Since September 11, residents in the Nottingham and Timber Ridge Estates, as well as Lytle Road have been the victims to various forms of vandalism. Several homes were egged, some mail boxes were removed and strewn about and a political yard sign was deconstructed and left on the lawn.
Most of the incidents were reported on September 11, around midnight, September 17 and the evening of September 25. Residents on Lytle Road, Harrow Place, Greyfriars and Fawnhaven called in the reports.
Although there have not been a lot of formal reports filed regarding this mayhem, there have been quite a number of calls from affected residents to the North Royalton Police Department. Some residents have been able to capture the image of three young people carrying a tote, walking down Lytle Road during some of these incidents.
Although this type of crime may seem to be more of an irritation, North Royalton Police Chief Keith Tarase suggests that residents report these events. “People need to report these, even without filing a formal police report, so we are aware and can keep and eye out,” said Tarase. He noted that by knowing all the residences that were affected, it assists the police in finding and capturing the suspects. Tarase points out that some people feel they are bothering the police, but he noted that it is important to gather as much information as possible and to document. “We don’t have to respond, but we do need to get the information in order to conduct a more thorough investigation.
Ward 6 Councilman Mike Wos stated that he “would urge any resident that had any issues to please file a report with the department (or anytime you have a criminal matter happen) as this gives our department a paper trail and information to investigate and follow up on and allows for a thorough investigation. The closer to the time it happened the better and any observations, times, etc. you notice, this is all helpful info for our police. The importance of these reports cannot be understated.” He also noted that, “if anybody has a Ring camera or any camera footage from those evenings, please let me know. Often on a device such as a Ring overhead camera, the motion sensor may have been set off those evenings and you may have footage of it in the “History” setting. Check your History for any recordings around Sept. 11 and 12 and Sept. 25 and 26 between 11:30 and 3 a.m. The police would like to get any video if available. If you play a video in the history, there is an option to share a hyperlink to the video clip to anyone and you could use this to email it to me at ward6@northroyalton.org. I’m hoping someone may have caught something helpful for our police department.”
By GLORIA PLEVA KACIK
Contributing Writer