Brecksville Police Blotter: A False Identity and Reports of Fraud

Marijuana possession:

A car was stopped after driving past a “road closed” sign on Riverview and Vaughn roads on March 12. The driver turned around after speaking to a park employee, but the officer pulled the car over. Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer smelled marijuana and after a few inquiries, Travis J. Koteles, 18, of Brecksville, admitted that there was marijuana in the car. The officer also found a couple of pipes for smoking and something for grinding the drug. Koteles was charged with the possession of drugs and paraphernalia. 

Fraud report:

A Brecksville man reported to the police on March 11 that he was not able to cash a check for $800 that he received for selling a stamp collection. The man reported that he was unable to get in touch with the person who wrote the check. He received a money order for part of the bill, but had not been able to reach the individual again for the remaining balance. Police left a message for the individual, advising him or her that a fraud report had been filed.

Driving without a license:

Police pulled over a car on March 10 on interstate 77 with expired license plates. The driver, Bobby L. Crumbley, 67, of Parma, also had an expired driver’s license, and police found drug paraphernalia in the vehicle. The car was towed and the driver was charged for driving with expired plates and an expired license and for possession of drug paraphernalia.

False identity:

A man tried to pass himself off as someone else when the police pulled him over for driving across the lanes on interstate 77 on March 8. Anthony P. Twitty, 39, of Cleveland, tried to tell the officer that he was Gregory Twitty of North Carolina. After searching for the identification, the officer learned that not only was there a significant height difference in the two men’s physical descriptions, but that Gregory Twitty was deceased. Twitty admitted his true identity, and officers charged him for driving across the lanes, for not having a valid driver’s license, for falsification and for marijuana possession, which had been discovered during a search of the car.

Compiled from police reports.