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Blame the GPS & Black Bear in Solon: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports from departments across the region

Here are this week's most bizarre police calls, reports and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Blame it on technology: A Broadview Heights woman overlooked her .111 blood-alcohol content level on Aug. 26 when she explained to Westlake Police why she drove the wrong way on Interstate 90. Who deserved the blame? Her GPS, of course. That's what 26-year-old Jacqueline Kovach told police after she was stopped at 2:34 a.m. Police arrested her for drunk driving, an open container, no seat belt and willful and wanton disregard for safety. She drove west in the eastbound lanes near the Columbia Road overpass. …

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10:38 am on Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Well - I agree with I.M.Wright! And just maybe by putting her face here will make her think twice about ever driving drunk again. She could have killed people! Its not like she committed some small infraction. She was drunk and did not even realize when she turned the wrong way. A sober person, without an open container, would have been more aware of GPS instructions. Anyone with a basic GPS …   more ›

Police Blotter: Selling Drugs at the Drugstore, Assault and Unruly Juveniles

This week in police news.

Drug paraphernalia A man was arrested and charged with drug paraphernalia around 8 a.m. April 12 after he was standing outside of the Walgreens on Detroit Avenue and 117th Street trying to sell his prescription. Unruly children A student at St. James School on Northwood Avenue attacked his teacher during dismissal at around 3 p.m. April 12. The boy had to be subdued in front of the church on Detroit Avenue. The boy was charged with felonious assault. Police received a call around 5 p.m. that a 10-year-old boy tried to stab his baby sibling with a pencil in the 1500 block of Robinwood Avenue. When his mother tried to stop him, he charged at her with a butcher knife. The boy was taken to Fairview Hospital for observation. Police were …

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Police Blotter: House Spray Painted, Hit-Skip Turns into Foot Chase and Burglar Makes Off with Pizza Shop's 'Dough'

This week in the Lakewood Police Blotter.

Burglar makes off with “dough” from pizza shop An employee of Angelo’s Pizza arrived at the shop around 7 a.m. March 28 to find that the door had been forced open, the burglar alarm was ripped from the wall and money from the cash registers had been taken sometime during the night. An undisclosed amount of cash had been taken. Hit-skip turns into foot chase A man driving a dark-colored pickup truck struck two parked cars at theCastlewood Apartments on Detroit Avenue at around 8:30 a.m. March 27. He fled the scene, driving southbound on Rockway Avenue. He jumped out of his car in the 17000 block of Riverside Drive and jumped the concrete barrier, fleeing into the Metro Parks. When he crossed the river, Rocky River and Fairview police …

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Where To Go for Your Flu Shots in Lakewood

In many places, vaccines are available without an appointment.

Between 5 and 20 percent of the population will get the flu this year, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Health. Of those, 200,000 will be hospitalized for complications, and 36,000 will die. The best defense? A flu vaccine. According to flu.gov and local sources, there is no shortage of places to get flu shot. There at least — count ‘em — eight places in the city to get the vaccine. We’ve made the process a little easier: Lakewood City Hall, 12805 Detroit Road: Cuyahoga County Board of Health Clinic on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays each month. The cost is $30 for adults ages 19 and older; $12 for children age 18 and younger. Cash or checks are accepted. The fee is covered by Medicare primary insurance. Call for an appointment 216 -201-…

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Lakewood Police Blotter: Man's 'Best Friends' Stolen, Forgery and Assault

Man tells police that his ex-girlfriend took his dogs.

A man in the 14300 block of Garfield Avenue reported that his ex-girlfriend broke into his home and took his two dogs Jan. 5. The man told  Lakewood police that — although they had not dated in more than six months — she still had a key. The woman was contacted and said she would return the animals. The man was told the case was a civil matter. Disturbance Police responded to a call around 2:30 p.m. Jan. 2 that a man was walking eastbound on Detroit Avenue yelling that he was going to kill someone. It turns out the man was singing along to his iPod. Forgery A woman was arrested and charged with forgery Jan. 3 after she allegedly filled out a false prescription for oxycontin and dropped it off at the Walgreens on Detroit Avenue. …

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