Monday, December 24, 2012
If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system and your criminal record.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? This year in Solon, there have been a number of drunken driving arrests, including many during a checkpoint event earlier this year. As we head into the holiday season, Patch wants you to know when enough is enough. When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Ohio's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. Check out the chart…
Thursday, December 20, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A Bedford woman faces charges of drunken driving and drug abuse after a Solon Police officer found her sleeping in her car in the middle of Aurora Road, according to a police report. Arrested and charged with Tamara Boykin, 37, of Bedford. She is charged with drunken driving, drug abuse, possession of drug paraphernalia and stopping or slow speed, according to the report. On Dec. 16 at about 3 a.m., a Solon Police officer found a car stopped on Aurora Road near the 31500 block. The brake lights of the car were on, and it was running. The officer approached the car to find a woman sleeping in the driver's seat with the car in drive and her foot on the brake. The officer reached into the car and put it in park before rousing the woman, reads…
Saturday, December 15, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A Solon man with multiple prior drunken driving arrests was charged with drunken driving after police say he hit two mailboxes and a parked car while driving, according to a Solon Police report. Samuel Monachino, 44, of Solon, is charged with drunken driving, hit and skip and failure to control, according to the police report. According to the report, a resident on Woodlands Lane called police to tell them that a pickup truck had hit his parked car. He also said that the truck had first hit two mailboxes on Aurora Road, according to the report. Officers caught the pickup driver after he ran his truck onto a curb on SOM Center Road near Bainbridge Road. The driver refused a breathalyzer, according to the police report.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A 34-year-old man is charged with drunken driving after he essentially turned himself in by stopping to ask a Solon police officer for directions. Arrested and charged with drunken driving is Perry L. Allen, 34, of Lakewood, according to a police report. At about 1 a.m. on Dec. 8, A Solon police officer parked at the closed Sunoco Station at SOM Center and Aurora roads was approached by a man after a car pulled in behind him. The man asked the cop for directions to Stouffers. The man smelled like alcohol and had slurred speech, according to the report. The police officer conducted field sobriety tests. The man refused a breathalyzer test.
If you insist on driving after a few drinks, here's what you should know about how alcohol affects your system and your criminal record.
Do you know how many drinks you can have before you're in danger of getting a drunken driving violation? This year in Solon, there have been a number of drunken driving arrests, including many during a checkpoint event earlier this year. As we head into the holiday season, Patch wants you to know when enough is enough. When police pull drivers over for suspected drunken driving, officers ask them to perform field sobriety tests and to take a breath test to measure Blood Alcohol Content. A BAC test measures the percentage of alcohol present in a person's bloodstream. Ohio's legal limit is 0.08. According to the Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention website, every 40 minutes, 0.01 percent of alcohol leaves your system. The limit for …
Sunday, November 25, 2012
Here are some of the weirdest police reports and incidents from departments across the region.
Here are this week's most bizarre police calls, reports and charges. All information was provided by police reports from departments in Patch communities. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Sharp shoplifting — A sharp edge prevented an accused thief from leaving a Westlake drug store with a bundle of merchandise. Police say a 21-year-old Avon Lake man attempted to steal $100 worth of products from a retailer on Detroit Road on Nov. 3, but a cut on his finger halted his getaway. He was putting the products down his pants, including the razor blade that ended up cutting him. He has been charged with petty theft. Gotta go — Solon Police arrested a 62-year-old Garfield Heights man on Nov. 17 on U.S. 422…
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Local law enforcement agencies say they are looking for drunken drivers this holiday weekend, so take steps to be safe.
Thanksgiving Eve may be the biggest drinking night of the year. The police know that too. So if you are going to be drinking this Black Wednesday -- or the rest of this holiday weekend -- be safe and don't drink and drive. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says 17 people were killed in crashes last Thanksgiving weekend, and alcohol contributed to at least 30 percent of them. "We all share the responsibility of contributing to a safe holiday on Ohio roadways by obeying all traffic laws and never driving impaired," said Col. John Born, Patrol superintendent. "As a member of the motoring public, you can help save lives by reporting unsafe and aggressive drivers to law enforcement." Troopers recommend that motorists contact the Patrol by calling #…
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
A 62-year-old Garfield Heights man was arrested and charged with drunken driving after police found him relieving himself along the side of U.S. 422 on Nov. 17, according to Solon Police. Arrested and charged was Samuel L. Holcombe, 62, of Garfield Heights. He was charged with drunken driving. According to the police report, an officer on patrol at about 8 p.m. Nov. 17 spotted a pickup truck pulled over on the side of westbound U.S. 422 near Harper Road. The officer said that he watched the driver exit the truck, and stagger over to the side of the road and begin to relieve himself. He was arrested and taken to Solon jail. The driver recorded a result of .221 on a breathalyzer test, over the legal limit of .08, according to the police …
Saturday, November 10, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police Department. An arrest does not mean a conviction.
Here is a roundup of recent drunken driving arrests in Solon. Remember, these are only arrests and and are not convictions. Rachel McBride, 32, of Macedonia was arrested and charged with drunken driving on Nov. 3 at 1:56 a.m. after she was seen running a red light on Aurora Road as she turned south on Richmond Road, and then continuing to weave and cross the center line on Richmond Road, according to the police report. She was stopped south of Solon Road and submitted to a breath test with a result of .182, over the .08 legal limit, according to the report. William J. Szuhay, 69, of Solon was arrested and charged with drunken driving on Nov. 4 at 1:19 a.m. following a traffic stop on Aurora Road for speeding and an improper turn, according…
Thursday, November 1, 2012
The information in this report is from the Solon Police. An arrest is not a conviction.
Solon Police arrested and charged an Oakwood Village man for drunken driving after he was found sleeping in his jeep at the intersection of SOM Center and Solon roads, according to a police report. Police arrested and charged David S. Gray, 62, with drunken driving and possession an open container of alcohol. According the report, Gray was found asleep with an open bottle of rum in the jeep on OCt. 25. He also had an open bottle of rum in the car. He blew a .280 on the breathalyzer test, according to the report. That's more than three times the legal limit of .08.
