🌱 Patch AM: How a Lakewood traffic stop led to drug and warrant arrests

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In today's newsletter:

• How a Lakewood traffic stop led to drug and warrant arrests
• Why is a Lakewood firm buying 31 Canton rental properties?
• How a Lakewood critic tackles the year’s endless music releases

Today's riddle: I got fired from the M&M factory. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Cold; afternoon flurries, with a high of 26 and low of 24 degrees.
• Sunday: A.M. flurries; cloudy, chilly, temps: high: 27, low: 23.
• Monday: Cloudy and not as cold, with a high of 37 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Wanted woman carrying meth & wanted man arrested on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights (cleveland.com) — Lakewood residents were involved in a December traffic stop on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights that led to the arrest of a wanted Lakewood man and a Lorain woman carrying suspected methamphetamine. Police say a Lakewood woman was driving the SUV and received a traffic citation, while the passengers were taken into custody on outstanding warrants and potential drug charges.
   

• North Canton apartments sold for $3M (indeonline.com) — A Lakewood-based company, JBH Saka Holdings Ohio LLC, has purchased 31 residential properties in Canton in a large $1.59 million transaction, according to Stark County real estate records. The report also details numerous other recent property sales across North Canton, Massillon, and surrounding Stark County communities, highlighting continued investor interest in the region’s housing and commercial markets.
   

• Why critics have a love-hate relationship with top 10 lists (poynter.org) — A Lakewood-based music critic, Annie Zaleski, is featured among several national reviewers describing the pressure and joy of assembling year-end top 10 lists. Her comments highlight the heavy workload, constant listening, and desire to share meaningful music discoveries with readers, giving Lakewood a small but notable presence in a broader media conversation.
   

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Monday January 5

• Schools Reopen for Grades 6-12
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood

Tuesday January 6

• Schools Reopen for Grades PreK-5
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood

Saturday January 10

• The Pirate Queens
  Maplewood at Chardon , 12350 Bass Lake Rd , Chardon
  2:00 pm

Tuesday January 13

• Julia Grant
  Western Reserve Masonic Community , 4931 Nettleton Rd , Medina
  2:00 pm
• Networking Happy Hour
  Crumb & Spigot , Lakewood
  5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday January 3

• Health and Wellness Fair 2026
  Rocky River Rec Center , 21016 Hilliard Blvd , Rocky River
  10:00 am

Monday January 5

• Schools Reopen for Grades 6-12
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood
• Organizational Meeting
  Brooklyn, OH Calendar Brooklyn, OH 44144
  6:30 pm

Tuesday January 6

• Schools Reopen for Grades PreK-5
  West Shore Career-Technical District , 14100 Franklin Boulevard , Lakewood

Wednesday January 7

• Board of Control
  Brooklyn, OH Calendar Brooklyn, OH 44144
  8:30 am
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coalition Regular Meeting
  Fairview Park, OH Calendar , 20777 Lorain Road , Fairview Park
  6:30 pm

Thursday January 8

• Shade Tree Advisory Committee
  Fairview Park, OH Calendar , 20777 Lorain Road , Fairview Park
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• First winter in 19 years!
  The wind was so loud off the lake last night,it was hard to hear! I found my slider frozen this morning. It opens now with a little bit of tapping in… (Nextdoor Gold Coast)
• Day 1.
  Observing, that's the move for the rest of the week. No stress, no manic moves, no overworking... just sliding into the year reading the room! (Nextdoor Gold Coast)

• Dunkin' posted a job opening for Crew Member in Lakewood. Apply here.
• McDonald's Restaurants posted a job opening for Crew Team Member in Lakewood. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lakewood here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rocky River

• 'We will forever remember': Loved ones of CPD officer killed in 2021 New Year's Eve carjacking still grieving (news5cleveland.com)
• New Year's snowstorm 2026: See Northeast Ohio snowfall totals (cleveland.com)
• Drunk resident all over the road: Parma Heights Police Blotter (cleveland.com)

Fairview Park

• Fairview Park City Schools celebrate outgoing Board of Education member (cleveland.com)

Brooklyn

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I kept throwing out all the W’s.
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