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03/23/18 16:04:09 – THEFT- FRANK GASPARE CAME INTO THE LOBBY TO REPORT HIS MOTHERS PURSE STOLEN YESTERDAY. THE COMPLAINANT REPORTS THAT HIS MOTHER IS UNABLE TO FIND HER PURSE. HE STATES THAT HIS MOTHER HAS MISPLACED HER PURSE BEFORE. THE COMPLAINANT IS CONCERNED BECAUSE A NURSE WAS IN THE HOME YESTERDAY AND DOES NOT KNOW IF SHE MAY HAVE TAKEN IT. THE COMPLAINANT HAS NO EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT THE NURSE IN QUESTION TOOK THE PURSE. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY ON THE CREDIT CARDS SINCE THE PURSE WENT MISSING. HE WAS ADVISED TO MONITOR HIS MOTHER’S ACCOUNTS FOR UNUSUAL ACTIVITY AND TO CONTACT THE PD IF THERE IS.

03/24/18 22:13:56 – ASSULT – BIANCA ROGERS CAME INTO THE LOBBY AND STATED SHE WAS INVOLVED IN AN ARGUMENT WITH HER HUSBAND OVER FINANCIAL CONCERNS. SHE STATED THE ARGUMENT BECAME PHYSICAL RESULTING IN A CUT TO HER FINGER AND REDNESS TO HER NECK. SHE DID NOT WANT TO SIGN CHARGES AGAINST HER HUSBAND AT THIS TIME. SHE WAS ADVISED ON HOW TO OBTAIN A CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER. OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE COMPLAINANT’S HUSBAND BUT HE LEFT PRIOR TO OFFICER ARRIVAL. A VOICEMAIL WAS LEFT FOR THE MALE TO CONTACT THE PD. THE MALE PARTY WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE. HE STATED THE COMPLAINANT BECAME UPSET ABOUT AN ITEM HE PURCHASED FOR HIS DAUGHTER AND SHE BEGAN TO YELL AT HIM. HE STATED THE TWO ARGUED AND THE FEMALE STRUCK HIM IN THE FACE. HE STATED HE RESTRAINED HER FROM HITTING HIM AND DENIED CAUSING ANY INJURY TO HER. THE MALE STATED HE HAD MINOR SCRATCHES FROM THE ALTERCATION BUT DID NOT WANT TO PURSUE THE MATTER OR HAVE PICTURES OF HIS INJURIES ADDED TO THE REPORT.

03/26/18 18:42:35 – STOLEN VEHICLE – SLAV KHUDYAKOV NORTH COAST AUTO STOLEN AUTO. OFFICERS SPOKE TO THE CALLER IN THE LOBBY WHO STATED THAT SOMEONE TOOK A SILVER BMW OUT OF THE DEALERS PARKING LOT. THE CALLER SAID HE LAST SEEN THE VEHICLE IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 2017 VIN# WBAPK73549A450151. VEHICLE WILL BE ENTERED INTO LEADS. (BT) VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOCATED, MAPLE HEIGHTS PD TOWED THE VEHICLE TO KELLY’S ON 03-25-18 1318HRS. NORTH COAST AUTO HAS BEEN ADVISED ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE VEHICLE.

03/31/18 12:43:27 – SHOPLIFTING – CHRIS POWERS / GIANT EAGLE. BLACK MALE GRAY PANTS BLUE JACKET. SHOPLIFTER. THE MALE IS NOW WALKING AROUND THE STORE. — From 03/31/2018 12:48:47 To 03/31/2018 12:48:49 Disp JS — P038 OUT IN THE PARKING LOT WITH TWO MALES MARCELLUS HODGE AND JESSE PRUITT. HODGES WAS IDENTIFIED BY SECURITY AS THE MALE WHO HE OBSERVED SHOPLIFTING. OFFICERS SEARCHED BOTH PARTIES, BUT NOTHING WAS LOCATED ON EITHER OF THEM. PRUITT HAD A RECEIPT FOR ALL THE MERCHANDISE THAT WAS IN THEIR POSSESSION. HODGES WAS ADVISED THAT SECURITY OBSERVED HIM SHOPLIFTING ON ANOTHER OCCASION AND THEY WILL BE REVIEWING THE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE OF THE INCIDENT TO DETERMINE IF THEY WILL PURSUE CHARGES. BOTH PARTIES WERE ADVISED OF WHY THEY WERE STOPPED.

03/31/18 14:40:24 – THEFT – JEAN A REEVES CAME INTO LOBBY. IN THE LOBBY FEMALE WISHES TO REPORT MISSING PURSE FROM RESIDENCE / NO IDEA WHO WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT / JUST NOTICED IT THIS MORNING. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT SHE CAME HOME FROM WORK THIS MORNING AND SET HER DARK BROWN WALLET ON THE COUNTER IN THE KITCHEN AND WENT TO SLEEP AT 0800HRS. THE WALLET CONTAINED HER SSN CARD, MEDICAL MUTUAL INS. CARD, OHIO DL, RED CROSS BLOOD TYPE CARD AND PNC VISA DEBIT CARD. WHEN THE COMPLAINANT WOKE UP AROUND 1415HRS SHE STATED THE WALLET WAS GONE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THERE WAS NO FORCED ENTRY TO THE HOUSE, HER DOORS WERE LOCKED AND THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO HAS A KEY TO THE HOUSE WOULD ABSOLUTELY NOT HAVE TAKEN HER WALLET. SHE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT PNC BANK REGARDING HER DEBIT CARD AND TO RETRACE HER STEPS FROM THIS MORNING IN THE EVENT THAT THE WALLET WAS JUST MISPLACED.

