Strongsville Police Blotter: Car thief finds himself down the creek without a paddle after police chase

A woman called police during the early morning hours of July 18 to report that a blue Impala was traveling at a high rate of speed down Pearl Road. A second caller reported that the car hit a pole in the parking lot at Charter One Bank on Pearl Road.

The man got out of the car and ran toward the wooded area behind the bank. He then fell down a cliff and headed in the water at Bonnie Park to try and evade police.

A rope rescue team was called to the scene to get the man up the embankment and into police custody.

The Cleveland man had existing warrants for his arrest. The car he was driving was stolen.

Playing hooky

A Trapper Trail woman was arguing with her daughter the morning of July 18 over not getting ready for summer school.

The woman told police the girl was faking being sick because she didn’t do her homework and didn’t want to attend school. The woman was advised to notify the school.

Damaged property

A subcontractor for a Pearl Road apartment complex reported July 18 that a tire on his work van was slashed. The man told police he had words with an employee at the apartment complex, but the employee told police he had nothing to do with the tire slashing.

Wallet returned

A wallet was dropped off to the police department on July 19. The owner of the wallet, who is from Huntsburg, told police she reported the wallet stolen to Cleveland Police. It is unknown where the wallet was found.

Suspicious situation

A man sitting in a black Jeep was seen loading a pistol on Falmouth Drive.

The weapon was an air soft pistol and he told police he was there playing with a friend who lives down the street.

The man told police that it was jammed and he was just unjamming it while waiting for his friend. He told police he realizes how foolish that was and was sorry.

Suspicious solicitors

Two young women told a Fallingwater Road resident they were Ohio State students and wanted to come in for him to fill out a survey. The man told police when he refused to purchase items, they called him names.

The man said he did not see any identification on them.

The women were spotted by police and were cited for not having a solicitor's license.

Getting grilled

A Woodside Court resident called police the night of July 20 after he saw two men taking a grill from the backyard of a vacant house.

The man approached the duo that then became argumentative with him and called him a “jerk.”  The pair said they were relatives of the person who had lived in the house but put the grill back.

For questions about this blotter, email Debbie.Palmer@patch.com.