Thursday, January 17, 2013
Signal Service Co. of Warrensville Heights will service and maintain lights at 40 intersections throughout the city
Beachwood has contracted with a Warrensville Heights company to monitor and service traffic lights in the city for 2013. The city will pay Signal Service Co. $3,400 for monitor testing and regular maintenance of lights at 40 intersections in Beachwood. Each intersection will cost the city an anticipated $85. The contract also accounts for flashing school lights, bulbs and any equipment associated with traffic controllers. Signal Service would be called on to repair signals damaged as a result of inclement weather, vandalism, accidents or malfunction. The contract mandates that the company be available 24 hours, seven days a week and on holidays. Services will be compensated at a $55-per-hour rate during and regular and non-regular working …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
CodeRED allows Beachwood officials to deliver important messages
Beachwood is using a new method of disseminating important messages and emergencies to its residents. Police Chief Mark Sechrist announced Monday that the city would be using CodeRed, a high-speed notification technology that leverages the city's database to send out mass messages and emergency updates when appropriate. CodeRED replaces reverse 911. The city is encouraging residents and businesses to verify and/or update the city's database with their current information. Click here to register for CodeRED "As many phone numbers as you want, cell phones, email addresses, text (messages) — it just takes advantage of all the modern communication systems we have," the chief said. "It's very user-friendly." Residents who have listed phone …
Friday, December 28, 2012
Beachwood Police incidents from Dec. 19 and 20
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Man receives mall ban Thursday, December 20, 4:23 p.m. — Employees at Next in Beachwood Place Mall called police for stealing an unspecified amount of items from the store. The store declined to prosecute the man, but he received a lifetime ban from the clothing retailer. He is also banned from the mall for a year. Theft at Dillard's Thursday, December 20, 12:41 p.m. — Police arrested a woman at Dillard's in Beachwood Place Mall for shoplifting $343.98 worth of merchandise. Man restrains doctor at Ahuja Thursday, December 20, 10 a.m. — Several officers responded to Ahuja Medical Center after …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Beachwood Police helped respond to a shooting in Orange Village this morning.
Beachwood Police have confirmed assisting the Orange Village Police Department this morning in a hotel shooting. Fox 8 reported that a gunman opened fire at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel on Orange Place. A WKYC report indicates that a woman was struck. Though Beachwood Police confirmed aiding an arrest, the department referred any further questions to Orange Village Police Chief Christopher Kostura. A message for Kostura has not yet been returned. The Fox report states that dozens of officers searched for the gunman, who was found after running behind the Fairfield Inn. Reports state that some hotels on Orange Place are under lockdown, but a supervisor at Fairfield Inn said that hotel is not one of them. 11:50 a.m. - Courtyard Marriott …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Beachwood Police incidents Oct. 25 to 27
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Man shoplifts 12 sweaters Thursday, Oct. 25, 11:56 a.m. — A man was arrested at Dillards at the Beachwood Place Mall and charged with shoplifting 12 polo sweaters valued at $1,380. Sunglasses shoplifted from mall Friday, Oct. 26, 9:48 p.m. — A man was arrested and charged with shoplifting a pair of sunglasses valued at $289.95 from the Sunglass Hut. Juvenile charged with shoplifting Saturday, Oct. 27, 7:14 p.m. — A juvenile was arrested and charged with shoplifting $235 of clothes from Next Urban Gear in Nordstrom. For questions about this blotter, email Nikki.Ferrell@patch.com.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Beachwood Police incidents Sept. 13 and 14
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Cigarette butts cause property damage Thursday, Sept. 13, 2 p.m. — A Point East Condominiums resident reported that her neighbor was causing damage to her patio with burnt cigarette butts. Woman scammed out of $3,710 Thursday, Sept. 13, 1:57 p.m. — an elderly woman reported that someone claiming to be her grandson called her and asked for money to be wired to help him because he was locked in a Mexican jail. After she wired him $3,710, she realized that her grandson was safe at home in Michigan. Woman reports Beachwood company scammed her out of $4,000 Friday, Sept. 14, 12:33 p.m. — A woman …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Beachwood Police Incidents June 18 to 20
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Car keyed at office building Monday, June 18, 4:42 p.m. — A man reported that someone keyed his car while it was parked at Commerce Park Square IV, 23240 Chagrin Boulevard. Damage is estimated at $1,300. Handgun turned in Wednesday, June 20, 12:55 a.m. — Someone turned in a handgun they had found in a Beachwood home they were cleaning after its resident died. Customers distract store clerk, steal cell phone Wednesday, June 20, 5:46 p.m. — A GNC employee reported that a customer distracted her while another customer stole her cell phone, valued at $250, from the counter at the store. Juvenile …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Local nonprofit to present scholarships to four recent high school graduates whose parents are Beachwood police or firefighters
The Beachwood 100 will hold a ceremony to honor the children of four Beachwood Police and Fire personnel with college scholarships. Established in 1969, the Beachwood 100 is a nonprofit organization that works to help the families of Beachwood first responders. The organization's dues are donated or loaned to the families during personal emergencies. The group is not affiliated with the Fraternal Order of Police and no city employees or elected officials may sit on its board. The ceremony will be held tonight - Thursday, June 21 - at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall's Council Chambers.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Beachwood Police incidents June 13
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Seven arrested for after-hours swimming Wednesday, June 13, 1:37 a.m. — Police arrested three adults and four juveniles they say were trespassing in the Deville Apartments pool after hours. The adults were all charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and the juveniles were charged with violating curfew. Flying tire on I-271 damages car Wednesday, June 13, 11:52 a.m. — A woman reported that her car was damaged by a tire that flew off another vehicle on Interstate 271 southbound near Harvard Road. Over $6,000 of purses stolen from Louis Vuitton Wednesday, June 13, 2:42 p.m. — A …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Beachwood Police incidents from June 9
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Mystery of the frames Saturday, June 9, 5:23 p.m. — Employees at Lenscrafters called police because they suspected a theft had occurred in the Beachwood Place Mall store. Nobody saw the act take place, but a surveillance video showed a woman removing frames from a rack. The workers also could not account for the frames after watching the video. The frames are valued at $220. The case is still open. Woman arrested for warrant, drugs Saturday, June 9, 10:51 p.m. — Police arrested a woman on Chagrin Boulevard, near the northbound entrance to Interstate 271, for an outstanding warrant in another …
concerned guest
10:48 pm on Friday, December 28, 2012
Yea...so this guy was found hiding behind the hotel me and my teenage daughter are staying at and she went down 2 get breakfast by herself when all of this was going down. She saw police surrounding buildiing and told me when she came back 2 room, and Fairfield is saying we weren't on lockdown? What is wrong with you people....why wouldn't you keep your guests safe and informed? more ›