04/02/18 07:13:22 – STOLEN VEHICLE – SAPRINA HENDERSON REPORTED STOLEN AUTO. SILVER BLUE 1998 HONDA ACCORD. SHE LAST SAW THE CAR AT 9PM.Vehicles Involved: F380565 OH 1HGCG5642WA253082 HOND THE OHIO TEMPORARY TAG WAS TAPED INSIDE THE BACK WINDOW OF THE HONDA.

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Tornado season starts in March and runs through June.  Know the difference between a tornado warning and tornado watch.

Tornado Watch- Weather conditions are favorable for the development of a tornado.

Tornado Warning- Tornadoes have been spotted and are imminent.

Tornado Sirens are tested the first Saturday of each month at noon and located in the following areas:

• Northfield and Rockside
• Grace and Turney
• Solon Rd. and I-271

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http://www.cleveland19.com/story/37761490/bedford-first-responders-honored-for-saving-young-womans-life

From left to right Lt. Jeff Diederich, FF Tom Mitchell, Illisa Clark, FF Marc Latkovic, FF Steve Copelin, FF Vic DePasquale.

Mayor Stan Koci, Lt. Jeff Diederich, FF Marc Latkovic, Illisa Clark, FF Vic DePasquale, FF Tom Mitchell, FF Steve Copelin.

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02/28/2018 22:24:31 – DOMESTIC – OFFICERS SPOKE WITH FEMALE COMPLAINANT WHO STATED THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS PHYSICALLY ABUSED BY HER FATHER. OFFICERS SPOKE WITH THE DAUGHTER WHO STATED SHE WAS WRESTLING WITH HER FATHER OVER HER PHONE AND SUSTAINED A SCRATCH ON HER KNEE. OFFICERS SPOKE WITH THE FATHER WHO STATED THAT HIS DAUGHTER WAS OVER HIS HOUSE AROUND 1630 HOURS WHEN THEY GOT INTO A DISPUTE ABOUT HER FOLLOWING RULES, AND THEN WRESTLED HER PHONE AWAY FROM HER FOR DISCIPLINE. ALL PARTIES WROTE STATEMENTS AND THE ORIGINAL COMPLAINANT WAS ADAMANT ABOUT PRESSING CHARGES. EVERYTHING WAS TURNED OVER TO THE PROSECUTOR FOR A RULING. (BT/RF)

3/5/18 COMPLAINANT WAS ADVISED THAT NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED. (BT)

03/01/2018 05:52:48 – FAMILY TROUBLE – YELLING IN THE HOME MOTHER IS YELLING AND TELLING THE KIDS THEY’RE GOING TO BE MOLESTED CALLER IS 13 YO IN THE HOME: MOTHER, BROTHER, CALLER NO WEAPONS MOTHER WAS DRINKING A FEW HOURS AGO VERBAL ARGUMENT BETWEEN A MOTHER AND SON OVER THE SONS SOCIAL SECURITY CHECK. THE SON WAS ADVISED THAT WE COULD NOT FORCE HIS MOTHER TO GIVE HIM THE CHECK AND WE ADVISED THE MOTHER THAT WE COULD NOT FORCE HER SON OUT OF THE HOUSE. BOTH PARTIES WERE GIVEN OPTIONS AND THE MOTHER SAID SHE WOULD GO TO BED FOR THE NIGHT. (DRE)

03/01/2018 14:08:55 – ERRATIC DRIVER – INTOX FEMALE HIT THE DELIVERY TRUCK NISSAN SHES TRYING TO LEAVE. — From 03/01/2018 14:11:48 To 03/01/2018 14:11:50 Disp KMC – FEMALE LEFT TOWARDS ROCKSIDE. — From 03/01/2018 14:19:11 To 03/01/2018 14:19:12 Disp DLE — P050 NO DAMAGE TO DELIVERY TRUCK – DRIVER SAID IT IS DEFINITELY A WHITE NISSAN NOT A TOYOTA MUST HAVE THE WRONG PLATE WILL KEEP AND EYE OUT FOR THE VEHICLE. GOA/UTL.

03/03/2018 10:32:55 – CRIMINAL DAMAGE – Vehicles Involved: DAUGHTERS BOYFRIEND WAS THERE 10 MIN AGO BROKE OUT DAUGHTERS BACK WINDOWS LEFT IN A DARK COLOR JEEP HEADING TOWARD WARR CTR. OFFICER SPOKE WITH MALE INVOLVED WHO STATED HE ALREADY SPOKE WITH THE VEHICLE OWNER AND SHE DID NOT WANT POLICE INVOLVED. HE ALSO SAID HE WAS WILLING TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. WHEN ASKED WHAT HAPPENED HE STATED “MY WINDOW WAS BROKE OUT NOW HER WINDOW IS BROKE OUT” HE DENIED CAUSING THE DAMAGES. OFFICER SPOKE WITH COMPLAINANT WHO ADVISED HIS WIFE TALKED TO THE MALE INVOLVED AND HE IS WILLING TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGES. NO FURTHER POLICE ACTION AT THIS TIME.

