Sheriff’s Report
Nov. 15-21, 2019
The following is a sampling of the calls handled by the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office Nov. 15-21, 2019. In total, the sheriff’s office handled 359 calls during this period.
ANIMAL ABUSE
Nov. 21
3:14 p.m., Hayes Road, Middlefield. Caller needs to make a report about someone who shot and killed her dog earlier this week. Deputy spoke with caller who claims neighbor across the street shot her dog for eating his chickens. This is just hearsay and no evidence of the dog being shot. Deputy contacted humane officer, who is conducting an investigation.
ANIMAL PROBLEM
Nov. 21
12 p.m., Daniel Lane, Hambden. Homeowner was evicted and her cats are still in the house. Neighbor messaged her and said he would break into the home to take the cats out. Homeowner is going to take the cats to Rescue Village.
BURGLARY
Nov. 18
8:11 a.m., Plank Road, Montville. Break-in at Thompson Car Care. Items were stolen. Sometime between Thursday and today. Report taken.
FIRE
Nov. 19
4:03 a.m., Kinsman Road, Newbury. Embers from mulch pile causing heavy smoke in area. Deputy found smoke was causing a traffic hazard to the point there was no visibility on the road. Fire department arrived on scene and advised they would call owner of company.
FRAUD
Nov. 15
2:08 p.m., Wingate Drive, Auburn. Subject in lobby to report fraud. Victim received a letter that was faxed to his home fax machine. Letter stated victim was entitled to money from a deceased relative. Letter faxed from Canada.
Nov. 16
9:07 a.m., Mayfield Road, Munson. Meet complainant in old school house building. Someone hacked into their computerized accounting system. Report taken; under investigation.
10:42 a.m., Mulberry Road, Munson. Victim ordered concert tickets on Craigslist yesterday for $300. Victim paid with Apple Pay. Money was taken out of his account, but he did not receive requested tickets. Other party attempted to get another $600 from the victim saying the first $300 did not go through.
HARASSMENT
Nov. 20
3:17 p.m., Chestnut Drive, Burton. Being harassed online. She currently is in Florida and would like to speak to a deputy for advice. Male on Facebook put her private and business information on his page.
LITTERING
Nov. 21
12:27 p.m., Mayfield Road, Huntsburg. Photo and vehicle plate of subjects dropping off doors at recycle center. Caller would like a report and have owner contacted to pick them back up. Deputy advised. ACSO requested to go to address in Windsor and ask them to remove the doors. Phone call from female advising she let a girlfriend borrow the truck and she took the items to Huntsburg. Female called back and stated owner of doors is picking them up today.
PHONE HARASSMENT
Nov. 20
1:07 p.m., Merritt Road, Munson. Female in lobby to make a report for telephone harassment. Victim received two vulgar voicemails today from suspect. One call came in at 12:22 p.m. and the other at 12:30 p.m. Victim does not want charges, just wants calls to stop. Attempted to leave message for suspect but voicemail is full.
THEFT
Nov. 19
5:27 p.m., Chipmunk Lane, Burton. Antlers were stolen. Deputy met with complainant. He told deputy and five other guys went hunting a week ago and he shot a 12-point buck. He told deputy he got the antlers back from the taxidermist and set them on table out back of this location at 9 p.m. Saturday and found them missing at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Complainant said he thought the dogs got them but they used an antler tracking dog and could not find them. He then told deputy they heard male subject who drove them to where they were hunting was mad at them because he could not hunt. Complainant asked incident be documented and if they find out any information they would call GCSO.
Nov. 21
2:55 p.m., Gottschalk Parkway, Auburn. Theft on Nov. 8 of 3-4 dozen pallets. Have a video of two trucks and three people taking the items. Company does reuse the pallets and they are not for sale. Video showed a white F-150 with ladder racks pulling a trailer and a F-250 with a flatbed pulling into the back of building. No plates seen. Just wanted incident documented. Caller advised to post no trespassing signs. No further info at this time.
TRAFFIC STOP
Dec. 15
1:23 p.m., Madison Road, Huntsburg. Male in custody. Cited for speed. Arrested on multiple warrants out of Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Office. Turned over to ACSO without incident.
