Summit County Police Blotter: Stow Officers Make Handgun, Strangulation and OVI Arrests in October

Stow police recorded 95 incidents between Oct. 4 and Oct. 26, according to the city’s weekly report logs. The Summit County city saw a steady stream of retail theft along Kent Road. Officers also made arrests in several domestic violence cases and one concealed handgun case. Two police pursuits were logged within eight minutes on the same evening. Below is a look at the reports, grouped by category and listed by date. Domestic Violence Cases and Protection Orders The first domestic call of the period came the morning of Oct. 6 on Ritchie Road, and officers closed the case. Another followed just after 2 a.m. Oct. 7 on Millburn Court, which was also closed. Stow officers took a domestic violence report at 5:12 a.m. Oct. 10 on Quail Creek Boulevard in neighboring Cuyahoga Falls, where the victim was listed as reluctant. An arrest came shortly after noon Oct. 11 on Heron Springs Parkway. That suspect faces domestic violence and physical harm charges. Criminal damage was noted during a domestic incident on Maplewood Road at 9:18 p.m. Oct. 13. Five days later, domestic violence was reported on Beckley Road at 10:09 p.m. Oct. 23 brought three related calls. Officers arrested a person at Graham Road and Leewood Road at 6:38 p.m. for violating a protection order. A domestic violence report followed at 9:14 p.m. on Colony Park Place. Just before midnight, a domestic incident on Cox Drive led to reports of unauthorized vehicle use, vehicle trespass and intoxicated disorderly conduct. A report filed at 9:30 a.m. Oct. 24 lists sexual battery involving a parent or guardian, along with domestic violence. No disposition appears in the log. Later that night, at 11 p.m., officers made an arrest on Mac Drive. Charges include strangulation, domestic violence, physical harm and threat of force, and the report notes a drone activation. Police closed one more protection order violation on Graham Road at 1:24 p.m. Oct. 26. Threats, Stalking and Harassment Not every case was reported right away. A menacing and stalking incident on Kent Road dated Sept. 30 surfaced in the most recent log. Officers closed a menacing case on Graham Road at 12:35 p.m. Oct. 6. A simple assault was reported on L’Ermitage Place at 6:20 p.m. Oct. 8. Graham Road saw two more calls on the evening of Oct. 9. Menacing and stalking were reported at 7:40 p.m., and an assault with theft followed at 8:48 p.m. Harassment by phone or electronic means came up several times. King Drive had a report at 5:48 p.m. Oct. 20, and Fishcreek Road had one at 8:51 p.m. Oct. 23 that officers closed. A Kenneth Road call at 5:52 p.m. Oct. 24 combined harassment, trespass and menacing by stalking. An extortion or blackmail case was logged on Norton Road for just before midnight Oct. 22. Police also made an aggravated menacing arrest on Scarlet Lane at 8:31 a.m. Oct. 23. That suspect was additionally charged with intoxicated disorderly conduct. Handgun Arrest and Two Pursuits on Graham Road Graham Road was the scene of the period’s only weapons arrest. At 9 p.m. Oct. 15, officers arrested a suspect for carrying a concealed handgun. Additional charges include receiving stolen property, aggravated menacing and obstructing official business. Four days later, two pursuits were logged at Graham Road and Country Club Drive. The first came at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 19, and the second followed at 6:53 p.m. The log does not provide further details on either chase. Retail Theft Along Kent Road Kent Road accounted for a large share of the city’s theft calls. Officers made an arrest there at 2:47 p.m. Oct. 7 for theft and a juvenile tobacco violation. Six minutes later, a separate shoplifting case was opened and remains under investigation. A theft from a building followed at 6:57 p.m. Oct. 9. Two shoplifting arrests came on Oct. 13, one at 11:17 a.m. and another at 3:53 p.m. Officers made another arrest at 3:28 p.m. Oct. 15. A shoplifting case at 5:45 p.m. Oct. 20 was closed. The pattern continued into the following week. Police arrested a shoplifting suspect at 4:18 p.m. Oct. 21, and a theft was reported there that evening at 8:09 p.m. A warrant was issued in a shoplifting case from 3:51 p.m. Oct. 22. Burglary, Stolen Vehicles and Other Thefts A burglary on Graham Road dated Oct. 5 involved trespass when another person was likely present. Officers have closed that case. On Oct. 8, thefts were reported on York Drive at noon and Tall Grass Circle at 4:24 p.m. Police arrested a suspect on Elmwood Avenue at 5:54 p.m. Oct. 9 for theft without consent and obstructing official business. An arrest on Williamson Road at 5:52 p.m. Oct. 11 involved unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. That suspect also faces property tampering and fighting charges. Officers closed a theft case on Hile Road at 2:39 p.m. Oct. 12. A theft on Lakepoint Corporate Drive was reported as occurring just after midnight Oct. 14. Hudson Drive had a shoplifting arrest at 5:58 p.m. Oct. 21, and Lillian Road reported a theft an hour later. Th