Best of the Blotter
Officer Threatened & Nude High-Speed Chase: Best of the Blotter
The most bizarre police reports from departments throughout Northeast Ohio.
It seems there's no alleged crime too bizarre to occur in Northeast Ohio. Here are some of this week's weird calls and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Threatening Words: Though an Akron man returned the clothing he tried to steal from Walmart, he still ended up in a Fairlawn Police cruiser. He also had some threatening words for the arresting officer. Derek Sampson, 50, tried to walk out of Walmart in Fairlawn on May 13 with three pairs of shorts. When a security officer confronted him, Sampson returned the items. Officers arrested him for theft when he tried to exit again. Once in the cruiser, Sampson told the officer, "You're a dead man … I don't talk to dead men." Read more …
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Brandon Baker
11:28 am on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Thanks for your feedback, Paul. At this point, we haven't decided to rank the weird news, but that is definitely a possibility in upcoming posts.   more ›