One of those accused drivers did park her damaged Smart Car nearby at Pinecrest, saying she thought she had simply skipped the curb. The other left a piece of his fender at the scene.

Damage to property, hit-skip: Park Avenue

Police responded to the intersection of Orange Place and Park for a report of a pole in the roadway at 7:46 a.m. Oct. 8, noting upon arrival that it was attached to a pedestrian traffic light that appeared to have been struck by a car.

Canvassing the area, an officer found a 2012 Smart Car in a nearby Pinecrest parking lot, unoccupied and showing front end driver’s side damage consistent with hitting a pole, along with a flat front passenger tire, with both passenger side rims bent.

The license plate came back to a Pepper Pike woman and when police went to her home at 10:43 a.m., she said she thought she had only hit the curb and didn’t think she needed to notify anyone after the accident.

She was cited for failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident.

Damage to property, hit-skip: Chagrin Boulevard

Management at LJI Collision reported Oct. 5 that their sign had been hit overnight by a gray vehicle, based on the piece of fender left behind at the scene. A further check of an identification number on the fender piece showed it belonged to a 2015-2019 Nissan Murano SUV, with staff securing video surveillance footage that led police to a Cleveland Heights man, 65, who was cited for failure to control and leaving the scene of an accident.

Police responded to Cooper’s Hawk Winery around 9:30 p.m. Oct. 8 after a Concord Township woman was going to pay her bill when she realized her wallet -- containing identification, insurance and several credit cards -- was missing from her purse.

She told police she and a friend arrived at 6 p.m. and went over to sit at the bar’s high-top tables near the patio door, and she hung her purse on the back of her chair. At one point, she said she felt movement and noticed a couple sitting behind her.

While still at the winery, the Concord woman began receiving multiple alerts on her phone starting around 9 p.m. from credit card companies, indicating fraudulent charges attempted at Walmart ($999) and Macy’s ($3,000). The credit card companies denied those transactions and winery management planned to check security video for any suspicious activity.

Patrol officers were notified via investigative surveillance equipment of a 2019 Audi driving southbound on Orange Place at 2:45 p.m. Oct. 8, with the owner showing a felony drug warrant through the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office.

Police checked the area and found the unoccupied car parked outside Wasabi Steakhouse. Upon his return to the car around 4 p.m., police took the Oakwood Village man, 34, into custody and transported him to the county jail.

Read more from the Chagrin Solon Sun.

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