Best of the Blotter

Marijuana Cab Fare & Sidewalk Sleeping: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports from departments across the region

Here are this week's head-scratching police calls and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Pay your way with weed — When it's time to pay a taxi driver, money and drugs are all the same, right? Jacob Bruckner, a 38-year-old of Massillon, rationalized as much on June 27 when a driver took him to a Holiday Inn near Bath Township. He owed the driver $24 and said he would go get some money from the hotel. When he returned, Bruckner handed over $15 and small bag of marijuana. The driver declined the offer, opting to call police instead. Officers got an additional $5 out of Bruckner and charged him with drug abuse…

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Strongsville Police Blotter: Man Questioned After Spending 8 Hours in Parking Lot

Reports Jan. 23-27

Employees at the Marathon station at 16717 Royalton Rd. called police about 12:30 a.m. Jan. 25 to report a man and a dog sitting in a black truck in their parking lot for the last eight hours. A report said the man went into the station to use the rest room once, and occasionally started up the truck, but didn't leave.  Police spoke with the man, who said his roommate had kicked him out and he was trying to sleep until the next morning, when he and his dog had a place to go. Officers advised him to park outside the Holiday Inn to sleep. In other police news: • An Ashley Circle woman was the target of a phishing scam in which someone sent her a text message saying she had won a gift card. When she called back, she was told she needed to …

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