Police Beat

Information provided by the Richfield Police Department
compiled by Ken Miles

Last month, a resident had his ex-girlfriend removed because she threatened to kill him. He was advised not to let her in if she returned. Weeks later, she showed up, intoxicated, and he let her in. After she displayed ugly exchange and aggressive behavior, he once again wanted her removed. EMS treated his facial lacerations and officers detained her.

Police found a man sleeping in his car with the engine running at the gas pumps of a local station. As he exited his car, an officer noticed a pipe on the seat and the man admitted to smoking crack recently. Failing field sobriety tests, the man was placed under arrest and taken to the station where he submitted to a urine test. He was charged, given a court date and released to a friend.

A deer ran into the side of a police cruiser on Wheatley Road. A few weeks later an officer hit a deer on Broadview Road. Both vehicles were taken out of service for repairs. ‘Tis the season.

A man showed up at a local horse stable where he hadn’t worked for three months and commenced cleaning stalls. The manager called the police, the police called the owner, who said he was not welcome at the farm. He was taken to a truck stop to arrange a ride and warned not to return.

Several women yelling about a possible overdose flagged a passing cruiser and the officer found a woman unconscious on the front porch. It took four doses of NARCAN to bring her around. After medics checked her out, she refused transport to a hospital. Officers found a potpourri of drugs and drug paraphernalia.

A woman on Stubbins Road found two lunch boxes containing drug related items nailed to a tree on her property line.

A man on I-77 south hit a guardrail with such force a resident in south Richfield heard the crash and called 911. When the driver was asked how much he had to drink he gave the obligatory answer, “two.” He failed the field sobriety test, blew a .167 and his license was suspended immediately.

Meanwhile back at the motel:

Someone called in a shot being fired and a bleeding naked woman being chased by three men. Prank call.

A hotel worker stated a man who had been running around the hotel all night had locked himself in an office. Officers spent considerable time convincing the man to give up. He was transported to a hospital for evaluation. He had no ID and refused to identify himself.

Someone pulled the fire alarm as a prank.

One guest gave another guest a $300 deposit on a used car. He did not get a receipt; he got hustled.

A man who was refused an alcohol purchase at a local truck stop threatened to call the U.S. Air Force and have the building blown up. Officers located the man at the nearby motel and advised him that he was banned from the truck stop. ∞