You can’t get beer without an ID, but you can get arrested without an ID

By Angela Watson Gay | Friday, November 6, 2009, 08:01 AM

ENGLEWOOD Oct. 21 Police responded to United Dairy Farmers, 485 W. National Road, on a threats complaint but were unable to locate the subjects involved.

The manager advised that two females and one male entered the store and tried to buy beer. The females were told they had to produce ID, per store policy. The three left the store and returned a short time later and the females provided their IDs.

The male then began making threatening comments and also stated, “Next, she will ID me and I’ll slap her and call her stupid.” The clerk again explained it was store policy and asked the subject to leave the store.

The responding officer exited the store for a lock out service in the parking lot and when he returned, the clerk told him a female had called and was en route to the store to speak to a manager about the incident involving her son.

The 17-year-old subject and his mother arrived on scene. His mother became irate and began screaming at the clerk and the officer about the way her son was treated. She told the officer a UDF employee told him to get his “black expletive out of the store!” The woman continued yelling and asked why the employee wasn’t being questioned about the incident.

The teen and his mother were both trespassed from the store.

She was screaming into her cell phone as she left the property. Her son gave the officers the finger as he was walking away, wadded up his trespass warning and threw it up in the air. The officer drove across the parking and tried to stop the subject but he resisted. He was eventually placed in handcuffs and transported to the juvenile detention facility.

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Hey officer, I cooperated so let me go

By Angela Watson Gay | Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 08:01 AM

ENGLEWOOD Oct. 19 An officer attempted to stop a driver for speeding on Union Road but the driver wouldn’t comply. The officer followed him into an apartment complex where the driver parked the vehicle. The officer asked the subject why he didn’t stop and the subject said he was trying to get home and that he didn’t want to be embarrassed. His eyes were bloodshot and he had a dazed look. The subject denied drinking any alcohol but said he was on anxiety medication. The officer learned he was driving under suspension. Field sobriety tests were administered and the subject was subsequently arrested. A smoking pipe was found in the subject’s vehicle and there was marijuana residue in the glove compartment. Prescription pills prescribed to someone else were also located in the vehicle. The subject told the officer he wasn’t going to lie to him and admitted that he “toked a fatty” earlier and that he should be released since he was cooperating. He was transported to jail. While en route he passed our or fell asleep several times.

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Police warn woman to lay off the car horn

By Angela Watson Gay | Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 08:01 AM

VANDALIA Oct. 10 Police were called to the 800 block of Heather Court on a neighbor problem.

The complainant advised that the apartment driveway runs past her bedroom windows, and a neighbor who is angry with her honks her car horn when she drives by.

Police were called the day before and spoke to the subject, who was warned about honking her horn.

On this date the subject honked her horn outside the complainant’s window and the complainant’s daughter recorded the incident.

An officer made contact with the subject, who said she honked her horn because a car was pulling in and she wanted to prevent an accident. No car was seen on the video the complainant’s daughter took.

The subject was cited for disorderly conduct and warned again.

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The bong is a decorative piece, officer

By Angela Watson Gay | Thursday, October 29, 2009, 08:01 AM

ENGLEWOOD Sept. 30 Officers responded to a loud music complaint in the 700 block of Union Road and heard the noise as they approached the apartment.

They also heard subjects stating, “The cops are here.” The subjects then started speaking in hushed tones.

As the tenant exited the apartment at the officer’s request, a bong was observed on the entertainment center. He was instructed to put it on the porch. He complied.

The officer explained that they were there because of the loud music and the tenant was arrested for the noise and possession of drug paraphernalia.

He told officers he keeps the bong for decoration and allows his friends or family to smoke out of it when they come to visit.

Three subjects in the apartment were arrested on outstanding warrants.

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License plate check brings in two arrests

By Angela Watson Gay | Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 08:01 AM

ENGLEWOOD Oct. 7 An officer stopped a driver at West Wenger Road and South Main Street, after observing erratic driving and running a license plate check and learning the registered owner had a warrant for his arrest.

The female driving the vehicle pulled into a residence and asked if the registered owner had a warrant. The officer explained that he did and asked where the owner was. The female said that he was inside the residence, asleep.

She started to walk to the residence but was detained. The female had difficulty maintaining her balance, and when she saw her cat near the front door she reached down to pick it up but fell into the front door.

The subject admitted to the officer that she’d been drinking and had drank too much. She gave the officers permission to enter the residence to speak to the vehicle owner. He was arrested for the warrant.

An officer then administered field sobriety tests to the female, who was subsequently arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle intoxicated. The female’s sister was contacted so she could come to the residence and watch the female’s two children.

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There’s more than skating going on in this park, it would seem

By Angela Watson Gay | Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 08:01 AM

SPRINGBORO Oct. 4 Officers in the area of Renwood Place noticed a parked vehicle and walked toward the skate park.

They heard thumping and flicking sounds, but were unable to determine where the sounds were emanating from. The officers continued walking around the park and noticed an odor of marijuana was coming from under one of the ramps.

There was a large piece of metal/wood against the ramp that one of the officers was able to move.

He saw two pairs of legs and a baggie of marijuana on the ground between them. One subject was flicking a lighter. An officer ordered them from under the ramp and three subjects emerged.

They were arrested on charges of drug possession, possession of drug paraphernalia criminal trespass, and loitering.

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Video game consoles are the targets of this thief

By Angela Watson Gay | Thursday, October 15, 2009, 08:02 AM

ENGLEWOOD Sept. 30 The night manager at Meijer, 9200 N. Main St., reported to police that he was in his office and heard a loud crash.

A male was carrying three boxes was running toward the exit doors when the manager came out of his office. The male fell and dropped two of the boxes. He got up and continued running but fell again.

The subject managed to exit the store with one box, hopped in a vehicle that was waiting in the north end of the lot and was driven off.

The glass PlayStation display case had been smashed. Two boxes containing game consoles were on the ground next to the debris and one of them had dried blood on it.

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