AKRON
Robbery at ATM
AKRON: Akron police were looking for a man they say robbed a woman at an ATM on North Hill.
A 38-year-old woman told officers she was robbed around 5 p.m. Thursday at a FirstMerit ATM at 727 N. Main St.
Authorities said the man walked between the woman’s car and the ATM and grabbed the money as it was coming out of the machine.
When the woman slapped the robber’s hand, he said: “I don’t want to hurt you, just give me the money.”
The robber ran off with $120.
He was described as a white male, 20 to 25 years old, around 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing around 180 pounds.
He wore a white T-shirt and gray sweat pants and had tattoos on his left arm down to the wrist.
Vacant house fire
AKRON: Akron firefighters extinguished a fire in a vacant home early Friday morning.
By the time fire crews arrived in the 800 block of East Avenue around 12:30 a.m., the first floor was engulfed in flames, authorities said.
No one was injured in the fire.
Suspect sought
AKRON: An Akron man was being sought in a Thursday afternoon shooting on Lovers Lane that left another man wounded.
A warrant for felonious assault was issued for Cleophus Thompson Jr., 23, of Merton Avenue.
The charge stems from the 5 p.m. Thursday shooting of a 24-year-old man near the intersection of Hammel Street and Corice Street.
Police said the man was shot in the right hand and left shoulder.
The victim drove to a store at Lovers Lane and Inman Street, where he called police.
The victim told investigators that he was shot after a quarrel. He was taken to Akron City Hospital for treatment of nonlife-threatening injuries, authorities said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Akron Police Department at 330-375-2490 or the U.S. Marshals Service at 1-866-4-WANTED or the Summit County Crimestoppers Inc. at 330-434-COPS. Callers can remain anonymous.
PORTAGE COUNTY
Two drug arrests
PARIS TWP.: Two people were arrested by members of the Portage County Drug Task Force on Thursday in Paris Township.
The arrests of Lisa B. Carneal, 35, and Richard C. Roberts, 59, were made in the 9000 block of Gilbert Road.
Carneal, who authorities said moved from Akron, was charged with soliciting, and possession of heroin.
Roberts was charged with promoting prostitution and permitting drug abuse.
Portage County Sheriff David W. Doak said Task Force members learned that Carneal was soliciting herself on www.backpage.com in the Ravenna, Newton Falls and Youngstown area and conducted a sting operation.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Photos of coyotes
AKRON: Biologists from Metro Parks, Serving Summit County, are seeking coyote photographs.
They are seeking images of coyotes in yards and neighborhoods as part of an online video about local coyotes that will be published on YouTube in the coming months.
Photos of coyotes can be emailed to marketing@summitmetroparks.org through May 1.
For more information, call 330-867-5511.
Park biologists have been studying coyotes in the park district for several years. An overview of the study is available at http://bitly.com/MPSSC-Coyotes.
Flowers blooming
RICHFIELD TWP.: Thousands of daffodils are expected to be at or near peak bloom this weekend through early next week, reports Metro Parks, Serving Summit County.
The daffodils are found on the H.S. Wagner Daffodil Trail at 3100 Brush Road in Furnace Run Metro Park.
The trail is named after the first director-secretary of the park district, Harold S. Wagner, who planted the first bulbs there in the late 1930s.
The parking lot is limited to about 10 cars, so visitors are encouraged to visit on weekdays before 4 p.m. when the trail is less crowded.
For more information, call 330-867-5511.