The Observation Deck

From Lakewood Police Department

On 9-14-15 @ 11:53 pm Lakewood Police received a call from a resident at 1010 Parkside reporting someone was trying to break into their home. The victims observed three persons running from the home. They discovered that their car had been stolen. With the assistance of the On Star feature the car was tracked to Northview Ave in Rocky River. Officers from Lakewood and Rocky River responded locating the car and three males. The males were arrested and are being held in Lakewood City Jail. They are ages 20, 19 and 17 years old.

Investigation is continuing.

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Nice work by the Police.

"Book'em, Danno!"

They wouldn't be up to no good if there were more than one outdoor basketball court open in Lakewood.

52,000 people and one outdoor basketball court. Go figure.

Peter Grossetti wrote:They wouldn't be up to no good if there were more than one outdoor basketball court open in Lakewood.

52,000 people and one outdoor basketball court. Go figure.

It was reported they were looking for the courts...

Speaking of...

... have you spoken with Stephanie? It seems the hoops purchased by LOBC were
stolen and or un-returned. Know anything about that?


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Jim O'Bryan wrote:

Peter Grossetti wrote:They wouldn't be up to no good if there were more than one outdoor basketball court open in Lakewood.

52,000 people and one outdoor basketball court. Go figure.

It was reported they were looking for the courts...

Speaking of...

... have you spoken with Stephanie? It seems the hoops purchased by LOBC were
stolen and or un-returned. Know anything about that?


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I heard they were sold for scrap to help pay for consultants and spin doctors.

Peter Grossetti wrote:They wouldn't be up to no good if there were more than one outdoor basketball court open in Lakewood.

52,000 people and one outdoor basketball court. Go figure.

Can't tell if you are serious or not. Do you really think an outdoor basketball court would have deterred this?

Matthew Lee wrote:

Peter Grossetti wrote:They wouldn't be up to no good if there were more than one outdoor basketball court open in Lakewood.

52,000 people and one outdoor basketball court. Go figure.

Can't tell if you are serious or not. Do you really think an outdoor basketball court would have deterred this?

Matthew - would these three yahoos have committed the crime if there were more basketball hoops in Lakewood? Sure, probably, maybe. Who knows.

That's not really my point, though. Most folks who know me (or knew me when I lived in Lakewood) will tell you that I usually look at things from a connect-the-dots, systemic viewpoint. And in this case, I use the lack of basketball hoops in The Wood as an example of how many of the youngest of our neighbors have been disenfranchised and marginalized by a lack of attention and opportunity and love.

Sometimes it's good to view things from 35,000 feet above the ground rather than from two inches down our noses.

There is an update to the News Release issued this morning (9/15/15) regarding the Burglary and Auto Theft from Parkside.

Three persons were arrested, two adult males and a juvenile male.

They are identified as: McKinley MAC Barnes 20 yrs old of Cleveland, Harvey M. Bush 19 yrs old of Garfield Hts and a 17 yr old male from Cleveland.

The adults were charged in Lakewood Municipal Court with Burglary and are being held on a $50,000.00 bond. The juvenile is being transferred to the Juvenile Detention Center and will be charged through the Juvenile Court System.

There is not information at this time as to when the adult will appear in Court.

The investigation is continuing.


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