Police Blotter: Footprints in the Snow Lead Police Right to Suspected Robbers

Robbery

A man told police that he was robbed at gunpoint around 11 p.m. Feb. 4 by three males wearing dark clothing in the 12800 block of Franklin Blvd.

When  responded, officers followed fresh footprints in the snow to a house near the intersection of Alameda Avenue and Lakewood Boulevard.

A Lakewood man and a juvenile were arrested there and charged with robbery.

Assault

A Rocky River man told police that he was assaulted at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday morning by four men outside the Harry Buffalo on Detroit Avenue. The man said the four men then took his wallet and fled on foot.

Theft

Theft of painkillers was reported from a Detroit Avenue nursing home on Feb. 3.

Complaint

The mother of a 16-year-old Lakewood resident told police that her daughter was receiving “inappropriate” text messages from a 35-year-old man. Police contacted the man, who said he would stop sending the messages. No charges were filed.

Theft

A woman in the 12000 block of Lake Avenue told police that someone stole a package of flowers from her front porch on Feb. 3 — on her birthday.

Compiled from police reports.