Sunday, January 27, 2013
Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.
Here are this week's most bizarre police calls, reports and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Hope that isn't a new prize- On Jan. 21, the manager of Chuck E. Cheese in Fairlawn called police to report someone parked outside the exit smoking weed in their car. When the officer arrived, he walked up to the car and stated he could smell marijuana smoke coming out. The officer asked the woman inside, 30, of Akron, if she was smoking weed and she turned over a half-burnt marijuana cigar. Then she gave officers a false name and age. When police finally figured out who she was, the officer charged her with drug …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Information provided by the Fairlawn Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
On June 11, Walmart security guards watched a stow woman empty two boxes of Crest White Strips into her purse before leaving the store, according to a Fairlawn police report. The security guard watched her leave the store and police arrived a short time later. Officers found the Stow woman sitting in the back seat of a car. The woman told police that she didn't steal anything, but later admitted to hiding the strips on her person, the report said. Security took the woman back into the store to retrieve the merchandise and police searched her car. Officers found a bag in her car that said "Sandy," and inside were two metal spoons, two syringes and two tourniquets, the report said. Police charged the woman with theft, possession of drug …
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Walmart
3750 W Market St, Fairlawn, OH
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-81.627099
Fairlawn Police Department
3487 S Smith Rd, Fairlawn, OH
/articles/stow-woman-caught-stealing-from-walmart-also-had-drug-tools
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/locations/7290420
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Information provided by the Fairlawn Police Department.
A Stow man walked into Macy's on March 12 and managed to conceal almost a whole outfit before leaving the store, Fairlawn police said. The 32-year-old was spotted taking a watch off a counter and putting it in his pants pocket. He made his way into the men's department and picked up two pairs of shorts and two pairs of jeans and walked into the dressing room. Police said the man came out of the room with nothing, and when store security checked the dressing room, only the plastic bands from the watch case were in there. They followed the man to the jackets, where he asked a clerk to remove the security tag off a leather coat so he could try it on, police said. The man put the coat on, then put his coat over it and made his way out of the …
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-81.618263
Macy's
3265 W Market St, Fairlawn, OH
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41.13348
-81.627099
Fairlawn Police Department
3487 S Smith Rd, Fairlawn, OH
/articles/man-steals-whole-outfit-before-leaving-macy-s
1819600
/locations/6624087
