Several items stolen from home: South Euclid Police Blotter

Sun News staff By Sun News staff Sun News
on November 01, 2012 at 11:33 AM


THEFT, OAKMOUNT ROAD: A woman noticed Oct. 15 that her e-reader could not be found, just a day after she had used it in her home. The woman thought she had misplaced it, but two days later she discovered that her wedding ring, valued at $600, and two other rings (with a combined value of $1,000) were also missing.

There were no signs of forced entry into the home. The woman told police she suspects one of the people who has a key to her house.

DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION: An officer monitoring traffic at 11 a.m. Oct. 18 saw a car coming toward him at about 50 miles per hour. During the ensuing traffic stop, the man driving the car was asked for his license. He told police he did not have one on his person and that his license had been suspended.

The driver said he was rushing to be with his daughter, who had become ill. The officer asked the man if a medical squad should be called for the girl and the man replied that it should not.

A woman who was a passenger in the car, is the vehicle’s owner. When asked if she could drive, the woman told police her license, too, is suspended. A licensed driver was called to the scene to drive the car.

Police cited the man, 30, of South Euclid, for driving under suspension.

PROPERTY DAMAGE, ELLISON ROAD: A woman complained Oct. 18 that her son, 15, damaged her home while trying to get inside while she was not at home. The boy cut a screen in a basement window, then broke the window, causing about $150 damage.

The boy lives at the house, but the woman felt she need to report the matter to police. Police advised the woman to contact the boy’s probation officer to file charges for being unruly.

DRIVING UNDER SUSPENSION, SOUTH BELVOIR BOULEVARD: An officer was monitoring speed near Rowland Elementary School when he used radar to determine a car was traveling 33 miles per hour in the school zone, where the speed limit, as shown by a flashing light, was 20 miles per hour.

During the ensuing traffic stop it was found that the woman stopped, 23, of University Heights, did not have a license on her person. Further, it was discovered that her license had been suspended.

She was cited for driving under suspension and speeding in a school zone.

BURGLARY, WINSTON ROAD: A realtor informed a woman who owns a vacant house that someone had broken a window on its side door, then unlocked that door. Nothing was missing from the home.

During the summer, the woman had replaced the home’s copper pipes, a frequently stolen item during break-ins at vacant home, with plastic pipes.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE, CEDAR ROAD: A woman returned to her apartment lot at 12:30 a.m. Oct. 20 and found her designated parking space was filled. She parked in another space and later sent her son and nephew, ages 5 and 6, to get bags she had left in the car.

The boys were upset when they returned and told the woman that a lady used profanity and told them to tell their mother not to park in her space or she would egg the vehicle.

The woman went out a short time later to move the car and found it had been egged and that someone had apparently used a key to scrape its side. The woman also told police that the car does not belong to her, but was borrowed from a friend.

FRAUD, RAMBLEWOOD TRAIL: A woman, 68, told police she had received an e-mail from a mystery shopper company asking her if she was interested in shopping for them. The woman responded that she was interested.

Her assignments all involved testing the services of Western Union. All involved receiving money orders from the company, sending money to the Philippines, and keeping some for her troubles. She was later informed by her bank that the checks were fraudulent. The bank advised the woman to file a police report.

CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, LIBERTY ROAD: A man informed police Oct. 19 that someone took mail from his mailbox. Some mail was thrown on the ground and others were ripped and scattered about. The man made a report to the U.S. Postal service and will have his mailbox moved closer to his home, rather than its current position at the end of the driveway.

The man suspects youths walking home from school took the mail from the box.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE, PRINCETON BOULEVARD: A man went to his elderly mother’s house Oct. 19 to help deal with funeral arrangements for his father when he found that someone broke three windows on his mother’s car, which was parked in her driveway.

Stolen from inside the car were a replacement battery and a tool kit. Damage was estimated at $2,000, while the stolen items had a combined estimated value of $375.

UNWANTED GUEST, SOUTH GREEN ROAD: A member of an Alcoholics Anonymous group that meets at a church told police Oct. 19 that a man who is not wanted at the meetings comes to them and creates disturbances.

The unwanted guest has not been taking his medication and has shown up at the meetings drunk. At the Oct. 19 meeting, he showed other attendees marijuana cigarettes he had and nearly caused a fistfight.

Police called the unwanted guest, 47, of South Euclid, and told him to stay away from the next meeting or he could be arrested.

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