Crime & Safety

Heroin Trafficking at Walmart, Fiscal Officer Steals from Library: Best of the Blotter

Here are this week's most bizarre police reports.

Here are this week's most bizarre police reports. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. 

KENT PATCH

Police Ticketing a Dumpster Just a Rumor

Have you heard anything about the Kent Police Department issuing a ticket to a dumpster?

Sounds bizarre, but rumors have been circulating. To put them to rest, the Kent Police Department sent this message out to the community on Facebook.

"... This silly rumor is indeed just that, silly and untrue," a portion of the message read.

While some Facebook fans thanked the department for the post, some scoffed that it was even worth talking about:
  • " I like the fact that you put an end to the rumor. Getting the truth out is a good thing. Thanks."
  • "This is really the most important thing at your agency? That's truly sad."
Others had a little fun with the rumor:
  • "That's a bunch of 'garbage!'" 
  • "Chief ... don't be down in the 'dumps.'" 

SOLON PATCH: 

Locked Out Drug Dealer Leads Cops to Stash

Some people really make things easy for police officers. A man locked out of his car on June 21 called police for some help. 

When an officer showed up to the 30000 block of Bainbridge Road and opened the car, he was hit with the smell of raw marijuana, finding 37 individually-wrapped bags of marijuana weighing 28.7 grams, according to police.

Police believed that because the substance was wrapped, Lawson was preparing to sell it. The officer found $426 in cash in the car also.

King Lawson, 34, of Richmond Heights, (photo attached) was charged with drug trafficking, a fourth-degree felony.

CUYAHOGA FALLS PATCH

That's A Lot of Library Fines

A three-month-long investigation led Cuyahoga Falls police to arrest Theresa M. Karm Monday morning.  

Karm, 54, of Tallmadge, was charged with one count of theft and one count of theft in office — both third-degree felonies — by Cuyahoga Falls Police. Karm, the Cuyahoga Falls Public Library's fiscal officer, is accused of embezzling nearly $350,000 since 2007. Police said she turned herself in Monday. Karm posted bond and was released. 

MENTOR PATCH

Woman Arrested at Walmart for Heroin Trafficking

Cleveland resident Lillian Gay was arrested by Mentor Police at Walmart Thursday following a criminal investigation by Mentor Police, the Lake County Narcotics Agency, Lake County Sheriff's Department, Trumbull-Ashtabula County Drug Task Force and Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation. According to a news release from Lake County Narcotics Agency Director David A. Friscone, in the probe uncovered that Gay had been selling in Lake and Ashtabula counties.

Officers seized 10 grams of the drug, $800 and a car from Gay. Heroin trafficking is a second-degree felony, punishable by up to eight years in prison and a $15,000 fine. Additional charges against Gay are pending.

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