BROOK PARK, Ohio

Aggravated robbery: Hummel Road

A Brook Park man, 22, called police at about 4:15 a.m. Jan. 11 and said that a woman from whom he was hoping to buy marijuana had robbed him at gunpoint at Cambridge Court Apartments, 14913 Hummel.

The woman, 27, of Wickliffe, stole $75 from the man. Police said it was the second time the woman had robbed him after he had called her to buy marijuana.

Police were still investigating this week, looking at phone records to verify that the victim really called the woman. The victim has stopped cooperating and no longer returns police phone calls.

Animals at large: Dalebrook Avenue

Two pit bulls escaped from their back yard and attacked two miniature pinschers at about 4:15 p.m. Feb. 2 on Dalebrook.

The owner of the smaller dogs was walking them at the time. The pit bulls grabbed her dogs and she punched them until they let go. The owner of the smaller dogs didn’t find any wounds on them.

The owner of the pit bulls ran out and led them into her house. The owner of the pit bulls said her dogs pushed open the chain-link fence gate in her yard.

The case was turned over to the city’s animal control officer.

Aggravated menacing: Southway Drive

A Southway man, 32, was arrested at about 7 p.m. Jan. 31 after he threatened and yelled profanities at neighbors.

Police said the man wasn’t intoxicated. They had been called to the home several times that day, but the man never calmed down. Police were unable to determine why the man was upset. He refused to cooperate with officers.

Littering: Holland Road

A Mayfield Heights man, 74, was cited after police saw him throw trash out of his vehicle and onto the ground outside the Brook Park Recreation Center, 17400 Holland Road. It happened at about noon Jan. 30.

Falsification, drug paraphernalia possession: Robert Drive

A Brook Park woman, 28, was arrested at about 1:15 a.m. Jan. 31 after she lied to police about her identity.

A resident had noticed a suspicious van parked on Robert and called police. The resident had never seen the van parked on her street before.

When police arrived, they saw the vehicle occupied by a man in the driver’s seat, along with the woman in the passenger seat. The man said he and the woman were just hanging out and kissing.

Police smelled marijuana. The man admitted that there was marijuana in the vehicle. The man handed police five small containers of marijuana and a marijuana pipe.

The woman seemed nervous. When police asked her for identification, she said she was wasn’t carrying any. She gave police a fake Social Security number and a fake name. Police asked the woman to call someone at her home so that they could identify her. The woman’s sister told police her real identity.

The woman was wanted by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office and Middleburg Heights police.

After arresting the woman, police found a marijuana roach, a glass pipe, a metal pipe, two cut straws and a powder police believed was an illegal narcotic in her possession.

Theft: Fry Road

A semiautomatic pistol was stolen between Dec. 25 and Jan. 28 from a house on Fry. There were no signs of a break-in.

Operating a vehicle under the influence: Brookpark Road

A Garfield Heights man, 37, was arrested at about 2:45 a.m. Feb. 1 after police caught him driving drunk on Brookpark. Police stopped the man’s car because it was weaving and he had failed to signal a turn.

Criminal damaging: Holland Road

A construction trailer on the site of the former Ford Middle School, 17001 Holland, was spray-painted with graffiti. It was reported at about 8:50 a.m. Feb. 3. The graffiti depicted male body parts and the words “smiley face.”

Driving with a suspended license, marijuana possession: Snow Road

A North Ridgeville man, 23, was cited at about 2 a.m. Feb. 2 after police stopped him for speeding and discovered that his driver’s license was suspended.

The man’s front-seat passenger, 19, was in possession of a cigar, which police believed contained marijuana, and a marijuana pipe. He was handcuffed because he wrestled with officers as he tried to hide the cigar and pipe.

Police also found a bag of suspected marijuana on the floorboard where the passenger was sitting.

The North Ridgeville man was given a court date. Police told the passenger they would send him a citation if the substances they found on the man and in the vehicle tested positive for marijuana.

Sudden illness: Havendale Drive

A Brook Park man, 24, overdosed on an unknown drug at about 1:45 a.m. Jan. 30 in a house on Havendale.

Someone living in the house had called police. When police and paramedics arrived, the man had regained consciousness and was vomiting in the bathroom. Others living in the house had administered two doses of Narcan, a heroin-overdose antidote, before police and paramedics arrived.

Police found needles, a tourniquet and a towel containing drug residue on the scene. The man was taken to Southwest General Health Center in Middleburg Heights.

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