Wanted man, wanted woman high on drugs arrested at Red Roof Inn in Middleburg Heights

By Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.comMIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio – A wanted Cleveland man, 33, and a wanted Akron woman, 53, were arrested at about noon Oct. 30 after police caught them with suspected illegal drugs at Red Roof Inn, 17555 Bagley Road.Police were patrolling the Red Roof parking lot when they noticed the man and woman near the hotel’s front lobby. The woman was in a “fentanyl lean” with her upper body folded downward. The man was leaning backward against a railing with his eyes closed. Both appeared to be on drugs.The man and woman denied to police that they were on drugs. However, they both said that arrest warrants had been issued for them, and police confirmed that.Police found several syringes, a rubber tourniquet and more than 100 needles in the woman’s bags. They also spotted a syringe loaded with a brown liquid behind the railing on which the man was leaning. Police told the man and woman they would face additional charges if the liquid in the syringe tested positive for illegal drugs. I cover City Halls and school boards in Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville, specializing in watchdog journalism. As a staff reporter for cleveland.com and Sun News, and now as a...