Crime & Safety

Man Living in Woods, Taco Bell Rage: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.

Here are this week's most bizarre police reports. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

STRONGSVILLE: Man Found Living in Woods

A May 3 fire led to the discovery of someone living in the woods near the city recreation center.

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Firefighters were called to smoke on the east side of the building about 9:40 a.m. and reported to police that there was someone living there.

Officers located a man walking to the area, who admitted to having a fort and cooking. He told police said he believed he had gotten permission to camp there.

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He agreed to gather up his belongings and move on. 

That same day, a witness reported a homeless man washing his clothes in the creek near the rec center. He was again asked to go.

At 7:30 p.m., a woman and her kids walking in the Backyard Preserve near the rec center saw a man sleeping on a cot, with laundry hanging around him.

LAKEWOOD: Drunken Man Arrested After Demanding Food at Taco Bell

A man was charged with disorderly conduct after he walked up to the drive-thru window at Taco Bell with an open bottle of rum and “demanded” food at around 12:30 a.m. May 4.

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS: Man caught red-handed with stolen steaks

A caller reported that a man was looking through cars on the 2100 block of Surrey Road.

Officers went to the area and stopped Rodney Lamar Boyd, 44, who matched the caller’s description. Police ran his name and found that he had three arrest warrants with Cleveland Heights police, and, after searching him, found eight raw steaks believed to be stolen from Dave’s Market.


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