Strongsville Police Blotter: Creepy Caller Threatens to Duct Tape Man, Rape Wife

A Strongsville man called police about 4:30 a.m. Aug. 2 after someone phoned his house with an unsettling threat.

The caller said he was hiding in the bushes watching them, and was going to come in and duct tape the man and rape his wife.

Police checked the area around the house and found no one lurking. An investigation is continuing.

The Mischief Continues

Kids made some middle-of-the-night visits to homes on Morar Circle, Westminster Drive and Waterford Parkway Aug. 1.

Three mailboxes were knocked over, flower pots were dumped out, patio furniture turned upside down and moved into the woods, and a container of salt was dumped.

Not Exactly Camping

A Mill Hollow Lane resident alerted police to a car parked on the street at 3 a.m. Aug. 2, saying sometimes kids camp in the nearby woods.

In this case, it was a woman who is living in her car as she tries to make it back to Arizona.

Police told her she can't park in the street, so she moved to the Holiday Inn parking lot.

Hit-Skip

A man riding a bike on Fair Road about 12:20 a.m. Aug. 2 was knocked off his bicycle by a passing vehicle.

The driver of the dark-colored SUV or pickup did not stop.

The cyclist got road rash, but was not seriously injured.

Attempted Burglary

Someone tried to break into a house on White Bark Drive, a report said.

On Aug. 4, screens were reported ripped out and two window panes broken. No entry was made.

Just Snoozing

Tenants at a Whitney Road apartment alerted security to an apartment door that was standing open all day Aug. 2.

Security officers found the door open about a foot and called police, who found no criminal activity.

The tenant "had too much of the high life and was in his apartment passed out, but is fine now," the report said.

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