🌱 Patch AM: How a 120 mph chase spilled onto the Fairlawn I-77 exit

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• How a 120 mph chase spilled onto the Fairlawn I-77 exit

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📰 News we're reading

• Ex-boyfriend suspected of driving 120 mph to elude police: Broadview Heights Police Blotter (cleveland.com) — A Broadview Heights police chase reached 120 mph on I-77 south before the driver briefly exited at the Fairlawn ramp, cutting recklessly across all four lanes. Officers later identified the suspected driver, who already had warrants and a suspended license, and charged him with speeding and driving under suspension, while also investigating a separate gas-pump skimming scam.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

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• Akron officer assaulted while responding to burglary at vacant building (news5cleveland.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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