Aurora Police Coordinate with Agencies Across the Region on Warrants, Driver and Welfare Calls

AURORA, Ohio – Aurora police worked with several outside agencies from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, according to the department’s incident summary. Calls involved the Portage County Sheriff’s Office and police in Brook Park, Parma, Orange, Streetsboro and Boston Heights. Names and house numbers are left out of this report. Warrants and firearms Firearm charge after 911 hang up A 911 call on East Pioneer Trail at 4:15 a.m. on Oct. 1 ended with an open line. Dispatch heard a female in distress, but no one spoke. A search of the number gave dispatch an address, and officers went to the scene. An officer reported at 4:44 a.m. that a check up was OK. A male was later taken to the station through the sally port. The report lists a charge of improperly discharging a firearm at or into a habitation or school. It does not explain what led to the charge. Victim details were redacted under Ohio’s public records law. Felony warrant on Hill Drive Officers responded to Hill Drive at 7:28 a.m. on Oct. 1 to pick up a man wanted on a felony warrant. Several units were sent. One person was in custody by 7:41 a.m. A hit confirmation went to the Portage County Sheriff’s Office. An officer was told he could take the man straight to the county jail. The warrant was confirmed, and the officer headed to the sheriff’s office. Firearm turned over A woman cleaning out a basement on South Sussex Court on Oct. 2 found a firearm in a box. She said her husband had passed away. She did not want the gun and asked police to take it. The firearm was in her car in the front lot, and officers collected it. Traffic and drugs Suspended driver cited A traffic stop on Kimberly Drive near the Aurora and Hudson line began at 11:38 a.m. on Sept. 30. A records check showed the pickup’s registration status was suspended. The driver was cited for driving under suspension. Officers found no contraband inside, and the vehicle was towed. Unknown kayak and marijuana on North Aurora Road A man doing maintenance on North Aurora Road on Oct. 1 called police about an unknown boat on the property. The boat carried an Ohio tag. He did not know who owned it. He met officers at the gate beside his white pickup. An officer found a gray kayak pulled up to the beach. The area had no damage. Marijuana was seized as contraband and transferred to a report. Wrong way driver and pills in tow Callers reported a driver on the wrong side of South Aurora Road at 7 p.m. on Oct. 2. One caller said the beige four door sedan almost hit them head on. The sedan was headed south from Meijer. A second caller reported a gold Chevy swerving all over Route 43, also southbound. Officers had a vehicle stopped by about 7:10 p.m. A records check returned hits tied to Brook Park and Parma police. Confirmations went to both departments. Brook Park advised that the driver could be released. Parma officers planned to meet him at a GetGo on Transportation Boulevard. The report lists a misdemeanor warrant. The vehicle was towed. An inventory found 22 buprenorphine and naloxone pills in a prescription bottle that belonged to the registered owner. Four blue Xanax pills were also inside. Officers confiscated the Xanax and said it would be logged into evidence. Fraud and lost property Lost wallet Two people came to the police lobby at 12:47 p.m. on Sept. 30 to report a lost or stolen wallet and ID. One already had a new ID. The BMV had told that person to file a report. The wallet may have been left at Costco two to three days earlier. Officers helped the pair contact Streetsboro and Boston Heights police. Business fraud report A man reported fraud involving his company at 2:33 p.m. on Sept. 30. The address he gave on Barrington Town Square Drive is where the business gets its mail. Officers gathered information for the report. Welfare check Police were called to West Garfield Road at 12:47 p.m. on Oct. 6 for a mental health issue. The call involved a black GMC with one person inside. The man had dementia related issues. An Aurora officer asked Orange police to look for family or contact information. Orange police helped, and the man’s son agreed to come. Both headed to Aurora to get the man home without medical intervention. The man was picked up along with his truck and his dog. The Aurora officer cleared the call at 1:54 p.m.