Berea Police car.jpg

A 44-year-old man was charged with disorderly conduct after he pooped in a wastebasket inside the Berea Police Department.

(File Photo)

He literally 'pooped' the bucket: A 44-year-old man was charged with disorderly conduct after he pooped in a wastebasket inside the Berea Police Department. The man was intoxicated when the incident happened March 20. Officers brought the man to the police station earlier that night after arresting a woman on suspicion of drunken driving. The man was a passenger in the woman's car. When it was time to release the driver, an officer went out to the lobby and discovered the man had pooped in a wastebasket.

Not model behavior: A Bagley Road man reported at 3:29 p.m. Jan. 6 that he'd been the victim of fraud. A man claiming to work for a modeling agency contacted him and sent him a $1,996 check from First National Bank in Texas. The sender told him to keep $300 for a photo shoot and return the rest via Green Dot MoneyPak cards. The check was later returned for insufficient funds. An officer's attempts to contact the sender were unsuccessful.

Full of spit: A man began shouting at a police officer about 1:40 a.m. Jan. 13 on Beech Street. The man was angry the officer had written him parking tickets. The man continued shouting and the officer attempted to take him into custody, at which point the man resisted and spit on the officer three times before he was placed in a police car. He was charged with assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Urine trouble: An officer found a man stumbling on Thacker Drive at 8:07 p.m. Feb. 7. The officer determined the man was highly intoxicated. The man then dropped his pants and urinated on the side of the road. He was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.

Bad romance: A Berea woman reported Feb. 7 that she lost more than $40,000 that she loaned to a man she met on the online dating website ChristianMingle.com. The 55-year-old woman told police she later discovered the money had been transferred to a bank account in Africa. The woman believed the man to be a Columbus resident and began talking with him the previous year. He sent her letters and flowers but they never met. A Berea officer spoke with a ChristianMingle.com employee who stated the company deactivated the man's account but was unable to help the woman reclaim her money.

Snow way that's true: An officer found an unoccupied Nissan stuck in a snow bank on a tree lawn at 1:01 a.m. Feb. 16 on Crossbrook Drive. Officers contacted the driver, who had returned to his house down the street, by phone. The man claimed he ran out of gas and declined to elaborate. The car was towed and the driver was cited for failure to control.

He said no anchovies: A 50-year-old man hurled a pizza at his wife during an argument because he was upset she'd bought the wrong kind. The man's daughter reported May 2 that she and the wife went shopping and brought home a pizza. The man became upset about the type of pizza, despite the fact he was hungry. The man was not charged in the incident.

They got the massage: Officers investigated a fight between a woman and her boyfriend at 2:43 a.m. Sept. 10 on West Bagley Road. The fight began when the woman objected to the way her boyfriend massaged her head. The woman said the boyfriend attempted to push and drag her out of the house but she did not want to pursue charges. The woman left without incident.

Hole in one: An Aristocrat Berea employee reported at 1:24 p.m. Oct. 18 that a manhole cover was missing from a manhole on the nursing facility's property. The manhole is the city's property. An officer notified the Service Department and the Water Department. There are no suspects.