03/03/2018 13:33:05 – DAMAGE TO PROPERTY – SILVER NISSAN ALTIMA , SIDE MIRROR WAS DAMAGED IN THE BP CAR WASH , CALLER WOULD LIKE A REPORT — From 03/03/2018 13:36:26 To 03/03/2018 13:36:27 Disp HR — CALLER GAVE HER PLATE BUT COULDNT HEAR WELL WITH WIND IN HER CELL PHONE. THE CAR OWNER BLAMED THE DAMAGE TO THE MIRROR ON THE GUY WAVING HER INTO THE WASH. THE EMPLOYEE BLAMED THE DAMAGE ON DRIVER SLIDING ON ICE AND BUMPING A DOOR. BOTH EXCHANGED INFORMATION AND ADVISED A REPORT WOULD BE ON FILE FOR CIVIL PURPOSES.

03/03/2018 17:22:09 – THREATS – CALLER STATES SHAWN XXXXXX 30 YEARS OLD IS HOME AND INTOX AND , AND HER OTHER SON DENNIS JR WHO IS 31 YEARS OLD IS COMING HOME FROM WORK IN A FEW MIN AND MOM STATES SHAWN IS THREATENING TO BEAT UP DENNIS AS SOON AS HE WALKS IN. THE INTOX MALE SHAWN OWNS TWO GUNS AND AN AK 47 , BUT NOT THREATENING TO USE IT. HER SON DENNIS WOULD BE PULLING UP IN A BLUE 2013 CHEVY CRUZ– From 03/03/2018 17:26:55 To 03/03/2018 17:26:57 Disp HR — SHAWN IS DOWNSTAIRS IN LIVING ROOM RIGHT NOW WITH HIS COUSIN — From 03/03/2018 17:2419 To 03/03/2018 17:29:22 Disp HKH — S014 ADVISED — Clearance From Unit P035 03/03/2018 17:52:39 — ASSISTED. ALL PARTIES ADVISED OF OPTIONS AND TO KEEP THE PEACE.

03/04/2018 09:35:23 – DOMESTIC – YELLING AND SCREAMING MOTHER ARRIVED ON SCENE, TO SEE HER KIDS THAT SHE doesn’t HAVE CUSTODY WITH AND IS SCREAMING AND YELLING / 2 KIDS SHE IS TRYING TO SEE SISTER AND SISTERS BOYFRIENDS HAS THREATENED TO KILL CALLER IN THE PAST UNKNOWN IF BOYFRIEND IS IN THE CAR / SISTER IS DRIVING A WHITE FORD TAURUS EARLY 2000 SISTER HAS HISTORY OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS – COCAINE. OFFICERS SPOKE WITH BOTH PARTIES WHO HAD SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT STORIES. IT WAS AGREED ON THE MOTHER WILL BE PERMITTED TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN AT 1230 TODAY AND WAS SENT ON HER WAY. THE CHILDREN ARE IN TEMPORARY CUSTODY OF THE COUNTY AND THEY ARE PLACED AT THIS LOCATION. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THE MOTHER SHOWED UP IN AN AGITATED STATE. WHILE AT THE DOOR SHE PUSHED HER HANDS THROUGH THE SCREEN AND BEGAN POUNDING ON THE DOOR. THE RESIDENT PUSHED THE FEMALE AWAY FROM THE HOUSE TO PREVENT ANYMORE DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE. THE MOTHER INVOLVED STATED SHE ARRIVED TO PICK UP HER CHILDREN AND WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR WHEN THE MALE EXITED THE HOUSE, GRABBED HER AND ASSAULTED HER. OFFICER SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY SOCIAL CASE WORKER MS JONES WHO STATED SHE WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THE MOTHER AT THE TIME AND VERIFIED THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF ALTERCATION HOWEVER SHE COULD NOT VERIFY WHAT THE PARTIES WERE PHYSICALLY DOING. ALL PARTIES WERE ADVISED IN THE FUTURE TO EXCHANGE THE CHILDREN IN A MORE PUBLIC PLACE TO AVOID THE CONFRONTATIONS. THE COUNTY IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND WILL TAKE ACTION INTO GETTING THE CHILDREN INTO A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.

03/04/2018 10:06:17 – THREATS – SISTERS BOYFRIEND WALLI THERE IN A UHAUL TRUCK THREATENING TO KILL THEM WENT BACK IN TRUCK LIKE HE WAS GRABBING SOMETHING TOWARDS CORKHILL — From 03/04/2018 10:09:32 To 03/04/2018 10:09:42 Disp JS — THE U HAUL LEFT HEADING TOWARDS CORKHILL. MESSAGE LEFT FOR FEMALE TO ADVISED BOYFRIEND NOT TO RETURN THE RESIDENCE. OFFICER SPOKE WITH MALE WHO STATED HE DID GO OVER TO THE HOUSE AND WORDS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE TWO MALES. HE WAS ADVISED NOT TO RETURN TO THE HOUSE.

