Crime & Safety

Car Window Smashed, Wallet Stolen In Solon

Police said someone broke a woman's car window to get at her wallet.

SOLON, OH — Someone smashed a window on a woman's car and stole her wallet while her car was parked in Solon. The woman's checkbook, license, cash and a Pennsylvania CDL document were all stolen.

Police said the car belonged to a 62-year-old woman. She had parked her car on Shelford Drive.

Someone broke into 2018 Subaru Forester car between 5 p.m. on June 8 and 3:10 p.m. on June 9, police said. The thief grabbed the woman's wallet out of the car. The wallet contained the license, checkbook, cash and Pennsylvania CDL document.

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If it turns out the Forester was targeted on June 8, it would be the third major crime that happened that day in Solon. Two homes on Liberty Road were burgled last Friday. Both burglaries appear to have taken place within about an hour of each other, police records indicate.

The distance between Shelford Drive and Liberty Road is about three minutes, according to Google Maps.

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