BEREA, Ohio

Animal attack: Maplelawn Drive

An 11-year-old girl was taken to Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights Oct. 11 after she was attacked by the family pit bull in her home.

It happened at about 4:30 p.m. The girl locked herself in a closet to escape the dog. It’s not clear who called police and paramedics.

When police arrived, they pulled the girl out of the house through an unlocked window. She had bites and scratches on her arms, hands and legs.

The girl’s stepfather, who owns the pit bull, said the dog had never before behaved in such an extreme manner. He said the girl had never been alone with the dog previously, and that might have led to the incident. He said he would put down the dog as soon as possible.

Police notified the city’s animal control officer about the incident and submitted an animal bite report to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health.

Disturbance: West Bagley Road

A citizen called police at about 7:45 p.m. Oct. 10 to report that four boys wearing masks were pointing fake guns at people and pretending to shoot them outside Dollar General, 390 W. Bagley.

When police arrived, they saw the boys riding bikes in the store parking lot. Two of them wore Halloween masks on top of their heads. The masks were not covering their faces.

The boys, two 15-years-olds and two 13-year-olds, were all from Berea. They handed police three small, plastic, orange cap guns, which they said they had just purchased from Dollar General. They said they were “just playing around” with each other.

Police called each of the boy’s parents, but were unable to reach any of them. The boys left the area.

Neighbor trouble: Edgewood Drive

An Edgewood man called police at about 10:20 p.m. Oct. 12 and complained that his neighbor was continually slamming the door to her house.

Police parked their cruisers on West Street, east of Edgewood, and walked toward the neighbor’s house. They listened for about five minutes, but didn’t hear the sound of a door slamming.

The man told police that he believed the woman was intentionally slamming her door to disturb him and his other neighbor. The other neighbor said the woman had repeatedly slammed her door since about 7:30 p.m. that evening.

Police knocked on the woman’s door, but no one answered. They left a note in the door, asking her to call them. Yet another neighbor approached police, saying she had not heard a door slamming, adding that the woman was “wonderful.”

Operating a vehicle under the influence: Front Street

A Cleveland man, 24, was arrested at about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 14 after police caught him driving 56 mph on Front near Emerson Avenue.

The man was shirtless and wearing a yellow baseball cap turned backward. He was unable to provide his driver’s license and proof of insurance. The man’s eyes were red and glossy.

As police entered the man’s information in their cruiser computer, the man blasted his stereo. Police told him to turn off the stereo, but he only turned the music down.

The man admitted to drinking five beers. He failed field sobriety tests.

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