Police Blotter: Info on Credit Applications Didn't Add Up

A computer store on SOM Center Road reported at 1:04 p.m. Sept. 11 that two women from Michigan came in separately to fill out credit applications to purchase merchandise costing more than $1,000. Information they filled out on the applications was not that of the actual person, the caller stated.

A Fox Hollow Court woman called at 5:11 p.m. Sept. 10 because she had no idea how to operate a new thermostat that was installed in her condo. She said it was a computerized box that was beyond her comprehension. An officer explained to the woman how her thermostat works.

Three suspicious men in army fatigues were standing in front of a Golden Gate Plaza clothing store at 12:58 p.m. Sept. 10. A caller said the men were looking at the building structure. The suspects left before police arrived.

A service department employee wanted officers to come to Totland at South Park at 8:27 p.m. Sept. 8. He said a few teenagers broke a couple of picnic tables and thought it was funny. Officers had a problem with one of the juveniles and took him home. They also checked the picnic tables and they were fine.

A woman was approached by security outside Walmart and she dropped some video games she had stolen and ran at 6:42 p.m. Sept. 8. Police caught the woman behind the store and arrested her.

Police were asked at 8:35 a.m. Sept. 8 to check on the welfare of a 15-year-old boy who had not attended school since the start of the year. When school officials called the house, there was no answer or the person hung up. Police spoke with the boy's mother, who said he had a doctor's appointment that day.

An East Cleveland woman called police at 9:43 p.m. Sept. 7 because she took her baby to Hillcrest Hospital and no one would let her see the baby. Police said the 4-month-old baby had been fed oatmeal and water for the past few months and the mother was being investigated for possible malnourishment of the baby.