto the vehicle, then went over the wall into the room. They then were able to lift the wiring, which was on two spools, over the wall before climbing out again.
Police said they are investigating, but found little evidence at the scene.
Property damage
June 7. Trucks windows smashed: An employee of a Valley View Road church reported someone used bricks and pieces of wood to smash all the windows of a church-owned pickup truck while it was in the church's parking lot. A police report did not indicate the cost of the damage.
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Theft
June 13. Credit card account opened in woman's name: A Deer Path Lane woman reported someone opened a credit card account in her name.
No charges to the account were reported on a police report. The matter is being investigated.
June 10. Diapers taken: An employee of an Olde Eight Road store reported an unidentified woman left the store without paying for two packages of diapers totaling about $23.
The employee said the woman left in a vehicle. The Summit County Sheriff's Office said no additional information was available.
Property damage
June 10. Woman's phone line cut: A Deep Creek Circle woman reported someone opened a telephone wiring box on the outside of her home during the day and cut her phone line.
A police report did not include a damage estimate. The Summit County Sheriff's Office said there are no suspects.
Editor's note: Police News, a compilation of incidents responded to by area law enforcement agencies, is not intended to be all-inclusive.