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Westlake police cruiser (file photo)

WESTLAKE, Ohio –

OVI: Center Ridge Road

An officer at 2:45 a.m. on Nov. 27 stopped a weaving vehicle on Center Ridge Road near Glenmore.

The 39-year-old driver of the Mercedes appeared intoxicated, slurred his words, and said he was headed home from work, which happened to be a bar. The officer arrested the suspect for OVI and charged him with lane change violations after administering a field sobriety test.

When the suspect arrived at the Westlake jail, he asked the jail staff for a “shot and a beer,” according to a police press release. He refused a breath test. He was later released to a sober friend.

Vehicle crash into building: Crocker Road

The Westlake police and fire departments responded at 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 26 to a report of a vehicle crashing into a building in the 2000 block of Crocker Road.

The building was evacuated as a precaution. Officers determined that an elderly female driver pushed the accelerator instead of the brake, causing the car to jump the curb, hit a signpost, and finally the building, according to a police department statement.

No one was injured and the business, Mission BBQ, reopened that day, according to the police.

OVI: Crocker Road

A witness at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 22 called the Westlake Police Department to report that a possibly intoxicated driver was weaving while driving a Hyundai on Crocker Road.

Officers spotted the sedan and noted that it did not maintain its lane and almost struck stopped traffic at Union Street. When officers stopped the vehicle, the female driver said she was headed to Twinsburg and was coming from Twinsburg. Officers also spotted vomit on the floorboard.

Officers arrested the 34-year-old Twinsburg resident for operating a vehicle while impaired after administering field sobriety tests. The woman refused a breath test.

Officers discovered that she had six prior OVI convictions since 2008. Her license was still suspended due to a 2021 OVI arrest. Westlake police charged the woman with felony OVI and refusing a chemical test with prior OVI convictions, driving under suspension, and failure to drive in marked lanes.

OVI: Hilliard Boulevard

On Nov. 23, just before midnight, a caller to the Westlake Police Department reported there were two dogs at large near Hilliard and Bordeaux.

Officers checked the area and found one of the dogs, which was captured and brought to the city kennel to keep it safe.

A bit later, a resident called the police department to report that his dogs got out of the house. He was advised that one of them was relaxing with kibble in the kennel.

When the Westlake man appeared at the front window of the police department to retrieve his lost pet, officers noted that he was slurring his speech, his clothes were disheveled, and he smelled strongly of an alcoholic beverage. The 61-year-old had left his vehicle unattended and running outside the police station.

Officers initiated field sobriety testing in the lobby and noted that the dog owner stumbled into a wall during testing. The man provided a breath sample, which showed his blood alcohol level was 3½ times the legal limit. This was his third OVI arrest in a little over three months, according to a police statement. Later, a sober person arrived at WPD to bail out the driver and his canine friend.

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