03/04/2018 18:58:27 – DAMAGE TO VEHICLE – ***IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOBBY***** FEMALE STATES THAT SHE HAD TWO OF HER TIRES SLASHED LAST SATURDAY AND THEN ON THURSDAY. FEMALE STATES THAT LAST NIGHT SOMEONE WAS KNOCKING ON HER WINDOW. CALLER STATES THAT SHE WAS OUT OF TOWN AND FEELS LIKE SOMEONE MAY HAVE BEEN IN HER APARTMENT COMPLAINANT STATES THAT HER FRONT AND REAR TIRES WERE SLASHED IN THE EARLY MORNING ON THURSDAY 2-24-18 AND SATURDAY 3-1-18. THE COMPLAINANT PRESENTED RECEIPTS DETAILING REPAIRS BUT DID NOT TAKE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE AT THE TIME. SHE ALSO BELIEVES SOMEONE HAD BEEN INSIDE HER APARTMENT AND MOVED ITEMS AROUND, TO LET HER KNOW THEY HAD BEEN THERE. NOTHING APPEARED TO BE MISSING. SHE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT HER LANDLORD TO SEE IF THEY HAD ENTERED HER APARTMENT DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

03/04/2018 21:44:41 – DAMAGE TO VEHICLE – EMPLOYEE STATES A PATRON SLASHED HER CAR TIRE. CALLER HAS A POSSIBLE IDEA OF WHO DID THIS. VEHICLE IS A 2012 VOLKSWAGON EOS, BROWN IN COLOR. THE PERSON THAT DID THIS IS GONE FROM THE AREA. CALLER STATES SHE BELIEVES A REGULAR CUSTOMER WHO SHE HAD A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH EARLIER IS RESPONSIBLE. THE CALLER ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 AND DISCOVERED HER FRONT RIGHT TIRE CUT AT APPROXIMATELY 1810. THE CUSTOMER IN QUESTION LEFT SHORTLY AFTER THE CALLER ARRIVED. CALLER WAS NOT SURE OF THE CUSTOMER’S NAME, BUT ONLY KNEW HER AS ‘TRINA.’ THERE ARE CAMERAS FACING THE CAR BUT THERE IS NO ONE ABLE TO PULL VIDEO FOOTAGE TONIGHT. SHE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IF USEFUL FOOTAGE IS FOUND LATER.

03/05/2018 11:39:42 – HARASSMENT-GENERAL – IN THE PD LOBBY IS BEING STALKED FEMALE IS IN THE PROCESS OF EVICTING A MALE WHO HAS BEEN STAYING IN HER BASEMENT. SHE STATED SHE MISSED A COURT HEARING SO THE EVICTION WAS NULLIFIED. SHE WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WOULD NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COURT AND MAY POSSIBLY NEED TO START THE EVICTION PROCESS OVER. FEMALE STATED THAT SHE IS FEARFUL OF THE MALE WHO WAS FOUND NAKED IN HER LIVING ROOM LAST WEEK. SHE STATED THAT SHE DID NOT REPORT THE INCIDENT. SHE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT THE PD IF THE MALE ACTS OUT OF LINE AGAIN.

03/05/2018 17:04:27 – UNAUTHORIZED USE – TOY RAV 4 NOT RETURNED SEE MANAGER IN HIS OFFICE FOR DETAILS FEMALE CAME IN TO PURCHASE A 2015 TOYOTA RAV4 BACK IN SEPTEMBER 2017. THE FINANCING WAS DENIED. THE FEMALE RETURNED ON 1/18/18 TO ATTEMPT TO REFINANCE AND GAVE THE LENDER FALSE INFORMATION ON HER SALARY AMOUNT AND THE FINANCING WAS AGAIN DENIED ON 1/23/18. TOYOTA OF BEDFORD HAS LEFT NUMEROUS MESSAGES ON THE FEMALE’S VOICEMAIL ADVISING HER TO RETURN THE VEHICLE. AS OF THIS DATE SHE HAS NOT RETURNED THE VEHICLE. A PHONE MESSAGE WAS LEFT FOR THE FEMALE TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT.

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02/22/2018 – 07:38:20 THEFT – CENTER RD SOMEONE UNKNOWN BUSTED CAR WINDOW AND STOLE ITEMS FROM CAR SILVER BUICK LACROSSE PARKED IN THE GARAGE.

02/24/2018 13:39:44 SHOPLIFTING –  GIANT EAGLE – COMPLAINANT CALLED TO REPORT THAT THEY HAVE A MALE IS IN THE LOSS PREVENTION OFFICE FOR SHOPLIFTING AND THE MALE WILL NOT COOPERATE WITH THE STAFF. PTLM. GEIGER AND SGT. BERGANSKY RESPONDED. SUSPECT DID TAKE A SHOPPING CART WITH NUMEROUS ITEMS PAST ALL POINTS OF SALES WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE ITEMS AND WAS STOPPED AS HE EXITED THE BUILDING. TOTAL VALUE OF ITEMS TAKEN IS $187.33. P035 REQUESTED CCH. PRINTED TO BPD PRINTER. SUSPECT WAS ISSUED A SUMMONS FOR THEFT AND RELEASED AT THE SCENE.

