Police Blotter: Purses Stolen from Cars in Church Parking Lot

Purses were stolen from two cars parked at church Sunday evening.

Two people left the church about 5:50 to find the purses they had left inside their vehicles were missing.

In both cases, the thief smashed windows to get inside the cars.

Hazmat Situation

A Toyota with a leaky gas tank caused a hazmat situation Jan. 27 when officials discovered the gasoline was running directly into a storm drain.

Police were called to the Royalton Greens apartments about 11:50 a.m. after a maintenance man noticed the car was in a strange spot and appeared to be leaking.

Officers couldn't immediately locate the owner. The fire department, meanwhile, treated the gas spill as a hazmat situation.

The owner will be responsible for the cost of the clean-up, a report said. The spill was eventually contained and the car towed to a service station.

Graffiti at High School

Someone used black spray paint to mark about 15 locations on with graffiti early Jan. 28.

The markings were noticed by night-shift janitors leaving at 4 a.m.

Stuck Trucks

A mail truck got stuck in a Howe Road driveway about 4 p.m. Jan. 28.

When the resident complained the truck was still there more than an hour later, police looked into it -- and found the tow truck sent to pull out the mail truck was stuck in the drive, too.

A third truck was sent to help.

No K2

A Strongsville woman turned over some K2 she found in her house. 

The woman said her daughter had already used some and was high.

Police destroyed the so-called synthetic marijuana.

No Snow in the Street

A Drake Road resident complained Jan. 28 that a neighbor had left snow from his driveway in the road -- again.

Police found a 2-foot-high pile of snow in the street and contacted the homeowner, who said he would pass it on to the company that does his plowing.