Police reports are a sampling of blotter items available and are not intended to be all-inclusive.
Traffic Altercation/Assault
Alleged hand gesture leads to punch in the face: Police were dispatched to Macedonia Commons on October 12 at 1:23 p.m. after a driver reported an alleged road rage incident which led to him being punched in the face. The victim told police he was traveling south through the Commons parking lot when he observed another driver entering the lot from a side road. The victim told police that he did not see the other at first and had to slam on his brakes. The victim told police the man made a gesture with his hand. The two became involved in a verbal altercation and exited their vehicles according to the report. The victim told police the other driver allegedly struck him in the mouth with his closed right fist and
drove away. The victim had a visible injury to his upper lip, according to police. The victim did not require any medical assistance and denied an ambulance. The victim declined to press criminal charges and only wanted the incident documented, according to police.
Open Container in a Public Place/Expired License Plates
Open brew leads to charges: Police stopped a car on October 13 at 7:07 p.m. on Route 82 East near Shepard Road for expired plates. Police discovered an open container of beer on the passenger seat. The driver allegedly told police the open beer was from the previous when she was drinking in her driveway. The woman also told police that she had consumed one beer about an hour before the traffic stop, according to police. The officer noted that the driver’s eyes were faintly glassy and slightly bloodshot. He requested an additional unit for testing. The driver did not show impairments during the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests, according to police. Police. The woman agreed to have a driver pick her up for safety reasons. The woman was cited for open container, a minor misdemeanor.
Theft/Assault
Fired employee allegedly assaults worker: Police were dispatched to a restaurant in 500 block of East Aurora Road October 14 at 10:23 p.m. after a worker alleged he was punched in the face by a fired employee. The alleged assault happened immediately after the former employee’s termination, according to police.
The employee had a small cut on his lip with fresh blood on it, according to police. Security footage showed the fired man walking up to the employee, who was sitting with his back turned. The fired man punched the employee and the two began to fight, according to police. The former employee also took the employee’s cell phone and threw it over a fence and into some trees, according to police.
The employee who was punched pressed assault charges. The former employee was charged with assault and theft, both first-degree misdemeanors, and turned himself into police without incident, according to police.
OVI-Operating Vehicle Under Influence of Alcohol or Drugs/OVI-Operating Under Influence-Refusal W/Prior Conviction/Operating Without Reasonable Control/Open Container in Public Place
Driver arrested after car flipped at intersection: A man was arrested on October 20 at 2:22 a.m. after police say he allegedly flipped his vehicle at the intersection of Route 82 and Summer Road. Police found the man standing outside of his vehicle which was overturned in the roadway with airbags deployed, according to police. The man was alleged to have had trouble maintaining his balance, had bloodshot glassy eyes and slurred speech, according to police. The man told police that “he just bumped the curb and then his car overturned,” according to police. The man seemed confused and had a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath and person, according to police. Police found several opened and unopened alcoholic beverage containers in the man’s vehicle, according to police. The man was taken to a nearby hospital and refused to submit a urine sample, according to police. He was charged with OVI, and OW refusal, both first-degree misdemeanors. He was also charged with failure to control and an open container, both minor misdemeanors, according to police. All charges were made through Stow Municipal Court.
