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🌱 Patch AM: How license-plate cameras led to a major arrest in Middleburg Heights

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What's up Middleburg Heights! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How license-plate cameras led to a major arrest in Middleburg Heights
  • How Middleburg Heights police handled an armed-and-dangerous suspect at a hotel
  • Middleburg Heights' Fat Head's scores big at America's top beer competition

Also on today's calendar: Western Reserve Herb Society's 79th Herb Fair and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do some birds fly south for the winter? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 78 and low of 65 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Breezy with a passing shower, temps: high: 85, low: 63.
  • Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with a shower, with a high of 70 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• South Carolina man wanted for sex crimes arrested at Middleburg Heights hotel (cleveland.com) — A man wanted in Lorain County for unlawful sexual contact with a minor was tracked to the Crowne Plaza Cleveland Airport on Engle Road in Middleburg Heights and arrested around midnight. Local police used license-plate cameras to locate his Jeep, coordinated with hotel staff, and safely took him into custody before turning him over to Lorain County deputies.
   

• Wanted man, considered armed & dangerous, and wanted pregnant woman found in Middleburg Heights hotel (cleveland.com) — Police in Middleburg Heights arrested a wanted Madison man considered armed and dangerous at the Comfort Inn on Rosbough Drive after a family member reported troubling behavior involving a car left on railroad tracks. A wanted, 31-weeks-pregnant Brooklyn woman in the same room was cited for drug paraphernalia and advised by Middleburg Heights officers to turn herself in to Parma authorities.
   

• Washington Breweries Win 17 Medals at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival (GABF) (newschoolbeer.com) — Middleburg Heights beer fans can toast Fat Head's Brewery, whose 8th Anniversary Lager earned a silver medal in the German-style Festbier category at the 2026 Great American Beer Festival. The national competition in Denver drew thousands of entries from nearly every state, with Washington breweries leading the way and several new beer and cider styles added to the judging lineup.
   

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    Monday October 12
  • Spinning →
    Berea, OH Calendar, 451 Front Street, Berea
    8:00 am
  • Picture Re Take Day
    Berea City School District, 390 Fair Street, Berea
    8:00 am
  • Morning Mass →
    St. Matthias Church, 1200 West Sprague Rd, Parma
    8:30 am
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    Berea, OH Calendar, 451 Front Street, Berea
    9:00 am
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    9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Brook Park

  • Resident loses $3,000 in computer/phone scam; drunk man with head wound taken to hospital: Brook Park police blotter (cleveland.com)
  • Woman arrested after punching worker, struggling with police, outside Brook Park nightclub (cleveland.com)

Berea

  • Delayed but dazzling fall color finally pops: Whit & Whimsey (cleveland.com)
  • Next Man Up: Browns CB Toriano Pride Jr. learns from his favorite player while enjoying art, R&B off the field (news5cleveland.com)
  • Isaias' storm track shifts east, rain wraps up sooner on Sunday (news5cleveland.com)

Parma Heights

  • Cleveland West Girls Volleyball Fall 2026 Varsity Hitting Percentage Stat Leaders (maxpreps.com)

Ok Middleburg Heights! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why do some birds fly south for the winter?" — Because it's too far to walk..! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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