Assault on a Police Officer, Spitting in a Cruiser: Two Out of Three Drunks Misbehave

Three people were arrested after a disturbance on March 27 at 6:57 p.m. outside a Crocker Park Boulevard business.

When officers tried to arrest an intoxicated 36-year-old Cleveland man, he resisted. Then, a 41-year-old Cleveland woman decided to aggravate the situation; she interfered with the arrest by hitting an officer with her purse.

After refusing to identify herself she added an obstructing official business charge to her assault on a peace officer charge. 

The male faces DCI and resisting arrest charges. He complained of undefined heart trouble as diagnosed by his doctor and was taken to St. John Medical Center where he was treated and released. He then continued his bad behavior by spitting all over the interior of the police cruiser which equals a harassment by an inmate charge.

The third party, a 55-year-old Cleveland man who started the whole incident, apparently found discretion to be the better part of valor; he was arrested for DCI without incident. He had been shouting obscenities inside a store and had refused to leave the women’s restroom.      

Also in the blotters this week:

More mischief at Crocker Park

A Cleveland woman’s wallet was taken while she shopped at a Crocker Park Boulevard  store on March 29 at 4:30 p.m.  Her debit card was used illicitly for two purchases ($392 total) at two nearby stores; a third purchase attempt was declined.  No suspects. 

Weapons stolen from unlocked car on Smith Avenue    

A 9mm semiautomatic handgun, canvas bag for the gun, and a knife were stolen from an unlocked Ford pickup truck that was parked in the owner’s Smith Avenue driveway. The theft occurred between March 29 at 8 p.m. and March 30 at 7:45 a.m. There are no suspects.