Police Reports

A suspicious male entered a Detroit Rd. restaurant on June 20 at 1:30PM claiming that the cable system there needed a new part, report Westlake Police. He was not in uniform and could not produce any paperwork. He also could not find the part that needed replacing. Management followed up with the cable provider, who also could not verify that ... Read More »

Four intoxicated wedding guests threw room furnishings and beer cans/bottles out the fourth floor window of their Detroit Rd. hotel room on June 15 at 3:52AM, report Westlake Police.. Bay Village PD sent 2 officers to assist with the arrests of a 24-year-old Lakewood man, 25-year-old Vermillion man, 24-year-old Millersburg man, and a 24-year-old Dennison man, all for DCI and ... Read More »

Summertime is a peak time for car break-ins. With the following tips and a little common sense, we can keep Bay Village residents safe from thieves. 1)  Lock your doors. The vast majority of our break-ins are from unlocked vehicles. We have few car windows broken because it would draw too much attention to the criminal activity. 2)  Hide your ... Read More »

Burglaries Reported Throughout City: Lock Your Cars & Homes On 06/16/2014, at 1735 hrs, a Crestview resident contacted BVPD to report someone had stolen a blank personal check from her house, made the check out for $200, and cashed it.  Police have a suspect and are investigating. During the early morning hours of 06/18/2014, several unlocked cars were entered in ... Read More »

A Westlake City Schools bus driver found a cartridge for a .380auto firearm on the floor of bus 11 while sweeping the vehicle after the AM run this date. That bus carries students from Lee Burneson Middle School and Parkside Intermediate School. All students who rode that bus either at dismissal on 6-10-14 or this AM were interviewed by Westlake ... Read More »

A suspect armed with a small black semi-automatic handgun tried to take a motorist’s radar detector on June 10 at 10:10PM, report Westlake Police. The Vermillion man had stopped for the signal on Columbia Rd. at Hilliard Blvd. when the suspect leaned in the open passenger window and grabbed at the detector. The driver then hit the gas and the ... Read More »

Westlake Police arrested a 43-year-old Center Ridge Rd. woman for DCI after an argument with her 52-year-old beau. The male admitted the officers to the apartment, whereupon the intoxicated female stepped out of the shower without a stitch on. She was advised to get dressed. She then demanded that the male leave and take his cats with him and became ... Read More »

Several 911 callers to Bay Village Police reported that a silver 2 door vehicle struck a bicyclist on Walker Rd. near Plymouth, and then fled the scene westbound on Walker Rd. on On 06/06/2014, at 0852 hrs,.BVPDand Avon Lake responded to the scene.  The 27 yoa victim was quickly transported to the hospital for his injuries.  Officers began searching the ... Read More »

Bay Village Police responded to a Vineland address on May 27 at 1755 hours on the report of male exposing himself to two teenage girls. The girls stated a male with short black hair, a round face and some facial hair drove past them as they rode their bikes down Vineland. As the male passed them he exposed himself. He ... Read More »

66-year-old Joseph SCHERMA of Westlake was arrested on May 2 for a sex offense involving a male juvenile relative, report Westlake Police. The victim and his parents reported the incident on April 24; it occurred in February at the suspect’s home. A second juvenile male relative has also been identified as a victim; the offenses involving this child occurred in ... Read More »