Strongsville Police Blotter: Mom Claims She was Threatening Cat, Not Son

Police were called to a Whitney Road apartment the morning of March 3 after an employee heard a woman screaming at her young child, asking "Do you want me to kill you?" and "I can't take this any more -- you're going to live with your father."

A report said the child, 2, was crying. The witness said it also seemed the woman was hitting the boy.

Police spoke with the woman, who said she was yelling those things to her cat. Officers checked the boy and said he had no marks or bruises. 

In other news:

• A passerby reported something that looked like a stuffed bunny wrapped in duct tape in the southbound lane of Prospect Road near Royalton Road March 3. Police were unable to locate the bunny.

• A woman told police she was pumping gas on Prospect Road March 1 when a man in a gold car approached and asked her to help him with his trunk. The woman panicked and drove around the building, where she pointed out the man to a utility worker. Police are following up.

• Strongsville police helped Metroparks rangers and Middleburg Heights firefighters when an elderly woman was trapped by flood waters on Valley Parkway at Eastland Road Feb. 28. The woman said two other vehicles were also trapped by water that had risen in front of and behind them.

A ranger got to the scene on foot, but said there was no way to get to the stranded motorists by land. Middleburg Heights firefighters brought a boat to get them out, a report said.

• A Juniper Court resident went to police to try to recoup $3,250 from a trip that was canceled. The man said he paid the money to someone to plan a trip to Australia for him and and wife, but the trip was called off in December and he was promised a refund, which he has not received. Police said they would try to help, but advised the man it is a civil matter.

• A Cottonwood Trail man got suspicious when he noticed footprints in his yard and his neighbors' yards Feb. 28. He told police it appeared the person had been running through the yards. A police officer, who said he had seen a meter reader running through yards earlier in the day, checked and found the prints did, in fact, lead to meters.

• A Beechwood Lane man caught three teenage boys looking in his garage window about 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28. When he asked what they were doing, they ran. The resident followed them, but couldn't be sure where they went. Police said they would follow up with a witness who spoke to the boys as they fled.

• Dancing on a table may have cost a Raccoon Trail man a $4,000 Rolex watch and a $2,000 diamond ring. The man told police he gave both to his son as gifts, but his son was dancing on a table in Akron and broke it. He did not have the $300 to repair the table, so he gave the items to a woman there as collateral. Police said the matter is civil, not criminal.

• Motorists called police March 1 about a man who kept going up to cars stopped at the light at Drake and Howe roads about 7 p.m. The man told police he was waiting for the bus and was hoping someone would tell him what time it was, but no one would. Officers gave him the time.

• A laptop bag containing medical instruments and files with doctor credentials was stolen from a car at 16630 Royalton Rd., between 8:30 and 9 p.m. March 2. The owner said she did not know if the car was locked, but police said there were no obvious signs of damage.