May 10-16, 2024
The following is a sampling of the calls handled by the Geauga County Sheriff’s Office May 10-16, 2024.
ANIMAL BITE
May 10
4:23 p.m., Whitney Road, Montville. Amazon driver. Caller was bit by the homeowner’s dog. The dog punctured the skin but it is not bleeding. Right leg toward shin. Pit mix, older. Driver will be waiting in the road one address away from call. He also denied rescue.
CITIZEN ASSIST
May 16
4 a.m., Hayes Road, Middlefield. Caller states her son and her have been requesting welfare checks on each other. She is worried because her son didn’t call her on Mother’s Day. No legitimate reason for welfare check, appears to be retaliation for doing a welfare check on her previously.
CITIZEN DISPUTE
May 16
11:17 a.m., Burton Windsor Road, Middlefield. Crew is doing the landscape. Someone who lives in the area is causing issues. Male driver of a lime green Dodge Ram and is doing burn outs in the gravel and making rocks fly at the workers. Unknown where he is now. Owner of landscaping company is not there. Deputy spoke with the complainant who owns the landscaping company. He advised they will be working at the location today and tomorrow. The suspect vehicle keeps driving down the gravel driveway where they are working and kicking up rocks. The complainant did not want the deputy to stop and talk with the male. He just requested the area be checked and asked for extra patrol throughout the next two days. Deputy checked the area and did not observe the vehicle. Deputies will check throughout the shift.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
May 16
8:54 p.m., Windmill Point Road, Huntsburg. Caller was hysterical advised father had slapped her in the face. Mother could be heard saying that it was because she got smart with him. Caller hung up on 911 and will not answer on call back. Father on the line now, advising there was an altercation with his daughter. He slapped her across the face for mouthing off and his wife stepped in the middle raised her hand to him and he grabbed her wrist. Daughter is still in the house. No weapons, no alcohol, no drugs. Deputy dispatched. Two were involved in verbal dispute and dad smacked one time in discipling her. There were not marks observed.
HARASSMENT
May 10
10:25 a.m., Ravenna Road, Auburn. Male in the lobby to reference a drone. Wanted to speak with a deputy about a drone hovering over his property. Stated that four separate times, a drone has hovered over his head about 10 feet from him. Was given advice to record the incidents. Thinks it’s coming from the south towards Ascot Lane. Documented.
THEFT
May 10
9:39 a.m., Rock Creek Road, Hambden. Report for a stolen Bonsai tree. $2,200 Kotobuki Japanese black pine was stolen on May 5 by unknown male, possibly from the group of people that were there for class.
May 13
6:11 a.m., Essex Court, Claridon. Bicycle was stolen within the past hour from the end of the driveway, possibly a gray Prius. Gray bike with thick tires. Caller had an amazon delivery driver take her bike that was at the end of their driveway at approximately 5:40 a.m. Caller stated she typically leaves the bike at the end of the driveway every day because she rides around the neighborhood often. So instead of bringing the bike to the garage, she leaves it at the end of the driveway, which could appear to a passerby that the bike is trash or being disposed of. The neighbor across the street has video of the driver exiting his vehicle, walk to the bike, test ride the bike and load it into his vehicle, possibly a Prius. No license plate can be obtained and no description of the person who took the bike. Caller will be contacting Amazon to determine who delivered.
May 14
8:50 a.m., Crestwood Road, Newbury. Theft of pot plants from the front yard. Complainant has video. Video shows either a male or female wearing a hoodie with the hoodie up. No identifiers. Complainant wants incident on file.