02/25/2018 – 01:43:45 BURGLARY – OFFICERS RESPONDED FOR A MALE THAT CAME IN THROUGH A BEDROOM WINDOW INTO THE COMPLAINANTS APARTMENT. THE MALE LEFT NORTHBOUND ON NORTHFIELD IN A SILVER NISSAN GSR3444. OFFICERS CHECKED THE AREA BUT WERE UTL THE MALE. OFFICERS SPOKE WITH THE COMPLAINANT WHO SAID THE MALE IS HER HUSBAND, BUT HE DOES NOT LIVE WITH HER. HE HAS NEVER LIVED WITH HER AT THE APARTMENT BUT STAYS THERE FROM TIME TO TIME. TONIGHT HE OPENED THE COMPLAINANT’S BEDROOM WINDOW AND MADE ENTRY INTO HER ROOM. THERE WERE MUDDY BOOTPRINTS ON THE FLOOR AND EVIDENCE OF SOMEONE OPENING THE WINDOW FROM THE OUTSIDE. THE COMPLAINANTS STORY KEPT CHANGING, FROM HE DID NOT MAKE IT INTO THE APARTMENT, TO HE DID MAKE IT IN AND LEFT OUT THE FRONT DOOR, TO HE MADE IT IN THEN LEFT BACK OUT THE WINDOW. WHEN OFFICERS CONTINUED TO SPEAK WITH THE COMPLAINANT SHE STATED IT WAS TOO MUCH FOR HER AND SHE DID NOT WISH TO PURSUE THE ISSUE. SHE WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT US SHOULD ANYTHING ELSE ARISE. THE COMPLAINANT ALSO STATED THIS WAS NOT THE FIRST TIME THE HUSBAND HAD DONE THIS, BUT THE FIRST TIME SHE CALLED POLICE. NO FURTHER POLICE ACTION. (DK)

02/26/2018 – 22:38:20 AGG. BURGLARY – OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN AGG. BURGLARY. AN UNKNOWN BLACK MALE IN HIS EARLY 20’S APPROX 5’8 260 POUNDS FORCED HIS WAY INTO THE APARTMENT, POINTED A GUN AT THE RESIDENTS, AND LEFT WITH THE VICTIM’S PURSE CONTAINING $200. OFFICERS CHECKED THE AREA, UNABLE TO LOCATE. SEE REPORT. (RF)

DAY SHIFT PLEASE FOLLOW-UP WITH THE BIG AND LITTLE STORE TO SEE IF THEIR CAMERAS CAPTURED ANYTHING.

CALLER REPORTS SOMEONE WAS JUST ROBBED. MALE CAME INTO THE BUILDING. HEAVY SET RED BLACK JACKET. BROKE INTO THE HOUSE, TOOK MONEY, HE HAD GUN,

— From 02/26/2018 22:42:32 To 02/26/2018 22:42:33 Disp TMR —

NO CARS HEARD LEAVING THE LOT. MALE HAD RED HOODY AND BLACKJACKET LEFT ON FOOT. YOUNGER MALE IN HIS EARLY 20’S TOOK A GREEN AND BROWN PURSE

— From 02/26/2018 22:49:41 To 02/26/2018 22:49:42 Disp TMR —

P045, P044 AND P054 OUT DOING A TRACK WITH THE K-9 AT CENTER AND ELLENWOOD.

— From 02/26/2018 22:53:44 To 02/26/2018 22:53:49 Disp TMR —

TRACK ENDED.

Total Calls: 5

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02/14/2018 – 14:09:31 STOLEN VEHICLE – OFFICER SPOKE TO THE COMPLAINANT WHO STATED THAT ON NOVEMBER 30, 2017, A CUSTOMER AGREED TO PURCHASE A 2011 TOYOTA RAV4, WHITE IN COLOR. FINANCING WAS OBTAINED AND THE CONTRACT SIGNED. THE DEALERSHIP ISSUED A TEMP TAG TO THE VEHICLE IN THE BUYERS NAME. THE ARRANGEMENT WAS THAT THE FIRST PAYMENT WAS DUE 12/30/17. THE PAYMENT WAS NOT MADE. THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT DUE TO THE FIRST DEFAULT PAYMENT THEY ARE THE OWNERS AGAIN. WHEN THE COMPLAINANT CALLED THE BUYER HE, WAS ADVISED THAT SHE WAS IN NORTHCOAST BEHAVORIAL HOSPITAL. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE SPOKE TO THE BUYER ABOUT THE VEHICLE AND SHE STATED THAT IT WAS STOLEN FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA OF E. 185TH AND NOTTINHAM. PER THE COMPLAINANT HE STATES THAT IT IS IN CLEVELAND NEAR THE EUCLID BOARDER THE COMPLAINANT FURTHER STATED THAT BUYER REPORTED THE VEHICLE STOLEN TO HER INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH JAKE FROM STATE FARM AND THAT THEY WERE PROVIDED WITH A CLAIM. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT HE HAS CONTACTED CLEVELAND, EUCLID, AND THE METROPARKS TO SEE IF ANY OF THOSE AGENCIES TOWED THE VEHICLE AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY DID NOT. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT SINCE THE BUYER IS IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL THAT SHE CANNOT MAKE THE STOLEN VEHICLE REPORT. THE OFFICER OBTAINED COPIES OF THE TITLE AND THE BILL OF SALE. THE OFFICER WILL REVIEW THE INCIDENT WITH THE LIEUTENANT BUT IT APPEARS THAT AT THIS TIME THAT THE REPORT WILL HAVE TO BE MADE IN CLEVELAND. 2/15/18 INCIDENT WAS REVIEWED WITH LIEUTENANT. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE COMPLAINANT WOULD HAVE TO FILE A THEFT REPORT IN EUCLID WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS LAST SEEN. THE OFFICER RETURNED AND ADVISED THE COMPLAINANT.

