Police Blotter: Resident Taken for $5,000 in 'Grandson' Scam

A Drury Court man was called at 5:58 p.m. Nov. 11 by someone claiming to be his grandson and needing money because he was in the hospital in Trinidad with a broken nose. He wired the person $5,000 before calling his grandson, who was at work in Chardon. The man did not want to file a police report at this time.

A Lander Road woman called police at 4:18 p.m. Nov. 11 because a 19-year-old man who is a friend of her daughter would not leave after being asked to do so several times. Police told him to leave and he complied.

An East Miner Road woman called at 12:28 p.m. Nov. 11 and said her ex-boyfriend was trying to break in the front door and might be drinking or on drugs. Just before showing up at the residence, the man had talked to a police officer and was told he had to go to small claims court to get his stuff back. Police went to the scene and told him not to return or he would be arrested.

A Chatham Way resident complained at 9:01 a.m. Nov. 10 that construction workers were parking on both sides of the street and there was no traffic control when cars approach.

A robbery was reported at 11:02 a.m. Nov. 10 at Howard's Jewelry and Loan on Mayfield Road. A Taser was shown, as was a gun of an unknown type. The caller didn't know if the gun was real. The suspects were described as four white males in a silver sedan with a spoiler.