Teen assaulted while trick-or-treating: Mayfield Heights blotter

MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OhioAssault: Bonnie LaneA woman said Oct. 31 that her son, 15, was assaulted by a man while out trick-or-treating that evening.The boy said the man pushed him to the ground so hard that his glasses came off his face. He suggested that it might have happened because he and some friends took a toy sword from the man’s nephew, but he said that it was all in fun and the other boy was not upset about it.He knew the boy from school but did not know his name.The incident is under investigation.Departmental information: Mayfield RoadA man entered Lang’s Amoco Oct. 31 with bruises and road rash and requested that somebody call police.Officers learned that he had jumped out of a moving car on Beham Drive because three other men in the car were trying to assault him for reasons he could not clearly explain. He went to the first business he found to request a call to police because his phone had been left in the car.He was taken to Hillcrest Hospital for treatment for his injuries, but later told police he was taking a bus home and wanted no further assistance.Animal bites: Mayfield RoadA woman’s small dog was bitten by an unleashed pit bull at the Gates Mills Place apartments Nov. 3.She said she was on the elevator with her dog. When the doors opened, the pit bull ran in and attacked. The owner of the pit bull was apologetic and gave her personal information. She was later cited for dogs at large. Theft: Mayfield RoadA resident at the Gates Mills Place apartments said Oct. 29 that a package containing an eBike had gone missing from the hallway outside her apartment.Surveillance video showed a man on the same floor taking the package into his apartment.Officers spoke to him and he claimed that he thought it belonged to him because the lessee of his apartment told him that she would order one for him to ride to work. He claimed to have never looked at the address label, but officers still arrested the man, 49, for theft.Theft: Mayfield RoadA resident of the Gates Mills Place apartments said Oct. 29 that a delivered package of coffee capsules had been stolen from the mailroom at her building.The incident is pending review of surveillance video.Impaired driving: Ridgeview RoadA woman reported at 8:47 a.m. Nov. 2 that her ex-boyfriend was passed out in his car in front of her home.Responding officers woke the man, 41, and found him to be impaired and with an open can of beer.He said he did not know it was illegal to drink alcohol in a vehicle while parked in the roadway.After he was arrested for physical control, officers found six more empty cans of beer in the car.Drugs: Mayfield RoadA Painesville man, 39, came to the police station Nov. 3 for a tow release form, but was found to have a felony warrant for a dug charge with Painesville police.He tried to leave, but officers caught up with him in the parking lot to advise him of the warrant. He became argumentative and tried to throw out a folded $50 bill that was found to contain an unknown substance.Officers had to carry him back into the station while he tried to bang his head on a trash can and threatened to kill himself. Suspicion: Mallard DriveA resident found a Raising Canes promotional sign in her yard Oct. 31.She found on her Ring camera that it had been placed there overnight by some juveniles. Officers returned the sign to the business.Get police blotters by email every weekday for free with our Police Blotter newsletter. Sign up at cleveland.com/newsletters.Read more news from the Sun Messenger.