WESTLAKE, Ohio –
Rollover crash: I-90
Officers at 4:30 a.m. on May 29 responded to a report of a rollover crash on I-90 westbound near Columbia Road that resulted in a car resting upside down.
The 27-year-old female driver was outside of the car upon the officers’ arrival, and she told them she fell asleep before the car went off the highway into the construction area and a guardrail, according to a police department press release. She was not seriously injured.
Criminal trespass, attempted theft: Bradley Road
A Bradley Road resident called the police department at 4 a.m. on May 23 to report a man was in his backyard and tried to enter his parked locked vehicle.
Officers responded but were unable to locate the suspect. At 5:20 a.m., one of the Westlake officers observed a man matching the description of the prowler walking through the Promenade shopping center. The officer noticed that the suspect’s pants were visibly soaked.
The 26-year-old Richmond Heights resident had an active Westlake warrant for failing to appear in court on a previous trespassing charge. He was arrested on the warrant, and officers discovered that he possessed more than 30 gift cards that the police suspect may have come from other victims’ cars, according to a police statement.
The man was charged with criminal trespass and attempted theft for the incident on Bradley Road. Investigators are trying to match the gift cards with other possible victims.
Fraud
A resident on May 25 came to the Westlake Police Department to report a fraud involving a pop-up message on her computer.
The woman said the message claimed to be from “Microsoft” and further claimed the victim’s computer had multiple viruses. The message told her to call a certain phone number to remedy the problem.
The victim complied, and over a couple of days, she dealt with various “technicians” who prompted her to fill out forms with personal banking information. In all, thousands of dollars were missing from her accounts before she realized it was a scam. The phone numbers associated with the fraudsters indicated they came from the state of Washington, but they may have been spoofed numbers, according to the police department.
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