Crime & Safety
Semi-Smart Thieves; Stalker; and Child Endangering: Crime Blotter
The following was supplied by the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Dynamic duo
A pair of suspected Akron thieves used a "modified device" to steal video games at Target, according to a March 28 Cuyahoga Falls police report.
The duo reportedly pulled off the criminal stunt four times. Upon arrest, one of the thieves was allegedly caught with a hypodermic needle and a bent spoon.
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The thieves reportedly used a police scanner cell phone app to try and stay one step ahead of officers.
Bizarre behavior
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A Cuyahoga Falls woman called police on March 27 after someone she knew reportedly made advances toward her, texted her and drove by her house.
Police recorded the incident as menacing by stalking.
Questionable behavior
On March 30, a Cuyahoga Falls woman called police after she found the father of her 5-month-old child "drinking and getting high" while watching their infant, according to a police report.
The father was arrested and charged with child endangering, a first-degree misdemeanor, and drug abuse, a minor misdemeanor.
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