Middleburg Heights police stationJoanne Berger DuMound, special to cleveland.com

Driving under the influence: Bagley Road

An officer at 11:15 p.m. July 22 went to the Middleburg Heights Library parking lot regarding a reckless driver. He was told that the motorist had been weaving all over Interstate 71. The motorist reportedly struck a curb several times on Bagley Road before parking in the lot.

The witness flagged down the officer to show him that the car in question was now driving away from the parking lot. The officer saw it weave several times and almost hit the curb on Bagley Road.

The motorist kept driving despite the cruiser’s lights flashing. The driver then turned into a private driveway.

The officer walked up and smelled alcohol emanating from the driver. He was not wearing a seatbelt. The man’s beard was dripping a liquid that covered his shirt and pants.

There were two key cards on his lap for an area motel. The driver’s eyes were glassy and bloodshot. He mumbled and slurred his words, telling the officer that he had a breathalyzer in his other car.

The officer opened the driver’s door and saw more clear liquid on the inside of the door panel. The motorist said he had vomited. There was a large pool of liquid on the man’s jeans, as if he had urinated on himself.

The motorist gave the officer his work identification card and said his license may be in his other car. He was identified through his name. He had a suspended/disqualified license in South Carolina, but no license in Ohio.

The officer found an open 375-milliliter bottle of vodka in the car that was almost empty. The driver said he did not drink the vodka, saying water had spilled on him. The officer did not see any water bottles or other drinking containers in the car.

The motorist failed field sobriety tests and was arrested. The officer smelled more urine when the suspect exited the cruiser at the police station.

While in the booking room, the suspect told officers he had smoked more marijuana than he had consumed alcohol that night. He refused to take a chemical breath test.

He was unable to reach anyone to pick him up. At 4:45 a.m., he took a portable breath test to see if he was eligible for release. He measured a .125 blood-alcohol content level. Strongsville was able to house the suspect and he was transported there.

An officer was patrolling at 9:57 a.m. July 28 when he stopped a car that made a right turn without a turn signal.

He saw that the motorist was not wearing a seatbelt when he approached the car. A juvenile was in the front seat and a younger child in the rear.

The motorist did not explain why he did not use the turn signal. He said he did not have a driver’s license.

The officer looked inside the car after the man got out and saw a plastic sandwich bag near the console. The officer handcuffed the man behind the cruiser so that his children would not see this.

The children’s mother was contacted and she took custody of them and the car.

Parma police agreed to take custody of the man due to his having a warrant with that city.

The Middleburg Heights officer found a white substance in the plastic bag and two unknown pills. He also found a digital scale, a larger sandwich bag filled with white powder and several unused sandwich bags in the glove compartment. The suspect was charged for several violations.

An officer was on patrol at 3:50 a.m. July 27 looking for parking violations when he saw an unoccupied car with a dealership plate parked on the street.

Upon checking, the officer found that the car was listed as stolen from Cleveland. The car had damage to the driver’s side quarter-panel.

The car’s owner was contacted. It was towed. The owner was told to go to the Middleburg Heights Police Station.

An officer stopped next to a car at 10:45 p.m. July 25 and checked the car’s registration. He found that the owner, who was driving the car, had a warrant from Parma.

The suspect turned left and sped away, going over the 35 mph limit. The car changed lanes without use of any turn signals. The cruiser had its lights on when the car stopped on the Interstate 71 ramp.

The officer transported the driver to a location where Parma police picked him up.

An officer at 12:47 p.m. July 21 went to a residence where a catalytic converter had been removed from a minivan. The victim said he had parked the minivan in his apartment’s parking lot July 20. He later started it and found it was extremely loud. That is when he found the converter missing.

An officer went to Amazon July 28 regarding a report of theft involving a flex delivery driver. The company’s loss prevention specialist said he had received information July 27 via an internal tip of a possible Amazon Echo Dot theft. He conducted an investigation and found that the tip was true.

He then learned that a driver had marked several items as missing. The investigation led to the same driver. It also showed other electronics that the driver was to deliver, but the orders never reached their destinations.

It was decided that the driver was responsible for $344.94 worth of items that were missing. The driver, however, denied taking any items that were intended to be delivered to customers. She said she owns her own Amazon devices and had receipts to prove that.

Amazon terminated the driver. Amazon considered not pursuing charges if the missing items were returned or paid for by the driver. The driver, who did not admit to taking the items, agreed to reimburse Amazon, which would email restitution forms to begin the process.

However, on July 29, the prevention specialist spoke with his supervisor. The company no longer wished to continue with the agreement they had entered into with the driver and now wanted the case resolved through the court, as it would guarantee them the money would be returned.

The driver advised police that she went to Amazon about the agreement and was told that she was not allowed on the property. Police took no further action.

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