This is a sampling of Cuyahoga Falls police reports made available November 4 and is not meant to be a comprehensive list of all events occurring in the city. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty.
10-23 A Tallmadge woman reported seeing a white Ford truck swerving all over the highway. She reported that the vehicle got off the highway and parked in the Acme parking lot on Bailey Road and Front Street. Police identified the driver who stated he would perform field sobriety tests. The driver was arrested for OVI booked and released back home. The woman completed a witness statement.
10-24 A business owner requested CFPD after witnessing a suspect he knew inside of his business on camera. The suspect had been trespassed from the business on October 8, 2026. The suspect was found to have an active warrant through CFPD that was confirmed. Prior to officers locating the suspect, the owner of a nearby business called CFPD stating that a male matching the suspect’s description had just damaged an American flag on the front of his business. Officers located the suspect in front of a car dealer where he was observed urinating on the sidewalk. Both business owners stated they wanted to sign charges. The suspect was arrested for criminal trespassing, criminal damaging, disorderly conduct while intoxicated and transported to CFPD for booking. The suspect was then transported to Detox.
10-26 A landscaper stated a panhandler was yelling and raising his cane at him while trying to mow on the exit ramp to Howe Avenue. The landscaper stated he told the known male to move while he was on the zero turn, and the male raised his cane and yelled at him. He stated he was not scared but didn’t know if the known male was going to throw the cane at him. The panhandler stated he was trying to get up and did raise his cane because the landscaper was driving at him with the mower. The panhandler was warned for disorderly conduct and left at the scene.
10-26 Police initiated a traffic stop on a 2015 Hyundai due to an equipment violation. Officers spoke with the driver and three passengers. Officers located an open container of alcohol at the feet of one of the passengers, who is only 19 years old. A further search of the vehicle located a backpack and purse full of unopened alcoholic beverages along with multiple other open containers throughout the vehicle and a broken glass pipe with burnt residue on the driver’s side.
All occupants confessed to stealing the alcohol from a Main Street convenience store prior to the traffic stop. While in the backseat of a cruiser, the driver and one of the passengers pulled their pants down and urinated on the floorboard. All occupants were arrested and given summons.
10-27 Police made a traffic stop on Route 8. A probable cause search was conducted after officers observed drug paraphernalia in plain view inside the car. The officer located a plastic baggie with a crystal substance inside on the passenger seat, a bottle with an unknown liquid behind the driver seat, and six glass smoking pipes with drug residue found on the driver’s and passenger’s floorboard. The crystal substance and unknown liquid are being sent to BCI for further testing. Charges are pending those BCI results. The driver was released from the scene with a traffic citation.
10-27 Police were called to a home improvement store on Howe Avenue where an employee reports that while working as a loss prevention specialist for the store, a male placed items into a cabinet, approached the check out and purchased the cabinet but continued beyond the point of sale without purchase or consent regarding the items he placed within. The male was located and identified, warned for trespass and issued a summons for theft.
10-28 An unknown male left a grocery store in the 2600 block of State Road with eight cases of Bud Light. The total value of the stolen items is $199.92. The male was observed by surveillance footage, bypassing the point of sale and leaving the building without paying. Loss prevention advised that they wish to prosecute. There are leads.
10-29 Officers responded to the 100 block of Portage Trail for a shooting. Upon arrival, contact was made with the male subject who was found to have a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his left hand, due to an accidental discharge of a firearm while testing the safety. The male sustained significant injury to his hand and was transported by CFFD to Akron General Hospital. The incident was referred to the prosecutor’s office.
10-31 An employee at a pizza shop in the 2800 block of State Road reported that an unknown person or persons took his gray and white ASKGO G26 e-bike from behind the restaurant without permission. The e-bike was valued at $500. There are no leads or suspects at this time. The employee does wish to prosecute for theft.
11-1 Officers responded to Linwood Avenue for a 2006 Pontiac reported to the city’s housing department for being in violation of ORD 351.18B. Officers were unable to make contact with the owner at the residence. A warning card was left at the residence. A follow up will be conducted November 8, 2026.
11-2 A membership club in the 1100 block of Buchholzer Boulevard reports an unknown female stole two 50″ Samsung TV’s, valued at $500, by loading the TVs into a shopping cart and leaving the store without paying. Store management stated the female loaded the TVs and left in a white sedan which appeared to be a Buick Regal. There are leads. Prosecution is desired.
11-2 Officers responded to a call for an intoxicated male and female, stumbling in the parking lot of Chick-Fil-A and Wendys on Howe Avenue, knocking on car windows, panhandling and drinking an alcoholic “Four-Loko.” Both suspects were highly intoxicated. They were transported to Akron City Hospital and each released with a citation.
