Man reports jewelry, $15,000 in cash missing from apartment: North Olmsted Police Blotter

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio –

Grand Theft: Columbia Road

An apartment resident called the police department at 10:30 a.m. on June 11 to report $15,000 in cash, jewelry and an iPhone 12 missing.

The man said he kept the cash in the pocket of a jacket stored in a hall closet. He said he last saw the money at 8:15 a.m. that day. He said he had the money to buy a motorcycle later today.

The victim gave police the identities of two people who were in the apartment earlier in the day. When officers spoke to both men, they denied knowledge of the missing cash or other items.

The police detective bureau is investigating.

Shoplifting: Brookpark Road

On June 8 at 7:35 p.m., a police officer responded to Walmart, where a store security employee reported seeing a female suspect go through a self-checkout and fail to scan a dozen miscellaneous items.

The security guard took the suspect into custody. The value of the items was estimated at $99.66. The suspect was charged with misdemeanor theft, according to a police report.

Shoplifting: Brookpark Road

A suspect was charged with petty theft June 12 after he and a woman he said was his wife went through a self-checkout machine and called in 52 items worth $534.84.

When the man inserted his credit card to pay for the merchandise, the card was declined. In the meantime, the woman had taken the cart containing the items to the parking lot. The suspect asked security to allow him to go to his vehicle to retrieve another credit card.

When the man and a security guard went to the parking lot, the woman, the couple's items and their car were missing.

“[The suspect] acted as if he was confused by the fact that his wife had just left the store without him,” according to the police report. The man also did not remember his wife's date of birth, according to the report.

The man was charged with petty theft and turned over to Lakewood police on a warrant from that community. At this time, police are unsure of the woman's identity, according to the police report.

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