News Release from Chief Tim Malley

[Eric Crawford]

I know this Eric Anderson guy. He was ripping cab drivers off in the city and also pulling bank scams on people with fake money transfers. He always claimed to be an employee of Key Bank to his victims. If you check out Cuyahoga County's criminal case docket you will find his record including forgery, fraud, theft, etc. About 6 months ago I saw the Lakewood PD had him in custody in front of Virginia Marti and I notified the arresting officers of the information that I knew of him and how he tried to scam me. They informed me that they received many reports regarding the same information that I provided to them. It's a shame that he was even let out of jail to begin with...he had a very long police record. Nobody deserves to be shot, but this guy was a serious criminal.