BEACHWOOD, Ohio —
Illegal dumping: Chagrin Boulevard
At 1:50 p.m. Sept. 8, police were called to Beachwood Apartments, 23511 Chagrin Boulevard, where the property manager reported cases of illegal dumping in a dumpster on the property.
The manager told police she had received photographs from two apartment residents showing two men, on separate occasions, throwing items into the dumpster.
Photos from Sept. 1 showed a man throwing numerous bags of suspected yard waste into the dumpster. The bags were brought to the property on a trailer of what appeared to be a landscaper’s truck.
On Sept. 3, the other man was seen throwing sections of a white couch into the dumpster.
After viewing street video, police were able to identify the Sept. 3 suspect and contacted him. He denied the dumping and said he had two sons, implying one of them might be responsible.
When told video captured his face, the man said he forgot he had thrown items into the dumpster. This man had also been seen illegally dumping at Beachwood Apartmentds in the past.
He was charged with illegal dumping.
Video did not help police identify the Sept. 1 suspect as his truck’s door obscured his face and his license plate was not visible.
The property manager told police that apartment residents are paying $50 per month to have their garbage collected. That cost, she said, could be increasing for residents as Waste Management has been picking up larger amounts of refuse from the complex due to the illegal dumping.
Domestic violence: Shaker Boulevard
At 4:45 p.m. Sept. 11, a man went to the police station to report that he had been assaulted by the mother of his children while they were in the parking lot of Ganon Gil Preschool, 26000 Shaker Blvd.
The couple argued when attempting to drop off their 1-year-old son at the preschool, but had learned that the school felt the boy was not prepared to start that day. The woman blamed the man for the miscommunication and failing to complete necessary paperwork.
The woman was also upset because the man was late in meeting her in the parking lot. She was additionally frustrated with school administrators.
The man told the woman that her anger problems were at the heart of the matter, and that she probably needed medication to deal with her anger.
The woman, 39, of Cleveland, responded by “cussing” at the man and then “swung on” him with a closed fist as he held their son.
The man told police he did not believe the woman connected with her swing, but said he responded by punching her in the face and pinning her against her car. He told police that his actions were done in defense of himself and the child.
The woman told the man she would calm down and he released her. The woman then began to swing at the man once more, this time with keys in her hand. The man, still holding the baby, suffered two cuts to his face that caused bleeding.
She next ponted at the man’s face a pepper spray container that was on her key ring. It was at this time that a Jewish Federation security guard arrived and separated them.
The man told police he did not immediately make a police report because he had to go home and pick up for a ride to school his daughter, which he also shares with the woman.
He asked police for a protection order against the woman for himself and the two children.
Police contacted the woman who said she could not speak at that time. At 8:50 that night she appeared at the police station and was arrested for domestic violence and child endangering. She did not appear to have bruises on her face, but said that, earlier, she had bruises and swelling.
She refused to talk with police until an attorney was present.
Obstructing official business: Fairmount Boulevard
At 2:35 a.m. Sept. 12, police spotted a Cadillac vehicle, occupied by two teen girls, parked in the lot of the Beachwood playground, 25125 Fairmount Blvd.
The 17-year-old girl in the passenger seat told police that the other girl had picked her up to ride around and that they then decided to park in the playground lot to talk.
The passenger, when asked gave police her father’s phone number. The father, of University Heights, came and picked up the girl, who was warned by police about the city’s curfew.
The girl in the driver’s seat told police she would be in a lot of trouble if her father knew she was not home. When pressed for her father’s phone number, she called a number and handed police the phone.
An officer spoke with a male who pretended to be the girl’s father. Police knew he was not the father when he was unable to spell properly the real father’s first name. The girl admitted that the male on the phone was her friend who agreed to help her.
The girl, of South Euclid, continued to refuse to tell police the correct phone number and, at one point, gave an officer a partial phone number, refusing to give the final digit of that number.
She then told police at 3:05 a.m. that her parents were in California and would be home later that morning.
The girl finally called her adult sister, who confirmed to police that their parents were at the time flying home from California. Police made arrangements for the girl to be turned over to a University Heights woman.
The girl faces a charge of obstructing official business and a curfew violation.
Juvenile complaint: Richmond Road
At 2:05 p.m. Sept. 8, the principal of Beachwood Middle School, 2860 Richmond Road, called police to report that a student was in possession of a knife.
At the school, police learned that a girl brought to school in her purse a purple comb that folded out into a knife.
Another girl, during a class, found the comb in the purse and discovered that it was also a knife. She played with it and other students saw the knife. This caused rumors to spread throughout the school.
The girl who owned the knife then went to the school secretary and told her of the weapon, stating she accidentally brought the wrong purse to school and forgot the knife was inside.
She said she owns the knife as a means of protection when not in school.
The girl, 13, was told to bring the knife to the front office, but she did not do so and was subsequently removed from a classroom.
The principal confiscated the knife and called the girl’s mother, who did not want the knife. The knife was destroyed.
The girl did not use the knife to threaten anyone. The school did not wish to puruse charges.