02/15/2018 – 12:35:33  ASSAULT – CALLER STATES HER DAUGHTER WAS ASSAULTED AT THE SCHOOL. SHE WILL BE WAITING OUTSIDE THE DOOR. SHE IS WEARING A CAPTAIN AMERICA T-SHIRT. OFFICER ADVISED THAT FEMALE CAN GO IN AND CHECK IN AT THE SECURITY DESK.

2/14/2018 – 17:14:02 ROBBERY – CALLER SAYS HE WAS JUST ROBBED OF HIS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BY A MAN NAMED JOE WHO WORKS AT BROADWAY TATTOO. CALLER SAYS THE MAN NAMED JOE WENT BACK TO BROADWAY TATTOO. CALLER IS INSIDE THE DOORWAY OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT TO BEDFORD FLORAL. SUSPECT IS A WHITE MALE WITH A GOATEE, DARK HAIR PARTED TO THE SIDE AND A BLUE COAT. CALLER SAYS HE OWES JOE $10 AND THAT’S WHY JOE TOOK HIS PILLS.  OFFICERS WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE OTHER PARTY INVOLVED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THE CALLER WAS DEPRIVED OF HIS PROPERTY. HE WAS ADVISED TO STAY AWAY FROM THE TATTOO SHOP.

02/15/2018 – 19:21:38 ASSAULT – ASSAULT OCCURRED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. AT AHUJA PEDIATRICS ER. S017 WAS ADVISED AND WILL CONTACT THE PATIENTS MOTHER.

02/15/2018 – 20:04:42 ROBBERY – OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A MALE WHO CLAIMED HE WAS ROBBED ON NORTHFIELD AND ROCKSIDE.  OFFICERS CHECKED THE AREA AND COULD NOT LOCATE SUSPECT. BEDFORD HTS DISPATCH CALLED TO ADVISE THEY ARE OUT AT ARBYS 5445 NORTHFIELD RD WITH A MALE ADVISED HE WAS AT NORTHFIELD AND ROCKSIDE AT APPROX 1945 HRS WHEN A BLK MALE WEARING ALL RED BRANDISHED A HANDGUN AND ATTEMPETED TO ROB HIM.  THE MALE FLED ON FOOT.

02/16/2018 – 11:36:18 ASSAULT IN PROGRESS – MALE STUDENT IS CURRENTLY ASSAULTING STAFF MEMBERS AND DESTROYING PROPERTY…HE IS CURRENTLY DOWNSTAIRS BY THE GYMNASIUM. THIS IS ALL THIRD PARTY….MALE IS 15-16 YOA …NO ACCESS TO WEAPONS THAT CALLER IS AWARE OF …THIS IS CALLED IN THIRD PARTY UNK FURTHER.  JUV MALE CALMED DOWN A BIT THEY DID NOT WANT TO ENGAGE HIM FURTHER TO GET HIM UPSET AGAIN…FEMALE COMP IS WAITING AT THE FRONT DOOR.

02/16/2018 – 13:46:09 THEFT – COMPLAINANT IN THE LOBBY TO REPORT A THEFT. THE COMPLAINANT HIRED A CONTRACTOR TO DO SOME REMODELING WORK AT THEIR HOUSE IN HUDSON AND GAVE HIM A CHECK FOR OVER $900 TO COMPLETE THE WORK. CONTRACTOR CASHED THE CHECK AT JOHNS DELI WITHOUT EVER DOING ANY WORK. THE COMPLAINANT SAID THEY WERE TOLD BY HUDSON PD THAT THEY HAD TO FILE THE REPORT IN BEDFORD BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE CHECK WAS CASHED.  THE COMPLAINANT WAS ADVISED THAT THE CRIME OCCURRED IN HUDSON, THEREFORE THEY MUST FILE THE REPORT THERE.

02/16/2018 – 14:43:18 ASSAULT IN PROGRESS – OLD TOPS PARKING LOT, SEVERAL PEOPLE FIGHTING, CALLER LEFT THE AREA.

02/16/2018 – 17:02:53 THEFT – THE COMPLAINANT CALLED TO REPORT A BIKE THEFT. AROUND 1530 HOURS AN UNKNOWN BLACK MALE ASKED TO TAKE A BIKE FOR A TEST RIDE AND NEVER RETURNED THE BIKE. THE BIKE IS VALUED AT $1,892.99. (RF) MALE CAME IN TO TEST DRIVE BIKE LEFT AN EXPIRED MILITARY ID AND THEY HAVE NOT SEEN HIM IN AN HOUR AND A HALF — From 02/16/2018 17:03:40 To 02/16/2018 17:03:41 Disp GG — MILITARY ID IS SCRATCHED /// CALLED IN STOREOWNER, OWNER ADVISED MALE TEST DROVE AN $1800 BIKE.

02/17/2018 11:59:33 BREAKING AND ENTERING – POSSIBLE B & E AT THIS APT PER THE COMP/RESIDENT THAT IS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION …SHE STATED HER SISTER CURRENTLY AT HOME ON HOME ARREST AND THE COMP RECEIVED SEVERAL TEXTS FROM NEIGHBORS STATING THEY HEARD A LOUD COMOTION AND POSSIBLY SOMEONE BROKE THE APT DOOR DOWN OF APT.

