Monday, March 18, 2013
Chief Chris Noga, who dealt with a fatal shooting in Twinsburg in 2008, said his department's thoughts are with Solon right now.
The shooting in Solon Sunday night is a situation all too familiar for Twinsburg Police Chief Chris Noga. Solon Police released a detailed account of what happened on Sunnywood Drive Sunday night that led police officers to kill a man who fled from a traffic stop. Click here for the latest Solon Patch story. In 2008, Twinsburg experienced a fatal shooting — when Officer Josh Miktarian was killed during a traffic stop in 2008. The morning after the shooting in Solon, Twinsburg's Chief Noga offered this comment: "In police work, there is no such thing as a ROUTINE traffic stop. Today's police officers are trained to respond to threats perceived, observed or verbalized. A great majority of traffic stops in suburban communities end safely …
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The Solon City Council approved a three-year agreement to house Twinsburg's prisoners at the Solon jail.
The Solon City Council approved a three-year agreement to house Twinsburg's prisoners at the Solon jail. The Twinsburg City Council had already approved the agreement, which is a three-year deal that will pay Solon $85,200 per year. Twinsburg Police Chief Chris Noga said the deal will save the city money. "There will be actual savings in this," Noga said. Twinsburg police currently operates a 12-day facility. The operation cost for 2011 was $152,000 including labor, supplies, feeding prisoners, according to Noga. Potential savings in this agreement could be anywhere from $60,000 to $100,000, Noga said. Solon has spent the year making contracts with many surrounding communities to house their prisoners at the city's full-service jail.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents 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. Lottery ticket scam stopped — Two women thought they could win big with their inside track to Ohio Lottery tickets. Now, they face felony theft charges following a seven-month investigation by the Ohio Lottery Commission. Kirstin Frank, 23, of Middleburg Heights, isaccused of printing $11,000 worth of lottery tickets without paying for them while she worked at a Rite Aid in Westlake. Her friend, 22-year-old Holly Zinck of Brookpark is charged with complicity in the thefts. The women were released this week from …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents 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. Gotta go — Solon Police arrested a 62-year-old Garfield Heights man on Nov. 17 on U.S. 422, but not for his activity behind the wheel. The sight of Samuel L. Holcombe urinating on the side of the highway led to his drunken-driving arrest. According to the police report, an officer saw Holcombe get out of his truck and stagger to the side of the road to relieve himself. He was soon arrested and taken to Solon Jail. His .221 breathalyzer result was nearly three times over the legal limit. Sharp shoplifting — A sharp…
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents 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. Huffing while driving — A cleaning product made a Cuyahoga Falls man veer off the road on Sept. 15, causing him to crash into a home on Bailey Road. Police said the man admitted to huffing a 12-ounce can of Ultra Duster at 6:43 a.m. as he drove his 2012 Chevy Cruze down Bailey. He crossed the northbound lane, jumped a curb and drove over the front lawn of the home and into the residence. No injuries were reported. The man was cited for abusing harmful intoxicants and failure to control his vehicle. Say, "Cheese…
Sunday, August 19, 2012
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. Police car tarred — What are the chances that one with three warrants would spray a police vehicle with tar? Pretty good, it turns out. Lakewood Police turned Frankie Eden over to Cleveland officers earlier this month after he accidentally sprayed pressurized tar on himself, another man and the police car on Madison Avenue. Eden, a 21-year-old Cleveland man, had been working for a pavement company when an officer asked workers to move a dump truck that was blocking the westbound lane of traffic on Madison, near W…
Sunday, May 20, 2012
The most bizarre police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.
It seems there's no alleged crime too bizarre to occur in Northeast Ohio. Here are some of this week's weird calls and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Threatening Words: Though an Akron man returned the clothing he tried to steal from Walmart, he still ended up in a Fairlawn Police cruiser. He also had some threatening words for the arresting officer. Derek Sampson, 50, tried to walk out of Walmart in Fairlawn on May 13 with three pairs of shorts. When a security officer confronted him, Sampson returned the items. Officers arrested him for theft when he tried to exit again. Once in the cruiser, Sampson told the officer, "You're a dead man … I don't talk to dead men." Read more …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
The week's strangest police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.
There's no shortage of bizarre police calls and charges in Northeast Ohio. We'll gather the zaniest of the region each Sunday in this Best of the Blotter column. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Questioned in the Nude: Twinsburg Police didn't learn much about a stolen-money accusation on May 3, but they were exposed to a naked man. The unexpected showing occurred during officers' second trip to the Warren Parkway residence that day. Police came earlier because a woman was screaming for help outside. She was being chased by the naked man's roommate, who believed the woman had stolen $1,000 from the apartment. When police returned with questions, the garment-free man said no one had taken …
Monday, March 12, 2012
Mentor Police arrested two members of a suspected auto theft ring last week
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Mentor Police helped crack an auto theft ring that was stealing vehicles from Lake, Summit and Cuyahoga counties, police said. The ring seemed to specialize in seasonal equipment, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said. "It looks like this these are the same guys who were taking snow plows and four-by-fours in the winter. In the summer time, they took motorcycles, trailers and landscaping equipment," Powers said. Police departments from Mentor, Solon, Twinsburg, Willoughby, Wickliffe and Bedford, as well as the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Cleveland FBI office have been tracking suspects in the ring for the last two weeks, Powers said. On Thursday morning, police tracked two suspected members of the auto theft ring -- Curtis Wilder and John …
Saturday, February 25, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
An 18-year-old Twinsburg man was cited for carrying concealed weapons by Solon Police after police found five knives and a club in his car. Solon Police pulled the man over for an equipment violation at 11:51 p.m. on Feb. 20. The officer noticed a large knife sticking out of the driver side door, partially concealed but ready at hand, according to the police report. He also had two more knives on him and two more knives in the car. The police also found a metal club in the car, according to the report. He was cited for carrying concealed weapons, a misdemeanor.
Ed Fisher
8:52 am on Wednesday, November 28, 2012
touchy there, sonny boy ? learn to express yourself with more than just "you guys" and you may be better understood. or maybe not. more ›