OVI, Monticello Boulevard: At 9:55 p.m. June 8, police were called to the intersection of Monticello Boulevard and Cambridge Road where a car was in the street, disabled. The driver told police that his car was out of gas, though it was still running. The officer observed that a front tire was almost completely off its rim and a rear tire was flat.

As the officer spoke to the driver, his father arrived on the scene. The driver appeared drunk and went on to perform poorly on field sobriety tests. The driver used vulgar language when speaking to police and, once inside the back seat of a cruiser, he bashed his head against the cage in the car, opening a wound.

The driver was placed on a stretcher as his father tried to calm him. While on the stretcher, he vomited on himself.

Police charged the driver with OVI, failure to control and for not wearing his seat belt.

Theft, Yellowstone Road: At 3:40 p.m. June 8, police were called to a home where a woman informed an officer that four boxes containing cables and computer routers were taken from her front porch. The woman and her family had just moved into the home and left the boxes on the porch.

A man driving a truck that read Purple Heart Foundation was seen parked in front of the house at the time of the theft. The driver waved at the woman as he drove away.

The foundation told police that there was no scheduled pick up for that area on June 8.

Aggravated menacing, Colonial Drive: At 2:45 p.m. June 13, a man was working at his rental property when a car drove up. In the car was a former renter the man knew from past dealings.

The man who arrived in the car brandished a handgun and threatened to kill the property manager. The property manager called 911 and the man with the gun fled.

Police are looking for the gunman, who faces a charge of aggravated menacing.

Disturbance, Mayfield Road:

At 8:10 a.m. June 6, police were called to a Mayfield Road address by a woman, 34, who stated that she had been hit by her boyfriend, who then drove from the scene.

The woman said that the couple was in bed when they argued about his cheating with another woman. The man, 25, became upset and choked the woman, then put his hand in her mouth and held it open. When the woman struggled free, she went downstairs and held her baby son. She told the boyfriend several times to leave. He replied that he would leave when he was ready to do so.

As he did depart, the woman walked to the door to lock it behind him and the man pushed on the door. While she held the baby, the man pushed her and then took her cell phone and stomped on it.

Police located the man's vehicle a short time later and conducted a traffic stop. He did not have a driver's license as he had his driving privileges revoked due to a past incident.

The man was arrested on charges of domestic violence, assault and child endangerment, as well as DUS and driving with a cracked windshield.

Menacing, Desota Avenue: At 8:45 p.m. June 8, a woman went to the police station to report that she has been involved in an ongoing issue with another woman over a boy who is the father of children by both women.

The woman filing the complaint said that the two have gone back and forth at each other on social media. She also said that the other women took a picture of her home's front door and added a caption under the photo on social media that she was going to beat her.

The complainant was advised to go to Cleveland's Justice Center and seek a restraining order.

Menacing, Mayfield Road: At 11:40 a.m. June 10, a man reported that the night before, while he was at Helen's Game Time bar, 3962 Mayfield Road, he encountered his former girlfriend. The woman told him to "watch (his) back" then shaped her fingers into that of a gun. The woman then left the bar.

The man said he filed a report because the two have had incidents involving violence between them in the past.

Assault, Cumberland Road: At 2:30 a.m. June 14, a woman went to the police station to report that she had been assaulted with a lawn chair by her female cousin, 28, while at a family gathering. The lawn chair struck the woman in the face and she had a swollen lip.

At 4 p.m. June 16, the 28-year-old cousin went to the police station and said she was assaulted by the original complainant. She said both cousins were drunk at the time and that when she returned home that night, she received several text messages and calls of harassment.

The second cousin told Cleveland Heights police that she filed a harassment report with police in the city she lives, Euclid.

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