Drunken Driver Asks Cop for Directions: Best of the Blotter

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. Excuse me officer, which way to jail- Arrests don't get much easier than this. A 34-year-old Lakewood man was charged with drunken driving after he stopping to ask a Solon police officer for directions. At about 1 a.m. on Dec. 8, a Solon police officer parked at a gas station was approached by a man after a car pulled in behind him. Perry L. Allen, 34, approached the officer to get directions to a nearby business. According to the report, Allen smelled like alcohol and had slurred speech.  He failed the field …

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Sex Toys & Lizards Stolen from Apartment: Best of the Blotter

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. Taking toys — Something was a little different about a theft last week on Lawrence Court in Kent. The list of items stolen from residents over a two-day span at Silver Meadows Apartments included laptops, HD TVs and other electronics that typically fill police reports. A box full of sex toys was also on that list. The Pure Romance toys accounted for $800 of the $3,000 worth of goods taken from the one of the apartments. Three lizards, each worth $60, were also stolen.   All about the cake — Though two co-workers …

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Melissa Hebert

12:42 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012

Paul, an example of "disguised" profanity is when people use symbols such as $ or @ to substitute for letters in profane/obscene words. It's a violation of the Terms of Use.   more ›

Barack Obama's Kent Stop May Not Prove Costly to City

President is scheduled to visit Kent State Wednesday

President Barack Obama's planned campaign stop in Kent on Wednesday may not prove as costly as recent stops in other small towns across the country. Kent Police Chief Michelle Lee said information remains scarce about the Democratic incumbent's scheduled visit, but he is expected to be in Kent by 3:50 p.m. Wednesday via the Akron-Canton Airport. Lee said the time may change. "That’s going to depend on where exactly he’s going to go," she said. "The plan is he’s going to be on the (Kent State University) campus somewhere." University officials haven't released any information about the stop and still had no comment when asked about the president's planned visit Friday. "We can neither confirm nor deny the report," Kent State spokesperson …

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Police Get the Real Man Responsible for the Kent Shooting

Stow Police took down three 17-year-olds last week after patrolling the area for a shooter that fled on foot from Kent. The three Stow teens weren't involved in the shooting, but police say they have their man now.

A suspect has been arrested in the shooting of a 17-year-old teenager during an early morning incident last Wednesday in the Silver Meadows neighborhood, according to Kent Patch.  Dustin A. Dent, 24, who police refer to as homeless, turned himself in late Saturday evening to the Medina County Sheriff’s Office in Medina, where he was picked up by Kent Police and returned to Kent. Dent was arraigned this morning in Kent Municipal Court on a charge of attempted murder. He is currently being held at the Portage County jail on a $500,000 bond. Kent Police Capt. Jayme Cole said an investigation led Kent Police to obtain a warrant for Dent’s arrest late last week. The teen who was shot at 782 Silver Meadows Blvd. is recovering. Last week after …

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K9 Tracks Down Teens in Stow After Kent Shooting; Youths Cleared of Any Involvement

The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department. Turns out it was a "wrong place, wrong time" situation for three 17-year-olds.

The three teens Nero, the Stow Police K9, tracked down in Stow early Wednesday morning for possibly being involved in a shooting in Kent were cleared of any involvment by officers. Kent Police received a call at 12:21 a.m. Wednesday for a report of shots fired. They discovered a male, 17, at 782 Silver Meadows Blvd. with multiple gunshot wounds. According to police radio traffic, the victim had been shot in the head. The suspect fled westbound on foot armed with a handgun, said Kent Police. Officers were looking for a white male in his mid 20s, approximately 5-feet 8-inches tall, heavy build, who was wearing a white sleeveless T-shirt. Two Stow officers got a call from Kent that the suspect was seen headed toward Stow and they began to …

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WATCH: SWAT, Stow Assist Kent's Officers at 'College Fest'

Tear gas was used to break up the party.

Editor's note: amateur video of Saturday's events, attached to this article, contains foul language. Viewer discretion is advised. The annual block party known as "College Fest" held to celebrate the end of the school year at Kent State University ended in a cloud of tear gas Saturday night. Kent Police, with support from area police departments, tried to disperse a crowd of thousands of people who gathered on East College Avenue between 7 and 9 p.m. with messages of "The party is over" broadcast over megaphones followed by blasts of tear gas canisters. Stow Police Chief Louis Dirker said Metro SWAT assisted and since Stow is a member, his department sent SWAT officers and the Prisoner Transport vehicle to help. Some in the crowd responded…

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Police Find Portable Meth Lab During Attempted Burglary Pursuit

The following information was supplied by the Stow Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.

What started out as a call about an attempted burglary turned out to be a discovery of drugs and materials to make methamphetamines in a bookbag police say belongs to a man who had a warrant out in Kent. Stow Police responded to a call of an attempted burglary at 2359 Graham Rd. Thursday evening around 11:30 p.m. Someone attempted to force entry through the front door of the residence, according to police. The resident told officers the man left wearing a black, hooded sweatshirt. A K9 unit initiated a track and found a man wearing a red track jacket over a black hooded sweatshirt just a few homes away at 2376 Graham Rd., police said. When police stopped the man, he said there was "speed" in his backpack, according to police. After …

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Amanda Harnocz

11:16 am on Friday, November 4, 2011

Can you believe this? I didn't know there was such a thing as a portable meth lab.   more ›

Police Deploy Spike Strips to End Car Chase

Suspect reportedly robbed Stow home, fled to Kent then fled Kent police

Kent Police officers were forced to end a car chase Saturday by deploying spike strips at the intersection of routes 43 and 261 in Kent, stopping a 28-year-old woman who reportedly broke into a Stow home. According to Stow Police, Jamie White, of Stow, broke into a North Stantom Road home and was confronted by the homeowner. White and the homeowner struggled and she threatened to shoot the victim, police said. White then fled in the homeowner's 2008 Toyota Prius, said police. A few hours later, Kent Police were notified that White might be in the area, and she was spotted pulling out of the Kent Lanes, going south on 43 toward Interstate 76. She then turned around and began coming back north on 43 where police deployed the spikes, Kent …

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