02/17/2018 12:02:13 THEFT – ITEMS MISSING FROM VEHICLE BETWEEN 02-16-18 AT 1200HRS AND 02-17-18 AT 1130HRS, UNKNOWN PERSON(S) ENTERED THE COMPLAINANTS UNLOCKED VEHICLE AND REMOVED SEVERAL ITEMS FROM A BAG OF GROCERIES.

02/17/2018 – 14:18:45 CIVIL MATTER – VEHICLES INVOLVED MERC BLACK MALE IN A VEHICLE WITH A DRILL ATTEMPTING TO STEAL IT CALLER ADVISED HE HAS OTHER PARTIES BLOCKING THIS MALE IN 2 BLACK MALES NOW 1 TRYING TO MESS WITH IGNITION THE OTHER MALE IS OUTSIDE THE CAR THEY ARE ATTEMPTING TO STEAL VEHICLE IS IN THE DRIVEWAY CALLER STATED ONE OF THE PARTIES IS UNDER THE IMPRESSION HE OWNS THE VEHICLE.

02/17/2018 – 18:30:21 THEFT – CALLER REPORTED THAT HER GUN WAS MISSING. OFFICERS FOUND THE CALLER TO BE 10-96. OFFICERS FOLLOWED UP WITH FAMILY MEMBERS. FAMILY MEMBER TOLD OFFICERS THE GUN IS STILL IN HER HOME, HE TOLD OFFICERS HE WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER. THE COMPLAINANT CALLED BACK AND ADVISED THAT THE GUN WAS NOT STOLEN AND SHE LOCATED IT AT HER HOME.

02/18/2018 – 13:35:53 SHOPLIFTING – AN UNKNOWN B/F (APPOX. 45-50YOA) PUSHED A CART WITH MERCHANDISE IN IT PAST ALL POINTS OF PURCHASE WITHOUT PAYING FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS. THE FEMALE THEN EXITED THE BUSINESS AND PUT ALL OF THE MERCHANDISE IN THE TRUNK OF A VEHICLE. PRIOR TO ENTERING THE BUSINESS, THE UNKNOWN FEMALE CAN BE SEEN VIA SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOT EXITING THE CAR ALONG WITH ANOTHER B/F, W/F, AND SMALL CHILD. THE W/F APPEARS TO BE THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE. GHPD ADVISED THEY CHECKED THE ADDRESS, VEHICLE WAS NOT THERE. UNABLE TO IDENTIFY FEMALE IN VIDEO OR THE ACTUAL THEFT. NO OTHER POLICE ACTION AT THIS TIME.

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Last month the State of Ohio Agriculture Committee of the House of Representatives heard proponents for HB175.  One of our own local council persons Walter Genutis had the honor to go to Columbus and testify to the committee in support of the passage of this State legislation.

HB175 is a Bill to amend sections 303.21 and 519.21 and to enact section 901.60 of the Ohio Revised Code to allow an owner of residential property to keep, harbor, breed, or maintain small livestock on the property, and to prohibit zoning authorities from regulating certain agricultural activities conducted on residential property for noncommercial purposes.

Mr. Genutis was kind enough to share the text of his statement to the State Committee with us here at the Bedford Tribune so we are going to share it with you.

“My name is Walter Genutis and I am a city council member in the City of Bedford, Ohio in NE Ohio in Cuyahoga County.  Please consider favorably our plight to provide our families the best unadulterated, nutrient-dense, and most inexpensive food available – homegrown products from our own hands on our own land.

I live in a city identified as a food desert by our County Board  of Health.  Our area has been designated as a target area. And I have been working with a very motivated staff from the Board of Health to help whatever can de done to establish food access through various agencies, including Health Improvement Partnership Cuyahoga, Creating Heathy Communities, and Supermarket Access and Food Policy Coalition initiatives. These people get it. Their knowledge is evidence-based, not wishful thinking.  My local government would never admit our town is a food desert. They think  anyone can just hop in their car and go to the grocery store and buy whatever they want.  Our four-city school district is comprised of a population of approximatley 29,000 residents in an area spanning over 20 sq. miles. There is just a single grocery store, whose parent company, incidentally, has already closed two other stores in our community, citing the lack of a qualified local workforce.

I am also an organic food grower. It has become my vocation since I lost my job of 34 years at Ben Venue Labs in Bedford, Ohio. Our city lost its largest employer. I work on an organic farm in neighboring Geauga County in Bainbridge, Ohio.  I have taken to the nationwide food movement with a great passion and much studying of both horticulture and health.

I am uniquely aware of the difficulties of accessing pure, unadulterated food.  I can tell you it is simply immensely scarce.  From a 2-1/2 acre plot each week throughout the summer we sell thousands of dollars of vegetables and organic grass-fed beef and organic maple syrup -and eggs- to a very tiny splinter of Greater Cleveland’s population at the Shaker Square Farm Market, to a very special demographic group of highly-educated, well-heeled professionals who have the wherewithal to buy it. And even though I work in 100 degree temperatures pulling weeds all day on my hands and knees, in 350’ long rows, where a person on the other end looks about a 1/4” tall, I can’t even afford to buy the food that I am growing. That Saturday morning farmer’s market is over 10 miles from my house and it’s the nearest one. We planted over 5,000 garlics and I still had to plant garlic at home because it does not belong to me.

