Maple Heights -- Police used pepper spray to break up a crowd of about 100 juveniles that had gathered near the intersection of Mapleboro Avenue and Beechwood Avenue March 13 at around 3:15 p.m. No one was arrested.
According to police, the crowd may have gathered because of a fight. It grew to 50, then 100, as an officer ordered the crowd to leave. However, according to the report, the officer did not witness a fight.
As the crowd continued to grow, the officer fired pepper spray over the heads of the crowd to disperse it, a report stated. The crowd broke up without further incident, and there were no injuries reported, police said.
Criminal mischief
March 13. Vandalous van Goghs: A James Street resident told police that a group of juveniles were "spilling paint onto the road" shortly after 3:30 p.m. They were gone when police arrived. However, police said the paint, which was not identified by type, seemed to have been poured onto the road.
Police reported no one was sent to clean it up because they expected the paint to wash off in the rain.
Traffic hazard
March 13. Snowball hits car: A man told police his car was scratched by a snowball thrown by an unknown number of juveniles on Maple Heights Boulevard around 3:15 p.m. The snowballers were gone when police arrived. The man did not list a damage total.
Fraud
March 13. Credit card charges disputed: A Janice Drive woman told police that someone ran up $6,000 in charges on her credit card. The woman told police she received a statement from her bank with the charges listed on it.
When she checked for her credit card, she said it was gone from her purse. The woman said she did not know when the card was taken.
The woman said bank officials advised her to file a police report before they would investigate.
Disturbance
March 13. Shots heard, nothing found: A Camden Road man told police he heard six gunshots shortly after 9 p.m. Police found no evidence of shots fired, nor were there any other witnesses.
Editor's note: Police News is a sampling of incidents responded to by local law enforcement agencies.
It is not intended to be all-inclusive.