Women use their children as a criminal tool in Walmart theft: South Euclid Police Blotter

Community NewsSEPDAndy AttinaSOUTH EUCLID, OhioTheft: Warrensville Center RoadTwo Cleveland Heights women, 25 and 30, were stopped by Walmart loss prevention Oct. 10 and found to have stolen $299 worth of merchandise.Loss prevention said they had watched on surveillance video as the women concealed merchandise throughout the store. Some clothing was stolen by being placed onto the children that were with them. Theft: Mayfield RoadGiant Eagle loss prevention reported Oct. 9 that a shoplifter had just fled in white Nissan. Responding officers located the vehicle on South Belvoir Boulevard. The driver exited the running vehicle but almost immediately returned to it to flee. A struggle ensued and both she and an officer fell to the ground.The Cleveland woman, 54, was subsequently arrested for the theft of $601 worth grocery and household items and obstructing official business.Warrant served: Grosvenor RoadOfficers responded to a residence Oct. 12 after a woman reported that her daughter had been forcefully taken from the home by her boyfriend. The daughter was found a short time later and said that her boyfriend ran from her vehicle. She said that she was not abducted.Her boyfriend, a 35-year-old Cleveland Heights resident, was found to have an active warrant on a domestic violence charge and was arrested after he was located. Fleeing: Mayfield RoadOfficers attempted to stop a vehicle Oct. 7 but it fled.After a short pursuit, it became blocked in at the rear of Tripp’s Smoke Shop and the driver fled on foot.The South Euclid man, 32, was taken into custody after he was found hiding under a vehicle on East Antisdale Road.He was charged with fleeing and eluding and obstructing official business and cited for multiple traffic violations. Fleeing: Plainfield RoadA Cleveland man, 20, fled on a dirt bike Oct. 8 after officers tried to stop it for riding on the roadway with no plates. An off-duty officer working at GetGo found the dirt bike and its rider at the business a short time later and arrested him for failure to comply. He was held in jail for two days until he was turned over to ICE agents to be deported. Theft: Warrensville Center RoadA Cleveland woman, 62, was cited at Walmart Oct. 11 for the theft of $221 worth of clothing that she had concealed in a bag that she had brought with her into the store.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.