Crime & Safety
Police Blotter: Driver's Joke Not So Funny After All; Free the Baby Geese
The following information was provided by the Strongsville police department

A woman who told a drive-through employee she needed coffee because she was stoned wasn't laughing when police pulled her over a few minutes later.
A worker at called police about 11 p.m. April 6 after a woman at the drive-through window ordered a coffee, said she was stoned and drove off.
When police stopped her car, she said she was just making a joke. But the two citations she got -- for driving without a license and having an expired license -- weren't funny at all.
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Free the Geese
A passerby complained that someone had arranged carts around some geese and their babies in the parking lot April 6, trapping the birds.
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Police found the geese were actually on an island, and someone had put carts and cones in the handicapped spot next to the island so no one parked too close.
The geese were all free to come and go as they pleased, a report said.
That'll Show 'Em
Two men who were refused more drinks at , 14952 Pearl Rd., April 6 retaliated by allegedly pulling the fire alarm as they left.
But one of them paid with a credit card, and witnesses got a look at their car, which police found in the parking lot of shortly before midnight.
Police questioned the two and arrested one for making false alarms.
Theft from Mall
An employee at reported that three men stole 47 items of clothing April 5.
A report said the three entered the store about 8:15 p.m. While the employee assisted one at the back of the store,the other two walked out with $329 worth of merchandise.
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