Medina Man Jailed After Attempted Burglary Call in Sagamore Hills

A predawn call about someone trying to get into a Sagamore Hills home ended with a Medina man behind bars on Nov. 1. Recently released police reports show three more incidents in the Summit County township over the same stretch of days. Halloween night brought officers to the Eaton Estates Community Center for a reported assault. Hours earlier, a homeowner called about a man lurking behind their house. Earlier in the week, an elderly woman walked into the police station to report someone tried to defraud her. NEOhio.news obtained the reports through a public records request with the Sagamore Hills Police Department. Arrests Medina Man Booked Into Macedonia Jail (Nov. 1) Dispatchers took a call at 4:52 a.m. Sunday about an attempted burglary on Canterbury Lane. Within a minute, officers were on their way. They pulled up at 5 a.m. Four Sagamore Hills officers worked the call. Instead of a burglary charge, a 26-year-old Medina man was arrested for disorderly conduct while intoxicated. Under Ohio law, that offense falls under section 2917.11 of the Revised Code. Police took him to the Macedonia Jail for booking. Officers wrapped up at the scene at 5:31 a.m. According to the report, a woman living at the home is the victim. The released records do not say whether further charges are pending. Assault Halloween Night Call at Eaton Estates Community Center (Oct. 31) Trick-or-treat night in Sagamore Hills included a police response to Eaton Drive. At 8:44 p.m., officers were sent to the Eaton Estates Community Center for a reported assault. Two officers arrived three minutes after the call came in. Their report lists a 42-year-old Sagamore Hills man as the subject. Also named as involved are a Sagamore Hills woman, a Macedonia woman and a Macedonia juvenile. Police classified the case as departmental information. No offense or charge appears in the report. Officers cleared the call at 9:09 p.m., and the brief narrative does not explain what happened. Fraud 87-Year-Old Woman Reports Scam Attempt (Oct. 29) An elderly Sagamore Hills resident went straight to the police station on Thursday morning. Her adult son came with her to report an attempted fraud. An officer began taking the report at 9:54 a.m. and finished at 10:19 a.m. Records list the case as fraud, filed for information only. How the scammer approached her is not described in the released report. It also does not say whether she lost any money. Northeast Ohio police departments regularly urge families to talk with older relatives about scams. Anyone in Sagamore Hills who suspects fraud can call the department at 330-467-3515. Suspicious Activity Man Spotted Behind Mottl Reserve Drive Home (Oct. 31) Halloween began with a 1:12 a.m. call from Mottl Reserve Drive. A caller told dispatchers a suspicious man was at the back of a residence. Three officers were sent, with the first arriving at 1:15 a.m. A gray 2017 Ford appears in the report, though its connection to the call is not explained. No offense was filed. Officers cleared the call at 1:52 a.m. What the Records Show Sagamore Hills sits in northern Summit County and is part of the Nordonia Hills area. Its police department released these four reports with Social Security and driver’s license numbers redacted, as allowed under Ohio public records law. Each report includes only a sentence or two of narrative. Some details, such as what led to the assault call, were not included in the released records.