BEST OF '10 BLOTTER

EXPERIENCING A BLONDE MOMENT: A woman called Russell police in mid-March after trying for an hour to open her locked car parked at West Geauga Commons on Chillicothe Road.

Her keys were inside on the center console. She had been trying to snag them by inserting a walking stick through her open car window.

The responding officer merely reached his hand through the window and manually unlocked the car on his first try.

For the record, the officer noted she was a brunette, not a blonde.

HERE, YOU DEAL WITH HER!: A Bainbridge Road man forwarded his personal phone calls to the Bainbridge police station to avoid talking to his ex-girlfriend Feb. 17.

Police received three phone calls on the emergency line from an upset Brayton Trail woman trying to reach her former boyfriend. She told police she hoped to discuss their past relationship.

Police told the man to stop forwarding his phone calls to the station.

YOU CAN'T FOOL THIS OFFICER: A Solon man, 54, who had his Ford towed, initially because the plates were registered to a Cadillac, was arrested at his home on Glen Allen Avenue Feb. 27 after an officer scrutinized the plate and noticed the tags "were actually a well-made, computer-generated counterfeit copy of an actual expiration sticker."

The man, who declined to provide any information on where the fake sticker came from, was charged with criminal simulation, a first degree misdemeanor.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TOYS: Chagrin Falls police responded to a report of a boy, 5, who did not want to spend custody time with his father Feb. 27, only to learn the reason was his father didn't have as many toys and games for him to play with at his house. The mother then allowed the boy to take some toys and games with him, police said.

IN NEED OF A GOOD DRENCHING: Warrants were issued for a Chagrin Falls man accused of blocking the entry of a Bainbridge woman known to him at Starbucks on April 15, then squirting her in the face with his water bottle, causing problems with her contact lenses, then continuing to pour water on her shoulder and back as he stood in her way. The woman said she has had previous contact with the suspect and is concerned about further encounters.

'COPS AND ROBBERS' GONE WRONG: A mother took her son, 10, to the Russell police station June 6.

The boy was in handcuffs, and she turned him over to the police officer.

The boy had been playing cops and robbers at a friend’s house and put the toy cuffs on before he realized the key was missing to unlock them.

Officer Tom Swaidner used a paper clip to release the lock and free the boy’s hands.

WHY ARE YOU MESSING WITH ME?: A Solon man, 30, refused a breath test for alcohol after Solon police received numerous calls from motorists about 5 a.m. one June day about a motorist who was all over the road.

Police identified the car as it pulled briefly into the Dunkin’ Donuts lot, then returned to the road, weaving in traffic at 10 mph. The driver then asked police, “Why are you messing with me — I’m just trying to get home,” after he reportedly went left of center on Bainbridge Road.

WAS HE THE CATERER OR THE ENTERTAINMENT?: Bainbridge police were called to a graduation party on Northbrook Trail June 12 after the caterer who was to serve food was found rolling on the lawn.

When the hostess confronted the man, who owns a local Italian restaurant, she learned he was intoxicated.

She took his keys to prevent him from driving off. He fled, but police found him at Tanglewood Trail and had one of his employees drive him home.

Another employee served the food at the party.

NOBODY HERE BY THAT NAME: A Carrington Place woman called Bainbridge police Aug. 26 after finding obscene drawings and lewd accusations about "Nick" spray-painted on her driveway and sidewalk.

She also found toilet paper in her trees and broken eggs on her house.

The problem was, no “Nick” lived there.

She suspected juveniles mistook her house for another one in the neighborhood where a boy with that name lived.

DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME: Russell police helped a Music Street woman gain access to her locked home by using a knife and a screwdriver Dec. 19.