Strongsville Police Blotter: Teen Goes to Hospital After Smoking K2

A 16-year-old girl called for help April 9 after smoking K2, a product known as and getting sick.

The girl was at about 1:40 p.m. when she said she felt like she was "dead and in a dream," a report said. The girl was also walking in circles and very cold.

K2 is marketed as herbal incense, but users often roll it into cigarettes and smoke it to produce a marijuana-like high. But unlike pot, it's not the vegetable matter that produces the high -- it's chemicals the leaves have been treated with.

Kids called it a "legal high," but no more. The chemicals have recently been banned, making K2 and similar products illegal. 

The girl was taken to Southwest General Health Center for treatment and could face drug abuse charges.

In other news:

• A laptop worth $1,000 and a $150 GPS were stolen from an unlocked car on Big Creek Parkway the night of April 7.

• Police prevented a potential theft April 8 when an officer spotted a car in the parking lot of the with its trunk wide open and a purse inside.

The officer checked the identification in the purse, then closed it in the trunk and went in the building to look for the owner. She was located and determined nothing was missing from her purse.

• A witness reported teens wrapping Saran around trees and utility poles about 9:30 p.m. April 8. Police found plastic wrap around a street sign, stop sign and several trees, but the mischief-makers were gone.

• A man on Tomson Drive called police April 9 after hearing his neighbor calling for help and discovering him outside and duct-taped to his wheelchair. Police spoke with family members and said there was no abuse going on -- the man's paralyzed legs often fall from the platform on his motorized wheelchair, causing injuries to his feet and ankles. Family members strapped in his feet to prevent harm.

• A Gate Post Drive man didn't take it lying down when a telemarketer got snarky with him. He reported to police April 8 that a woman called and asked if he had smoke detectors. When he asked why, she hurled an obscenity and hung up.

The resident asked police to track down the offender. Police said they would speak with her company.

• A man caught a kid in a hoodie sitting in his unlocked car on Mallard Circle about 11:45 p.m. April 9. He chased him down the street, but lost him. Police and a canine unit checked the Hunting Meadows area on foot, but could not locate the offender. Nothing was missing from the car.