WESTLAKE, Ohio

Weapons charges: Crocker Road

Officers stopped a car at 8 p.m. Aug. 2 at Crocker and Detroit roads for a traffic violation and ended up filing weapons charges against two people.

When the officer spoke with the male driver and female passenger, the passenger admitted to having a handgun in the car. She did have a CCW permit, but said she did not notify the officers when they first made contact because she had been using FaceTime on her phone.

The officer recovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun. He charged the passenger, a 31-year-old Westlake resident, with improper handling of a firearm, a misdemeanor. He charged the driver, a 28-year-old Westlake man previously convicted of felony drug possession and drug trafficking, with having weapons under disability.

Meth possession: Sperry Drive

Officers on Aug. 7 charged a 35-year-old North Olmsted man with possession of methamphetamine, a felony. Officers were at the Super 8 motel investigating another incident when they spotted the suspect walking around the hotel acting unusually.

Marijuana possession and warrants: Sperry Drive

At 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8, officers discovered that a man wanted on a local warrant was staying at the Super 8 motel.

Officers stopped a vehicle occupied by a male driver and a female passenger leaving the area. The driver was a 35-year-old Cleveland man with warrants for his arrest. The woman also had warrants for dangerous drugs from Cuyahoga County.

Officers took both suspects into custody for their warrants and filed additional misdemeanor charges against them for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Theft: Westlake Village Drive

Officers at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 8 responded to Westlake Village retirement community for a report of a theft. Maintenance workers reported that two air conditioning units, valued at more than $5,000, had been taken from a loading dock.

Motorcycle accident: Lansing Drive

Police responded at 8:32 p.m. Aug. 8 to a one-vehicle motorcycle accident that resulted in serious injuries to the rider. The accident is still under investigation.

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