Eastside Suburbs Granted $50,000 for Joint Dispatch Study
Beachwood, Shaker Heights among communities to study feasibility of regional dispatch center
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Thieves Take Parts From Two Beachwood Cars
Early-morning thefts of two valuable catalytic converters reported at Beachwood apartment complex
Surveillance video depicts someone stealing catalytic converters from two cars at R.H. Myers Apartments in Beachwood last week. A resident called Beachwood Police just before noon May 22 and reported that the part had been stolen from her car. While police were there, they found another car in the lot with the same piece missing. Police said that the part is commonly stolen because it can be sold at junk yards at a high price. Police have surveillance video that depicts one theft at 4:59 a.m. May 21. The suspect jacked the cars up and went under the vehicles to get the part, said police. The woman discovered the piece missing after she started it and it was extremely loud, she told police. The replacement and repair totaled $1,336. The …
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Should Beachwood Ban Cell Phones on the Road?
City Council refers ordinance to committee
Beachwood City Council did not vote on whether to pass an ordinance that would prohibit drivers from most uses of cell phones and GPS devices at Monday's meeting. Beachwood Police Chief Mark Sechrist told Council members that the department had waited for Ohio to pass a law restricting cell phone use in the car, but the law in front of the state government now does not go far enough. The law proposed in Beachwood prohibits all cell phone use except phone calls made with hands-free headsets and GPS systems using voice commands. Council referred the ordinance to the health and public safety committee for review. Council will address the ordinance again at the next meeting.
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Hit-and-Run Driver Damages Parked Car in Beachwood Driveway
Police searching for license plate number embedded in damaged car
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Police are looking for a driver who hit a parked car in a Beachwood driveway after crossing the median on Fairmount Road, and then left the scene of the crash. According to the report, the incident happened overnight Saturday, May 12, possibly at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, May 13. A car traveling north on Rocklyn Road in Shaker Heights crossed the grassy median on Fairmount, crossed the westbound lanes, then jumped the curb and traveled through a resident’s yard before hitting a Cadillac parked in the driveway. The Cadillac’s driver’s side doors suffered damage, but no residents of the home …
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Stolen Car Recovered at Mall: Beachwood Blotter
Police incidents May 8 to 12
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Wallet stolen from office Tuesday, May 8, 1:32 p.m. — Someone reported that a man entered Emmco Corporation and stole a woman's wallet. The credit cards were later used for fraudulent purchases. The total damage is $686. Woman’s ride too drunk, she tells officer Saturday, May 12, 3:23 a.m. — A woman flagged down an officer at True North Shell gas station and told him that her ride had been too drunk to drive, so she got out of the car. The officer gave her a ride home. Woman charged with $428 shoplift Saturday, May 12, 3:53 p.m. —A woman was arrested at the Beachwood Place Mall and charged …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
UPDATE: Regional Emergency Services a Growing Trend
Pepper Pike City Council approves plan to move dispatch to Beachwood
We are hearing about more and more cities joining forces to cut costs on emergency services. Pepper Pike could move its emergency dispatch services to the Beachwood Police Department, said Police Chief Mark Sechrist. “The beauty of this one is that we’re going to be able to do this and maintain the same level service for everyone,” Sechrist added. Pepper Pike would cover the costs of three more dispatchers in Beachwood, and the departments would share the equipment and computers in the Beachwood dispatch center. Pepper Pike’s dispatch staff of three is not large enough to cover the phones 24/7. One city could be busy while another is quiet, Sechrist said, so by putting everyone in the same room, the cities will see better service. Mayor …
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Second Wrong-Way Driver Arrested on I-271
Suspect is second to be arrested for drunken wrong-way driving on 271
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. A woman arrested and charged with drunken driving is the second in two weeks whom police say they caught driving south on northbound I-271. On April 29, a man was charged with drunken driving after an officer said he spotted him driving the wrong way in the northbound express lanes. And on May 13, Beachwood Police responded to I-271 after someone called to report that a car was driving the south in the northbound lanes near the Chagrin Boulevard exit. The incident occurred at around 6 a.m. They found the car on the highway just south of Beachwood, broken down. A woman was inside. They …
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Man Threatens to Kill Girlfriend, Family: Beachwood Blotter
Police incidents May 2 to 4
The following information was supplied by theBeachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Scrap metal theft reported Wednesday, May 2, 11:27 a.m. — Someone reported that someone stole $200 of scrap metal from the yard of his Larchmont Road home. Bank reports bleeding man in restroom Thursday, May 3, 5:54 p.m. — Chase Bank reported that a man who was bleeding had come into the bank and went into the restroom, but he left the bank before police and an ambulance arrived. Man threatens to kill girlfriend, family Friday, May 4, 7:06 a.m. — Police arrested Thomas Robinson, 60, of Fairfield, Ohio, after they say he threatened to kill his girlfriend and her family in Beachwood. He was …
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Friday, April 20, 2012
Council Grants Permission for Firing Range Proposals
Police Chief accepting proposals for a new firing range
Beachwood City Council voted to allow Police Chief Mark Sechrist to advertise for proposals for a new firing range. Sechrist expects the range, which he hopes to put in the now-vacant former Services Building behind City Hall, to cost $650,000 to $700,000 to build, according to minutes from a March 28 Safety and Public Health Committee meeting. Sechrist said the department’s firing range, located inside the police department, is outdated and small, and officers cannot be certified on their rifles there. The requirements for the proposal include that the range should meet or exceed government regulatory standards, should be completed in about six months and should be large enough for a SWAT armored truck and police cruisers to fit inside. …
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Police Find Stolen Pills in Exterminator's Sock
R.H. Myers Apartments tenant reports man stole hyrocodone from unit
An exterminator was arrested at a senior living apartment building after he hid stolen prescription pills in his sock, say Beachwood Police. A woman called police just after 1 p.m. on April 4 and reported that she believed that the exterminator had stolen hydrocodone pills while he was checking her unit in R.H. Myers Apartments for bugs. Police found the man the woman said was in her apartment — he was still in the apartment building — and when they searched him, they found the stolen pills in his sock, said police. He was arrested, but the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office has not yet charged him. It’s possible that he will be placed in a drug diversion program, according to court documents. He could face a felony charge of theft of …
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