Bay Village Grandma Scammed for $7 Grand

On 10/12/2018, at 12:56 hours, a resident came to the Bay Village police to advise that he believed his 91-year old mother-in-law had unfortunately fallen for the swindle where a person calls and claims to be a grandson who is in jail and needed money to get out. A second phone call, supposedly from the grandson’s attorney, gave instructions to the victim on how to mail cash. The victim wrote a check for $7,000.00, made it out to cash and cashed at her local bank branch. She took the money to an Office Depot and mailed via FedEx it to an address in New Jersey. It was not until the next day, when she spoke to her son-in-law, that the fraud was discovered. The Bay Village PD reminds all citizens that there are unscrupulous people in this world who are constantly working to separate honest people from their money.

Breaking Up is Hard to Do

On 10/11/2018, at 15:00 hours, a 20-year old Bay Village resident from Juneway Drive came to the station to make a complaint that an ex-boyfriend whom she broke up with in May of this year has begun making harassing phone calls. The previous day the victim had been visiting a friend in Lakewood. She saw her former boyfriend sitting at a patio bar across the street. When she left the friend’s home, the victim noted the male was watching her. Not long afterwards, she began receiving calls from an unlisted number. The ex-boyfriend has been calling non-stop and leaving unsettling voice mails. The victim is unsure if she wants to press charges at this time.

All Boxed In

On 10/12/2018, at 11:20 hours, a PNC Bank employee at 433 Dover Center Road received a call from a male claiming he was there in the parking lot, locked inside a white van and unable to get out. An officer found it to be as reported. The driver had entered the cargo area of his conversion/delivery van only to find out the latch was malfunctioning, trapping him inside.