Man Says Drugs are his Mom's; Online Car Buying Snafu: Police Blotter

A Cleveland man stopped for speeding on I-77 Sept. 16 was found to have several types of drugs in his car — but said some belonged to his mother.

A report said after the man, 26, was pulled over, he reached into a bag. The officer, concerned there might be a weapon in the bag, asked the man to open it and saw a Country Crock container that held a small amount of marijuana.

A search of the vehicle yielded a plastic bag of various pills under the driver's side floor mat.

The man told the officer he had taken the pills from his mother, who has a drug problem. He planned to throw them away, but instead put them in his car, the report said.

He was cited for speeding and possession of drug paraphernalia, and charged with two first-degree misdemeanors for having Schedule 2 and Schedule 4 narcotics without a prescription.

Car Scam?

A Brecksville man went to police Sept. 16 after an auto dealership threatened to repossess a truck he's paid for.

The man showed police a receipt for paying $4,500 in cash for a down payment on a Toyota Tundra from Autos Direct Online in Cleveland.

The man paid a salesman the money, a report said.

But he then got a text from Juan, the sales manager, saying if he didn't pay the $4,500, the truck would be repossessed.

When the man argued that he had already paid the money, Juan reportedly said he would report the truck as stolen and wouldn't send the title to Key Bank, which handled the financing.

Police said the situation was a civil matter, but advised the resident to contact Key Bank and file a report with Cleveland police.