WESTLAKE, Ohio –
OVI: I-90
A caller at 10 p.m. on Nov. 1 told the Westlake Police Department that a gray GMC was swerving on I-90 and the caller suspected the operator might be drunk.
The GMC made it through Westlake before officers could catch up with it. The caller stayed on the line with 911 operators as neighboring police departments tried to track it down. A few minutes later, Westlake officers learned that the GMC had turned around and was headed back to Westlake.
Officers stopped the truck after the driver exited the highway at Columbia Road and committed several lane violations. The 62-year-old male driver from Euclid said that he was lost and trying to find his way home. He appeared intoxicated and was field tested. Officers arrested him for operating a vehicle while intoxicated and failure to maintain marked lanes. He refused a breath test at the Westlake jail.
OVI: Detroit Road
Witnesses at 4:45 p.m. on Nov. 3 reported that a couple were physically fighting in the parking lot of the Bob Evans restaurant on Detroit Road.
The witness said that the man was seen choking the woman before he made her get in a vehicle. The SUV was last seen entering I-90 eastbound. Officers stopped the SUV after it entered Rocky River.
The man and woman denied anything physical happened despite having minor cuts. The woman said that the ex-dating couple had gone to the Browns game earlier before heading to a restaurant and bar on Crocker Road. They got into an argument, which resulted in them hashing things out in the lot of Bob Evans.
The driver, a 28-year-old Cleveland man, was field tested and arrested for OVI and cited for driving with a suspended license. The woman was given a courtesy ride to the Westlake Police Department to await a ride.
Theft: Detroit Road
A witness at 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 reported a shoplifting incident in progress at Marc’s on Detroit Road.
A woman walked out of the store with a cart full of items that she never paid for. The witness gave a good description of the suspect’s vehicle. Officers stopped the SUV on Detroit Road at Cahoon Road. A 71-year-old Cleveland woman admitted to stealing the items because she was “trying to help someone,” according to a police press release.
Officers returned $274 worth of items to the store. Two bags of marijuana were booked into evidence. The female was charged with misdemeanor theft.
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