A Heartwood Avenue teen is in hot water with his folks after he got distracted while driving and took out two mailboxes on Jaycox Road around 12:29 a.m. on April 21.
The teen told Avon police that he looked down, swerved off the roads and hit the mailboxes in the 4400 block of Jaycox Road. He didn't know what to do, he said, so he went home.
The car, a 1996 Jeep Cherokee, was missing its front bumper, had a dented front and and the windshield was smashed. The teen's father said they will pay for the damaged mailboxes and were not going to claim the car's damage on insurance. There may be a lot of painting, scrubbing and yard work -- and not a lot of going out -- in the young man's immediate future.
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No charges were filed.
A Saved Life
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Tragedy was averted on April 19 when a mom told Avon police a 14-year-old boy was sending suicidal messages to her daughter, and sent a picture of him holding a knife to his own throat. The boy was found in Elyria and hospitalized.
Petunias are secret code for ...?
A Mills Road man told police he was threatened by a caller on April 20.
He said he got a phone call and hung up on the caller, then called back and didn't like the response he got from the caller.
The caller then called back and told him he "better water his petunias."
Might want to stick with "Is your refrigerator running?"
A woman played what she described as a "threatening" voice mail she got on April 19 to Avon police.
Police said it sounded like a teenager making a prank call, and called them back.
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