As you know, we live in a state where agriculture is the #1 industry, 13th in sales. Over 6.6 million acres are planted in grains and hay and soybeans, but only a scant 49,000 acres are planted in fruits and vegetables. Almost the entire state’s crop production is used to feed animals. While we live in one of the largest hardwood forests, with abundant fertile soil, in the largest freshwater eco-system on the planet Earth, the food in the grocery stores comes from on average 1,500 miles away.

Many of you may have concerns about this HB175 as an erosion of the rightful principles of Home Rule. I am both sympathetic and torn by this notion, as a city council member, and I’d like to explain why.

Some years ago, but in recent history, a man fell out-of-favor with his neighbor, his yard overgrown, messy, a disabled vehicle, and chickens.  This dispute ensued and the City confiscated the chickens and charged him with a minor misdemeanor per city ordinance. Well, he took the matter to court with a lawsuit and claimed that the city ordinance violates the U.S. Constitution and Ohio Constitution. This caused a great commotion in our town with a lot of bad press and he became known as the Chicken Man. He lost the case in count and eventually lost the appeal also. His problems with the City didn’t end there. His neighbor became the Mayor and the city pursued every ordinance violation imaginable, even charging him for when his dogs got loose. In a continuous string of actions, his bad luck and hard feelings prevailed to the point the City condemned his dwelling and eventually tore-down his house leaving him homeless and he wanders about. But if you were to ever bring-up talk of chickens in our town, it will always be associated with this man, and all the ill thoughts of him throughout town.

Further one day, a city worker in City Hall complained she didn’t like the corn stalks in her neighbors yard. City officials said, fine, we’ll just write a law and now in our codified ordinances, in the Chapter titled Safety, Health, and Sanitation under Noxious Weeds one sentence was added, no vegetables beyond the front building line.

That day in 1997, my vegetable garden became illegal because my house sets way back along a ravine and there’s no other place for a garden the way my property is configured.  My family has been growing food in this town for 100 years. My garden is now illegal and my neighbor’s also alongside his house, which has been there my whole life, and along with everyone else who puts a couple tomato plants on their front porch because it’s too shady in the backyard.

Incidentally, the City has never asked  me to remove my garden. They say they’ll never enforce it but they refuse to change the ordinance back. They also acknowledge they are aware certain other individuals in fact have chickens, but a young  professional couple with two adorable children lost theirs when a building inspector inadvertently witnessed them from the next house over and became fearful of possibly losing his job if he didn’t report them.

As a city council member for four years I’ve tried to persuade my colleagues to agree to change these ordinances, but they are hardened and galvanized against it.  They believe that growing one’s own food is something poor people do. And they believe they are working to abate urban blight. I know I could, of course, pursue a ballot initiative. It would require gathering signatures from 15% of our 7,775 registered voters, and our County Board of Elections recommends, per their data, collecting double that amount so that would be 2,332 signatures. But the process is prejudiced by our electorate by association with the Chicken Man, and the accompanying stigma of presumed urban blight which also is a very real concern in our community given our location. Frankly,  having one’s own chickens is not something that appeals to the majority.

People are scarcely aware how very regulated these municipal backyard chicken ordinances are in our neighboring communities  which allow them. It is significant to note also, in our infamous Chicken Man’s lawsuit, the judge did not rule against having chickens, but only that the city had the right to have ordinances  against nuisances and unsanitary conditions.  HB175 contains these very same safeguards.

Finally, I especially want to address the plight of our suburban school children who don’t even know where food comes from, plagued by embarrassing obesity, and humiliating and unsustainably-costly chronic diseases of epidemic proportions, who can’t even bring a peanut butter sandwich for lunch into the school building.

Bedford City Schools have ranked near the bottom of Cuyahoga County in test scores. This has had  an extremely adverse effect on our real estate values and local economy.  Our genetic code specifies some 60, or so, different minerals utilized for the proper functioning of our bodies and minds.  The USDA’s data has shown the most vital of these diminishing in our local food supplies, continually year after year.  Our children don’t have the minerals in their brains to function properly.  They cannot learn, or pay attention, or concentrate, or comprehend and hold great thoughts as once before.  People are blaming the schools but the schools are no different than ever before, the same loving parents, the same books, the same desks, the same teachers from the same universities, and the same curriculums yet test scores continue to plummet and one simple root cause is right before our eyes.

We need to lift the veil and see it for what it is. Our lower classes will never advance given the diets their circumstances cause them to eat.  That’s not even considering the pesticides also linked to the tragedy of our poor health. It’s too numerous to mention all the conditions linked to just the pesticides, but they include behavior problems, for which 8.3 million of our children are being prescribed psychiatric drugs.

What is the nature of a government that would prohibit its citizens from producing their own pure, unadulterated, nutrient-dense food, for sustenance, for food-as-medicine, except to keep the structure of power in the hands of the privileged?

So, all we are asking here is really the opportunity to restore our health and restore our economy from the grassroots, which is currently in opposition unwittingly to so many of our local governments, including in my own home town of Bedford, Ohio.”

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