Crime & Safety
Robbers Captured in Foot Chase
Shaker Heights Police arrested two after witnesses said they robbed and beat a Shaker Heights teen.
The Shaker Heights Police Department supplied the following information. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Witnesses helped capture two robbery suspects who police say beat up and robbed a 15-year-old boy in Shaker Heights last week.
The teen was walking near Lee Road and Aldersyde Drive when he was approached by two males just before 3 p.m. Nov. 21, according to police.
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The two took the teen’s cell phone and then started hitting him, police report. Witnesses nearby called police, who chased down the two suspects in a backyard on Stockholm Road.
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They arrested a 20-year-old man and a 15-year-old male, both from Cleveland, and charged them with robbery.
The teen was taken to the hospital with a broken nose.
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