Solon Jail Could House Twinsburg Prisoners by New Year

Three year, $85,000 agreement would give Solon Jail a more steady income.

The Solon Jail may have new prisoners by Jan. 1, 2013. Twinsburg Police Chief Chris Noga hopes to have city council approve an agreement with Solon to house its prisoners at the Solon Jail in the next few weeks. If approved, the transition would likely be effective starting with the new year. "I’m recommending that we press forward and house all of our prisoners at the Solon jail,” Noga said to Twinsburg City Council last Tuesday. The agreement would be for three years and would cost the city $85,000 each year to use Solon's a full service jail and correction staff. The Twinsburg Police Department currently operates a 12-day facility. The operation cost for 2011 was $152,000 including labor, supplies, feeding prisoners, according to Noga. …

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Man Tells Police He Usually Drives at 190 MPH: Best of the Blotter

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. I can go faster — A man from Windham left no doubt about his need for speed this month after Twinsburg Police arrested him. Police stopped 49-year-old Joseph Emrick around 3 a.m. on Nov. 4 after clocking his vehicle at 115 miles per hour on Interstate 480. He was weaving across the highway and still accelerating. According to the police report, Emrick told officers that he "regularly travels I-480 at speeds of 160 to 190 miles per hour." He added that he prefers to speed around 4 a.m. when few cars are on the …

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Sex Toys & Lizards Stolen from Apartment: Best of the Blotter

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. Taking toys — Something was a little different about a theft last week on Lawrence Court in Kent. The list of items stolen from residents over a two-day span at Silver Meadows Apartments included laptops, HD TVs and other electronics that typically fill police reports. A box full of sex toys was also on that list. The Pure Romance toys accounted for $800 of the $3,000 worth of goods taken from the one of the apartments. Three lizards, each worth $60, were also stolen.   All about the cake — Though two co-workers …

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Mysterious Writer Says Obama Voters 'Going to Hell': Best of the Blotter

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. An ideological threat — Political tensions are high between some Lakewood residents, and not just because of stolen signs. Several residents in the 17000 block of Narragansett Avenue told police about a note they received in their mailboxes on Oct. 26. The writer said they would be "going to hell if they voted for President Obama in the upcoming elections.” The author remains unknown, and police have been asked to stay alert for more incidents. Sleepy break-in — Cuyahoga Falls Police arrested a man who is accused …

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Drunken Naps & Parked Car Plowing: Best of the Blotter

Here are some of the weirdest police reports 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. Nursing home nap: A nursing home bed can be too comfortable to pass up. A drunken man couldn't do it on Aug. 5 in North Canton. Police responded to Windsor Medical Center after a caller said a 21-year-old man was asleep in a resident's bed. He had no relation to the residents and no permission to be on the Windsor grounds. Laying down on lawns: In Stow, front lawns were the best options for a man in need of rest. A Tudor Lane resident called police to report a man sleeping in front of his home at 4 a.m. on Aug. 4…

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Police Crack Tri-County Auto Theft Ring

Mentor Police arrested two members of a suspected auto theft ring last week

Mentor Police helped crack an auto theft ring that was stealing vehicles from Lake, Summit and Cuyahoga counties, police said. The ring seemed to specialize in seasonal equipment, Mentor Police Lt. Tom Powers said. "It looks like this these are the same guys who were taking snow plows and four-by-fours in the winter. In the summer time, they took motorcycles, trailers and landscaping equipment," Powers said. Police departments from Mentor, Solon, Twinsburg, Willoughby, Wickliffe and Bedford, as well as the Ohio State Highway Patrol and Cleveland FBI office have been tracking suspects in the ring for the last two weeks, Powers said. On Thursday morning, police tracked two suspected members of the auto theft ring -- Curtis Wilder and John …

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Twinsburg Signs Off on Solon Jail Agreement

Twinsburg would pay Solon $75 per day per prisoner to house them in the Solon jail.

Twinsburg green-lighted its end of an agreement to hous inmates at the Solon jail, if necessary. On Tuesday city council approved an agreement that would pay Solon $75 a day per inmate on an as needed basis. "We are not closing our jail,” Police Chief Chris Noga said. “If we closed it and tried to reopen it, it would be cost prohibitive.” The two-year deal says Twinsburg will pay Solon $75 per prisoner per day. A day counts as eight hours. Any prisoner who stays for less than a day will cost Twinsburg $42.50. The city would use Solon's full service facility for alternative housing, including females and speicial needs inmates, like diabetics. Solon's medical staff can offer more particular attention to certain needs. It would also create a…

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