Meth and Heroin Arrests; Best Buy Theft; and Giant Eagle Intervention: Crime Blotter

Kent residents Alexandra E. Varney and Douglas T. Cook were arrested on Front Street Aug. 3 after Cuyahoga Falls police reportedly found them in possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. 

Varney, 22, was allegedly holding a hypodermic needle and Sudafed pills for the alleged purpose of making methamphetamine. 

She was charged with illegal assembly, a third-degree felony, and possession of drug abuse instruments, a first-degree misdemeanor. 

Cook, 25, allegedly had heroin, meth, three hypodermic needles and a snorting straw stuffed in his pants. 

He was charged with possession of methamphetamine and heroin, both fifth-degree felonies; possession of drug abuse instruments, a second-degree misdemeanor; and possession of drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor. 

Busted

A 26-year-old Cuyahoga Falls woman was arrested Aug. 3 after she bagged up $312 worth of groceries at the Howe Avenue Giant Eagle and attempted to leave the store without paying for the goods. 

When frisked, an officer allegedly found two narcotic pipes in her underwear. She was arrested and charged with theft, a first-degree misdemeanor, and drug paraphernalia, a fourth-degree misdemeanor. 

Best Buy escapee 

A thief reportedly jammed an Apple TV down his pants and ran out of Best Buy on July 31. 

The thief successfully escaped with the $100 Apple product. 

Knife thrower

A 24-year-old Akron man allegedly whipped a knife at a man's car as they each drove down the Ackerman Freeway. 

The suspected weapon hurler was later arrested and charged with aggravated menacing, a first-degree misdemeanor.