Police Reports

Breaking News: Westlake Fugitive Captured in Nursing Home

Fugitive Missourian Arrested Westlake Police report that at 1:03 p.m. this afternoon, fugitive Brian ADKISON was observed bicycling on Detroit Rd. near Cahoon Rd. by a citizen. ADKISON ducked into woods near Cahoon Rd. and Bryandale Drive. Officers from Avon, Bay Village, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, and Rocky River set up a perimeter in the area bounded by I-90, the railroad ... Read More »

Westlake Police Blotter Sept. 2

Westlake Police Report $607 cash went AWOL from a Rose Rd. home on the night of Aug. 22. The homeowner found the greenbacks missing and suspects that a Bay Village male (friend of her boyfriend’s son) who was sent on his way from the house that night might be involved. She got nowhere when she repeatedly called and went to ... Read More »

Manhunt: Fugitive Sought After Westlake Police Chase

On 9-3-13 at 4:29AM A Westlake PD patrolman tried to question a male sleeping in a pickup truck at the Hampton Inn on Detroit Rd. The male took off westbound on Detroit Rd. into Avon near Avon Commons, where Westlake PD called off the pursuit. At 4:44AM, North Ridgeville PD reported pursuing the same vehicle eastbound on Center Ridge Rd. ... Read More »

Police Warning: Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

The Westlake Police Department and police departments across Cuyahoga County are banding together to get drunk drivers off Northeast Ohio roads and protect motorists by supporting the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign.   This year’s nationwide campaign will run from mid-August through the Labor Day holiday (August 16 through September 2).   “As summer ends and families hit ... Read More »

Bay Police Halt Theft Spree

Two 17-year-old Bay Village residents were arrested on Wednesday morning, August 28, 2013 for committing numerous thefts from unlocked autos in Bay Village. An alert Bay Village Police Officer noticed a suspicious male walking on Upland Road at approximately 2:30 am.  The male was stopped and found to be carrying a book bag stuffed with items stolen from vehicles in ... Read More »

Westlake Police Join Drunk Driving Crack-Down

  The Westlake Police Department and police departments across Cuyahoga County are banding together to get drunk drivers off Northeast Ohio roads and protect motorists by supporting the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. This year’s nationwide campaign will run from mid-August through the Labor Day holiday (August 16 through September 2).   “As summer ends and families hit ... Read More »

Bay Village Police Blotter 8-26-13

14-Year Old’s Phone Heisted by Drivers A 14 year old Bay Village resident reported two males stole his I-phone on 8-21-2013 at 4:30pm.  He explained to officers that while he was riding his bike near Columbia and Lake, a white Pontiac-type car occupied by two black males, both approximately 18 years old, stopped and asked for directions to Westlake High ... Read More »

“Mr. Lonely” Gets Police Visit

A self-described “lonely” 26-year-old Cahoon Rd. man called an escort service for some companionship on Aug. 21 report Westlake Police this week. As could reasonably be predicted, a dispute arose over what exactly was agreed to with the 20-year-old Cleveland woman who arrived. She was driven to the scene by a 32-year-old Cleveland man, who collected a $145 fee up ... Read More »

Dog Takes Car for Ride in Westlake

Chauncey the dog took his master’s 1997 Mercury 4door for a short joyride on Aug. 6 at 10:10AM. The car was parked (running and unoccupied by humans) at a Detroit Rd. gas station when the cruising canine knocked the shifter into reverse. The vehicle backed out of the station southbound, missing the pumps and parked cars, described a u-turn in ... Read More »

Bay Village Police Blotter

On August 4, 2013, a Forestview resident reported someone entered her home and stole a bottle of liquor.  She observed the perpetrator running down her driveway and away from her home.  The liquor bottle was later found broken on Russell Road.  Police are investigating. Bay Village officers were called to the Russell and Upland area on August 4, 2013 at 11pm on the ... Read More »