Bedfordtimesregister.com - Police News: Man pleads no contest to punching woman, found guilty

Northfield Village -- An 18-year-old Rosewood Avenue man was found guilty March 24 of first-degree misdemeanor assault and second-degree misdemeanor criminal damaging in connection with the March 17 assault of a village woman walking her dog on Cranbrook Drive.

Police said they also charged a 41-year-old Cranbrook Drive man, a relative of the woman, with two counts of first-degree misdemeanor assault after he allegedly attacked the Roseland man and a female relative in retaliation for the earlier assault. The Cranbrook Drive man is scheduled for an April 14 mayor's court date.

According to police, the woman told police she was walking her dog on Cranbrook about 8:30 p.m. on March 17 when a car pulled up and someone inside insulted her. The woman said she said something back and the driver, who police said was later identified as the Rosewood man, got out of the car and punched her in the eye.

Police said that during their investigation, a witness reported seeing a car matching the description given by the woman pull into the driveway of a nearby home at about the time of the assault.

Police said that at about midnight, they responded to the Cranbrook home after receiving an anonymous report that two men were fighting outside the home. Police said that when they arrived, they discovered the Cranbrook man had allegedly assaulted the Rosewood man and the female relative. Police said he was arrested and released on a personal bond.

The Northfield Village Fire Department took both women to UH Bedford Medical Center for treatment of minor unspecified injuries. Paramedics treated the two men at the scene for cuts.

The Rosewood man, who was identified from a description given by the woman, was arrested and released on a personal bond.

According to Northfield Village Mayor's Court records, the Rosewood man pleaded no contest to the charges. He was given a 180-day suspended sentence and fined $750. Police said the criminal damaging charge was for breaking the side mirror on the Cranbrook man's sport utility vehicle.

Driving under suspension

March 27. Man stopped on Ledge Road: Police charged a Shaker Heights man, 20, with misdemeanor driving under suspension and speeding after stopping him about 2:50 a.m. for speeding. He was given an April 14 Northfield Village Mayor's Court date and released on a $50 bond.

March 21. State police turn man over: The Ohio State Highway Patrol's Akron post reported it had in custody an Akron man, 25, wanted by the Northfield Village Mayor's Court for failing to pay fines on a driving under suspension and speeding conviction. The man was given a March 24 Northfield Village Mayor's Court date and released on a $100 bond.

Drug paraphernalia

March 21. Marijuana pipe found in car: An 18-year-old Northfield Center man was charged with fourth-degree misdemeanor drug paraphernalia possession after police responded to an anonymous report that two men were fighting on Beech Avenue at 10:40 p.m.

Police said they saw the man driving away in a vehicle matching a description provided in the report and stopped him. Police said they saw a marijuana pipe "in plain view" in the vehicle and arrested the man.

The man was given an April 14 Northfield Village Mayor's Court date and released on a personal bond.

Operating a vehicl
under the influence

March 21. Bad taillight leads to arrest: Police charged a 25-year-old University Heights man with misdemeanor operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, having a blood alcohol content over the legal limit, and having a non-functioning taillight after stopping him about 4 a.m. because of the taillight.

Police said they smelled alcohol coming from the man, his eyes were bloodshot and he did poorly on the field sobriety tests. The man was given a March 24 Northfield Village Mayor's Court date and released on a $50 bond.

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Theft

March 28. Man accused of grocery theft: Police charged a Macedonia man, 60, with first-degree misdemeanor theft after an employee of a Route 82 business reported the man tried to leave the store with $113 in groceries. The man was given a summons into Stow Municipal Court and released.

March 24. Purchases made with counterfeit check: An employee of a Cleveland construction company reported someone used a counterfeit check against the company's bank account to make a $537 purchase from a Golden Link Boulevard business on March 12.

The employee said the company's bank alerted the company to the situation and payment on the check was stopped. The Summit County Sheriff's Office is investigating.

Public indecency

March 24. Driver exposes himself: A man reported that while stopped at a red light on Route 8 at Route 82 about 1 a.m., an unidentified man pulled up next to him, turned on his interior light, and exposed himself.

Editor's note: Police News, a compilation of incidents responded to by area law enforcement agencies, is not intended to be all-inclusive.