Lady loses $100K in bitcoin rip-off: Solon police blotter

SOLON, Ohio — Fraud: Rockford Drive

At 5:05 p.m. Dec. 13, a Solon girl, 76, reported that she had been the sufferer of a web-based rip-off. The lady believed she was serving to to fund the institution of a medical provide firm. She loaned greater than $100,000 price of bitcoin worth to a person she met on-line, however didn’t obtain reimbursement.

Housebreaking: Bainbridge Highway

At 7 a.m. Dec. 14, a Solon girl, 75, reported a potential housebreaking that happened at about 10 a.m. Dec. 10. The lady informed police {that a} man, about 55-60 years previous with grey hair and a beard, knocked on her residence’s door and mentioned he was within the space doing repairs and wanted to examine her residence’s water.

The person mentioned he wanted to see the home’s water predominant. The lady let the person inside and, as an alternative of the water predominant, the person directed his consideration to a storage room. The person hid gadgets in his waistband, then left. The lady is not sure what was taken.

The person parked within the girl’s driveway an older mannequin sedan, probably grey or beige in colour. Police shouldn’t have a suspect.

Warrant arrest: Harper Highway

At 8:45 p.m. Dec. 15, an officer stopped an SUV due to its expired plates. The feminine driver didn’t have a license. The officer then requested to see the license of the male passenger. The person, 26, of Cleveland, was discovered to be wished on two warrants.

The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Division wished the person for carrying a hid weapon, and South Euclid police wished him for misdemeanor assault. The motive force was cited for driving with out a license, and the person was arrested on the warrants. Preparations had been made for a legitimate driver to select up the automotive as a result of a toddler was inside.

OVI: Aurora Highway

At 11:30 p.m. Dec. 16, an officer noticed a purple Mercedes straddling two lanes, then make a large proper flip from Aurora Highway onto Solon Boulevard. A site visitors cease was carried out and it was discovered that the motive force, a Solon girl, 60, had bloodshot eyes and slurred speech.

The lady failed subject sobriety assessments and was arrested for OVI. She had a blood-alcohol content material of .211, effectively above the state minimal for drunk driving of .08. Police moreover charged the girl with having a prohibited BAC, driving with expired plates and a marked lanes violation.

OVI: Stockwood Drive

At 2:45 a.m. Dec. 17, dispatch heard from a service referred to as “Volvo on Name” {that a} subscriber’s car might have been concerned in a crash. Police didn’t discover the automotive the place the service acknowledged, however received an outline of the automotive and realized its proprietor. Police drove in direction of the proprietor’s residence and noticed the automotive flip from Pettibone Highway onto Stockwood Drive.

When officers received behind the automotive, it stopped with out police signaling for it to take action. The automotive had driver’s aspect injury and its airbag had deployed. The Volvo’s driver, a Solon man, 18, smelled of alcohol. He had bloodshot eyes and admitted to consuming photographs. The person mentioned a automotive had crashed into his, however police noticed no proof of this on the street resulting in the place the person stopped his automotive.

The person failed sobriety assessments and was discovered to have a BAC of .217. Police arrested the person and charged him with OVI and having a prohibited BAC.

Assault: Miles Highway

At 11:55 p.m. Dec. 17, a motorist reported an erratic driver on Miles Highway, close to Brainard Highway. The caller acknowledged that the automotive ran a purple mild and nearly struck a pole. An officer noticed the automotive because it stopped in an intersection at a inexperienced mild, then headed ahead and drifted left of middle.

A site visitors cease was carried out. The motive force, a Cleveland man, 29, failed sobriety assessments and was arrested for OVI. The passenger, a Cleveland girl, 29, was additionally believed to be impaired and was taken to the police station. Within the automotive, officers discovered marijuana and an open bottle of tequila.

On the jail, the arrested man grew to become argumentative and spit within the face of the arresting officer, and at one other officer who tried to assist the arresting officer.

The suspect did conform to take a breath take a look at. That take a look at revealed a BAC of .155. Police moreover charged the person with having a prohibited BAC, assault, , open container, improper show of a license plate, driving with out a license, driving inside marked lanes, and never carrying a seat belt. He was additionally discovered to be the topic of a Solon police warrant for failure to seem in court docket on a site visitors cost.

Fleeing and eluding: S.O.M. Middle Highway

At 10 p.m. Dec. 19, an officer tried to cease a automotive for its unlawful window tint. The automotive’s driver didn’t cease, nevertheless, and drove away at about 60 miles per hour, driving by means of a purple mild as he did so. The officer didn’t pursue, however was capable of determine the automotive and it was realized that the motive force was a South Euclid man, 18.

Solon police went to the person’s residence and cited him for failure to adjust to an officer’s order, driving by means of a purple mild and for the unlawful window tint.

Improper dealing with of a firearm: US 422

At 1:20 a.m. Dec. 19, an officer stopped a automotive on US 422 eastbound for its unlawful window tint and improper show of license plates. The officer smelled marijuana contained in the automotive. Police carried out a search and a marijuana cigarette and bag of marijuana had been discovered inside.

Within the again seat, police discovered a loaded semi-automatic rifle. Additionally discovered had been procuring baggage, digital scales, tablets (suspected ecstasy) and suspected managed substances, believed to be cocaine. Further substances had been taken to the lab for testing.

Police arrested the motive force, a Euclid man, 22, and charged him with drug trafficking, a third-degree felony; improper dealing with of a firearm, a fourth-degree felony; unlawful window tint; improper show of license plates; and never carrying a seat belt.

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