Crime & Safety
Multi-City, Multi-Agency Investigation of Crime-Spree Results in Raid of Cleveland Home
Police departments from Parma, Strongsville and Cleveland as well as the FBI, State Highway Patrol and SWAT were involved.
Police from several jurisdictions and agencies collaborated on a raid of a home in Cleveland's Union Miles neighborhood on Tuesday. Cleveland.com reports that the early morning raid on Pratt Avenue near East 95th Street was in response to recent smash and grab ATM thefts which occurred in Parma, Strongsville and Cleveland.Several people were taken into custody as a result of the raid.
"The individuals in question that have been taken into custody I would say are very dangerous individuals," Parma police Lt. Kevin Riley told cleveland.com. "They don't have much regard for people."
Riley deferred questions about the investigation to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty's office.
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Last week Strongsville police chased three suspects for a smash-and-grab ATM robbery from a BP gas station in Strongsville. Police caught and arrested two of the suspects after they ran into the woods in Cleveland.
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