Disorderly conduct, Monticello Boulevard: At 3:05 a.m. March 4, police responded to a call of a car parked illegally on a street. Police found the car, with a flat tire and a man, 43, attempting to change the tire. Officers asked the man if he needed assistance, but were turned down. Officers then found that the man was intoxicated.

The man had difficulty standing and had glassy eyes. It was learned that the man was wanted on a Lyndhurst police warrant for a traffic offense. Cleveland Heights police cited the man for disorderly conduct and he became verbally combative before falling asleep in a police car.

At the jail, the man again argued with police and appeared to have urinated on himself. When asked if he had urinated on himself, the man stated he had never done so even though, in the past, he has been "way drunker than this."

OVI, North Park Boulevard: At 11:10 p.m. March 2, police were called to the scene of a car crash involving two autos in which one car ran into the back of the other, which had been stopped at a red light. The driver of the car that struck the other then drove away.

The driver of the car that remained noted the other car's license plate. Police found the address of the owner of the car that left and went to the house. On the way there, an officer spotted the offending car pulled to the side of the road with its hazard lights on. The driver, a woman, was found to be intoxicated. She told the officer that she had two drinks that night.

The woman, who was found to be wearing only one shoe, performed poorly on field sobriety tests. Her blood-alcohol content was found to be .270, above the state minimum for drunk driving of .08. The woman was charged with OVI.

Disorderly conduct, Coventry Road: At 2:50 a.m. March 3, police were called to Bodega at 1854B Coventry Road, where a woman, who had not been a patron of the establishment, was found seated on the patio. The woman was drunk and could not finish a sentence when questioned by officers.

A bartender from a neighboring bar soon came upon the scene and told police the woman had been drinking at the bar at which he works. The woman was taken to the hospital and cited for disorderly conduct.

Assault, Fairmount Boulevard: At 1:30 p.m. March 3, a man, 25, reported that at 2:10 a.m. March 2 he had been the victim of an assault while working at a tavern. The man said he was smoking a cigarette near an employee access door when a man who was not an employee exited the door, screaming. The victim told the man, a regular bar patron, to stop screaming.

The patron became more upset and head-butted the man twice, choked him, and hit him twice in the face with a beer can. The victim did not lose consciousness, but fell to the ground.

Having been told the patron's name, police are investigating the matter.

Fleeing and eluding, Mayfield Road: At 10:40 a.m. March 4, an officer spotted a car traveling 58 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone and attempted to make a traffic stop. Twice, the officer stopped the car, got out of his vehicle and watched as the car sped off.

After a pursuit, the chase was called off. The officer, noting the car's license plate, went to the home of the owner. The owner, 24, said he lent the car to a male acquaintance, 19.

Police eventually found the car parked on a street, unoccupied. A receipt in the car from a Richmond Heights jeweler included a name. The name was that of the man to whom the car was lent.

The man who was driving was found to have a suspended license and is the subject of warrants issued by Cleveland Heights Municipal Court and the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The suspect was called and told to turn himself in immediately.

Theft from auto, Edgehill Road: At 6:40 p.m. March 7, a man reported that someone entered his unlocked car during the previous night and stole a computer hard drive.

Marijuana possession, Warrensville Center Road: At 12:35 a.m. March 4, an officer stopped a car for having an unclear view of the road, as numerous items were hanging from the rear view mirror.

The driver, a man, 24, told police the vehicle belonged to his family's business. As the man spoke, police smelled inside the car the odor of unburnt marijuana. The man said there was no marijuana in the car and that police could search the vehicle.

Inside, officers found a marijuana cigarette and a digital scale. The man was cited for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, not wearing a seat belt, obstructed view of the road, and showing an unauthorized placard. The car was towed and the man released.

Criminal damage, Fairmount Boulevard: At 5:30 p.m. March 7, police were called to a home where a woman had broken a window. Police detained the woman, who was not known to the home's owner.

It was found that the suspect, of Wadsworth, had psychological problems. She told police she broke the window because she had to get into the house. She later told an officer to punch her in the face to clear her head. Police in Wadsworth are familiar with the woman due to numerous encounters.

Cleveland Heights police charged the woman with criminal damaging and took her to the hospital.

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