Crime & Safety
Unruly Customer Threatened Solon Gym Employees: Police Report
Officers had to remove the man from the gym and later turned him over to another police department on an outstanding warrant.
SOLON, OH — Police had to pull an unruly customer out of Planet Fitness on May 24. The man was threatening employees, yelling and being obnoxious, according to callers.
When officers arrived they spoke with an employee at the gym. The employee said that a 34-year-old Lorain man was the person causing the disturbance.
The man had reportedly been confronted by Planet Fitness employees after he started trying to train other patrons of the gym. After being confronted, the man got upset and started yelling making veiled threats toward employees.
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Police investigated and found the man had a warrant for his arrest for a traffic violation. The warrant was out of Macedonia, so police took the man into custody and turned him over to Macedonia Police.
The 34-year-old was issued a written warning for criminal trespassing at Planet Fitness and was told not to come back to the gym.
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