Crime & Safety
Teaching A 5-Year-Old To Steal Lipstick, Skater Versus Car: Police Blotter
The following information was supplied by the Beachwood Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Lipstick Lesson in Cruelty
A woman, who tried to teach a 5-year-old girl to steal lipstick from Sephora in Beachwood Place, was charged with cruelty to children, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and shoplifting. The woman was not the child's mother.
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A security guard at the store told police they saw the woman coaching the child to steal the lipstick.
The child was returned to her mother by Beachwood Police. The incident happened at 6:30 p.m. May 8.
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Skater Versus Car
A 14-year-old Beachwood boy riding his skateboard collided with a car driven by an 18-year-old Beachwood woman in front of 24960 Fairmount Blvd. at 8:30 a.m. May 8. The skateboarder was crossing the street when the two collided. The car was dented and the boy suffered minor injuries including some scrapes.
Always Lock Your Car Doors
Three residents in the 21000 block of Halburton Road reported that somebody went into their unlocked cars in the early morning hours of May 7. Taken was spare change and some gum.
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