CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio --

Aggravated menacing, South Taylor Road

At 11 p.m. May 9, police were called to Pizza Hut, 1903 S. Taylor Road, where an incident had taken place involving an upset customer.

Officers spoke with the Pizza Hut manager, who stated that a customer had called to complain that there was no pepperoni on his pizza, as he had ordered. The caller, 31, said he would come to the store and, five minutes later, he arrived.

The customer argued with the manager, 38, then stated that he would come around the counter and kill the manager, but he didn’t want to be charged with robbery.

The customer then left the store, went to the rear of his car and appeared to take something out of the auto. Next, the customer walked to the store’s doorway and stood there for about 10 seconds holding an object in his pocket that appeared to the manager to be a gun. The customer then proceeded to the parking lot, where he waved the handgun in the air before getting back in his car and driving away.

Police viewed store footage of the incident and learned the customer’s name and address from his online order. Officers went to the house and arrested the man on a menacing charge. The following morning, police towed the man’s car to examine it for evidence.

Disorderly conduct, Superior Road

At 7:20 p.m. May 10, a man went to the police station to report a road rage incident. The man reported that as he drove on Superior Road near Lee Road, he stopped his car to avoid running over a rabbit.

The driver of the car behind his, a woman, became upset. The woman got out of her car and began to scream profanities at the man. The man’s young grandchildren were in the car.

The woman then threw the contents of a cup she carried, believed to be a milkshake, in the man’s face before getting back in her car and driving away. The man wrote down the woman’s license plate number.

Police produced a picture of the woman from her driver’s license, and the man and his grandchildren positively identified her. Cleveland Heights Municipal Court will mail the woman a citation for disorderly conduct.

OVI, Euclid Heights Boulevard

At 1:10 a.m. May 10, an officer was on Euclid Heights Boulevard when he saw a car being driven from a driveway. The car did not slow down to look for possible oncoming traffic, continuing onto the road, then over a curb and onto a tree lawn while making a wide turn.

The officer followed the slow-moving car and, because several pedestrians were in the area, conducted a traffic stop. The car was found to have a flat front tire.

The driver, a man, 31, smelled of alcohol and had glassy eyes. He went on to fail field sobriety tests and was arrested for OVI.

Also in the car was a woman, 25, who was found to be wanted on a Warrensville Heights police warrant. The WHPD could not pick up the woman, so she was advised of the warrant.

Inside the car, police found a professional digital scale, and on the man’s person, $754.

At the jail, during the booking process, the man became uncooperative, refusing to be photographed and to have his fingerprints taken. The man also refused to sign paperwork.

In addition to OVI, the man was charged with not wearing a seatbelt, driving upon a tree lawn and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Domestic violence, Superior Road

At 11:05 p.m. May 12, a woman, 44, reported that during an argument with her daughter, 15, the girl lunged at her and swung at her, hitting the woman in the face. The woman hit her daughter back while protecting herself, and the girl again lunged at her.

The woman’s son, 17, restrained the girl against a wall, but she broke free and ran from the apartment.

The woman had two small, but bloody scratches on the bridge of her nose. Police arrested the girl on a domestic violence charge and transported her to the juvenile detention center.

OVI, Forest Hills Boulevard

At 2 a.m. May 11, police were called to the scene of a two-car crash at the intersection of Forest Hills Boulevard and Lee Boulevard.

A man driving a Lyft vehicle, and with two passengers in the back seat, told police he had stopped at a stop sign and a car had hit his auto from behind. In the car that caused the crash a woman sat in the passenger seat with a bloody nose caused by the deployment of the car’s airbag. Police described the woman as emotional.

The driver was no longer in the car, which sustained heavy front-end damage. The injured woman told police that the woman driving got out of the car after the crash and walked away.

The Lyft driver told police he had a gun in his car, but did not have a permit. Police took control of the loaded weapon and charged the man with improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. In the Lyft driver’s back seat was a woman and her child, 1. Neither were injured, but the woman asked for medical care because she is pregnant.

Police located the driver who had walked away from the crash. The woman swayed as she stood and didn’t answer all of the officers’ questions. Police noted that the woman seemed more concerned with finding her cell phone in her purse. Because of the crash, police transported the woman to the hospital, where a blood draw was taken.

The woman was impaired and was charged with OVI and with causing the crash.

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