Police log for Feb. 15, 2012

Lorain police

Thursday, Feb. 9

9 p.m. — 300 block W. Seventh St., Lisa Flint, 46, 1800 block E. 32nd St., charged with disorderly conduct by intoxication, disorderly conduct persisting and disturbing the peace.

Friday, Feb. 10

9:53 a.m. — 1100 block W. Eighth St., man remodeling a house he owns reported a door ajar and basement window broken out when he returned to work on the structure. Inside, he found copper pipe missing from the basement, along with a $2,000 boat motor and $300 in tools.

12:06 p.m. — 1800 block Lexington Ave., Brian Young, 31, 1800 block Oakdale Ave., charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

6:30 p.m. — 2100 block of Grenoble Drive, home burglarized with entry through sliding glass door and camera, television and video games stolen with total value of $1,100.

11:08 p.m. — Tower Boulevard near Oberlin Avenue, Frances J. Shonebarger, 58, Lorain, charged with operating a vehicle intoxicated and marked lanes.

Saturday, Feb. 11

12:23 a.m. — East 30th Street and Glove Avenue, Evan Williams, 20, Lorain, charged with driving under suspension and running a stop sign.

12:28 a.m. — West 18th Street and Ashland Avenue, man told police he was walking along West 18th Street early Saturday morning when he was assaulted by a man who hit him on the side of the head with an object and ran off. The 50-year-old victim said he fell to his knees from the blow, which cut him above the ear.

10:01 a.m. — 800 block W. 19th St., vacant home broken into through window, copper piping that was removed from basement found. Police said an audible alarm scared off the burglars, causing them to leave the copper piping.

11:21 a.m. — 700 block Brownell Ave., Andrew J. Dillon, 42, homeless, arrested and charged with breaking and entering. Police Sgt. Raymond Farley wrote in his incident report that he caught Dillon in a vacant home cutting copper pipe in the first-floor bathroom. Entry had been made through a broken window.

11:07 p.m. — 1300 block W. Erie Ave., Bruce E. Bowman, 62, same address, arrested and charged with domestic violence. Bowman’s girlfriend said he hit and choked her. Bowman denied assaulting his girlfriend, saying she was mad at him for not giving her money for drugs.

11:45 p.m. — 2600 block Reeves Ave., Montell D. Johnson, 33, 2100 block Beech Ave., Lorain, charged with domestic violence but not arrested. Johnson’s estranged girlfriend said he has been threatening her. The girlfriend’s mother played police a recording of a phone call in which Johnson said, “I guarantee your daughter dies,” police said.

Sunday, Feb. 12

1:04 a.m. — 600 block Brownell St., Ruqqahi E. Bell, 21, same address, charged with domestic violence but not arrested. Bell’s aunt said they argued over the setting of the thermostat in the home. She said Bell then threatened to assault her, broke her bedroom door and poured Comet cleanser and wine over her bed and clothes before fleeing the home.

2:33 a.m. — Mutt & Jeff’s, 3700 Oberlin Ave., man said he was punched and kicked by three men in the kitchen of the bar after he refused to leave. A woman said she was punched and knocked to the ground in the bar’s parking lot by three women. The perpetrators then drove off.

2:42 a.m. — 300 block W. 23rd St., woman said a man she has a temporary protection order against forced his way into her home and took her phone before leaving.

11:26 a.m. — 2900 block Ashland Ave., garage broken into through window, tools stolen.

8:33 p.m. — Mercy Regional Medical Center, 3700 Kolbe Road, woman said her boyfriend held her in the back room of a trailer home in the 5000 block of W. Erie Ave. for three weeks against her will, only letting her out for water and occasional sandwiches. The woman said the boyfriend, whom she said has been using bath salts, eventually allowed her to leave.

9:23 p.m. — Iglesia Luz Del Mundo Church, 221 W. 15th St., Jose Melendez-Perez, 35, 2200 block of Hancock St., Lorain, arrested and charged with assault. Melendez-Perez’s brother-in-law said he was punched in the face by Melendez-Perez during an argument in the church parking lot.

9:48 p.m. — East 28th Street and Elyria Avenue, car stolen from the 2400 block of Lexington Ave. found abandoned in a front yard in the 900 block of W. 22nd St., after police pursuit.

11:42 p.m. — 200 block Root Road, Ronald H. Westmoreland, 50, 800 block of Cooper Foster Road, Amherst, arrested and charged with assault and obstructing official business. Westmoreland’s girlfriend, whom police said had a swollen lip, said he punched her. Police said the girlfriend initially didn’t want to pursue charges but asked to after Westmoreland refused to leave her home with police.

Monday, Feb. 13

11:13 a.m. — 3700 block Beavercrest Drive, apartment burglarized with entry through second-floor window and $600 computer stolen.

3:42 p.m. — 400 block W. 14th St., vacant property burglarized with entry through window and copper piping stolen.

Oberlin police

Sunday, Jan. 22

4:52 p.m. — State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20, Taylor H. Thompson, 20, of Fairfield, Calif., charged with theft and possession of drug paraphernalia and Andre J. Patton, 18, of Cleveland, charged with theft and underage possession of alcohol at Walmart.

Tuesday, Jan. 24

9:59 a.m. — West College Street, police investigate theft complaint at Bead Paradise.

12:48 p.m. — 100 block N. Pleasant St., Langston Middle School student referred to juvenile authorities on disorderly conduct complaint.

3:04 p.m. — 100 block N. Pleasant St., Langston Middle School student referred to juvenile authorities on possession of marijuana complaint.

Wednesday, Jan. 25

4:50 p.m. — 100 block E. College St., assault complaint.

6:07 p.m. — 100 block Maple St., assault complaint.

Thursday, Jan. 26

1:27 p.m. — State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20, Paula D. Hill, 42, of Oberlin, charged with theft and criminal trespassing at Walmart.

Friday, Jan. 27

10:34 a.m. — 100 block N. Prospect St., police assist in psychiatric situation.

Saturday, Jan. 28

11:21 p.m. — 100 block S. Park St., police assist in psychiatric situation.

Monday, Jan. 30

3 p.m. — 300 block Elm St., Shane M. Brandes, 37, of Oberlin, charged with criminal trespassing.

7:56 p.m. — State Route 58 and U.S. Route 20, Matthew R. Adler, 28, of Elyria, charged with theft at Goodwill.

Tuesday, Jan. 31

9:56 a.m. — West College Street, theft reported at Harkness Hall on Oberlin College campus.

Wellington police

Tuesday, Jan. 17

4:50 p.m. — 400 block Magyar St., Steven Hickle, 47, of Wellington, charged with domestic violence after police investigated allegations he fought with family members.

9:48 p.m. — 100 block N. Mill St., woman said someone stole her electric mixer that had been mounted onto a kitchen cabinet.

11:37 p.m. — 200 block N. Main St., assault complaintb but victim declined to press charges.

Thursday, Jan. 19

9:48 p.m. — Main Street, man told police he was robbed of about $200 when someone came behind him outside the Mosey Inn and said “Give me your money.” He said he was scared and never turned around to see who committed the crime. Police were examining video from the bar’s surveillance system.

Friday, Jan. 20

10:05 p.m. — Union and Elm streets, Ryan Voelker, 16, of Oberlin, cited with driving under a license restriction due to three juvenile passengers being in the car with him.

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