Cleveland Heights Police Blotter: Several People Report Being Robbed, Some Threatened With Guns

On May 22, four different groups of people reported that people robbed them in Cleveland Heights:

• Two men said a group of five to nine young men who appeared to be younger than 18 approached them near the corner of Cedar Road and Cottage Grove Drive around 1 a.m. One victim said that one boy was carrying a gun*. The men handed over $10 and an iPod to the group. The men who were robbed had been walking with three others, but they ran away when they saw the large group of boys walking toward them. 
• A man and woman said two men, both carrying black revolvers in their waistbands, stopped them near Mayfield and Hillcrest Roads. The men with guns went through the man's wallet, which didn't have anything in it. Empty-handed, the men gave back the wallet and ran. 
• A 26-year-old woman said she was robbed on the 2700 block of Hampshire Road by two men, one who had a gun. They stole her cellphone and $40. 
• Three boys who appeared to be younger than 18 attempted to steal money from a man behind the near Noble and Nelaview roads around 3:30 a.m. The boys went through the man's wallet, and gave it back after they saw that there was no money inside. The man pushed the panic button on his keychain, which set off the alarm on his car and prompted the kids to run away. 

Later in May, other robberies were reported:

• On May 28, two teenagers and a 12-year-old from East Cleveland were arrested and charged with robbery. The three boys were charged with pushing and kicking a 9-year-old boy and stealing his bike and $11 on the 1800 block of Coventry Road. The victim was taken to Rainbow Babies Children's Hospital, but police did not describe his injuries. 
• Also on May 28, two men, a 25- and a 28-year-old, attempted to steal tools from in . One man was arrested for robbery charges because he attempted to punch a Home Depot security officer, and the other was arrested for grand theft because he did not use force. 
• On May 25, a man reported that his 15-year-old son was robbed near Lee and Cedarbrook roads. Two men took his cellphone, headphones and glasses (police were not sure if they were eye or sunglasses.) The boy said the men did not use weapons.

*Police said guns are sometimes fake, and it is unclear in these cases whether the weapons were real. 

All information compiled from police call logs and information from the Cleveland Heights Police Department