Crime & Safety
3 Departments Help Subdue Man Lighting Things on Fire: Police Blotter
The following information was provided by the Fairlawn and Bath police departments
Bath, Copley and Fairlawn police all helped apprehend a man in a domestic violence incident that started in his Fairlawn apartment early Sept. 2.
The man's girlfriend reported about 1 a.m. that the man had become violent, throwing things and setting items on fire inside the apartment.
He left before police arrived, but a Copley officer spotted him at Shell True North on Medina Road, a report said.
A Bath officer arrived and saw that the man was resisting and the Copley officer was having trouble subduing him.
A Fairlawn report said the man, who was believed to have taken bath salts, was unable to comprehend verbal commands.
Together, the Bath and Copley officers were able to put two pairs of handcuffs on the suspect and hand him over to Fairlawn police.
He was found to have marijuana in his pocket, a report said.
He was taken to the hospital to be checked out before he was processed at the police station.
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