When Lt. James Bryant determined a serial thief was wreaking havoc, stopping him became a top priority, even if the crimes were low-level felonies. “I want people and businesses to come to Slavic Village and stay,” Bryant said.
portrayed it as the face of pandemic-era lawlessness and desperation. In Slavic Village’s two zip codes, 56 percent and 52 percent of children live in poverty, according to census data.
But when Lt. James Bryant, who headed the 4th District’s Detective Bureau, determined earlier this year that a serial thief was wreaking havoc in Slavic Village, stopping him became a top priority, even if the crimes were low-level felonies. “It’s just a pain in the [rear] because I get woken up in the middle of the night,” said manager Michael Rawlins, whose store windows are now protected by bars.
“If the average Westlake family had to go through what the average family in Slavic Village does in a given week, they wouldn’t make it to Friday,” said Pike. Owned by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland, the school has occupied the same building for 115 years, sharing its campus with the Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, a red-brick, Gothic Revival edifice built in 1891 and still offering Polish Mass. Cleveland Central Catholic High School also sits on the land.
“[T]he suspect male grabs different items from different rooms and knows the lay out,” a responding officer’s report stated. When Martin arrived the following morning, she noticed the thief had taken a shop vacuum, which deposited a water trail during his escape. Before long, Martin, a co-principal, a detective, a patrol officer and a neighbor had their noses to the pavement, following the trail across four blocks, until it ran dry.By now, Bryant had assigned 10 of his 23 detectives to the case. For some, the situation was personal. Several were from the neighborhood, one attended St.
By July, police still lacked what they needed to conjoin the crimes and win at trial, but they were pressured to act fast: Saint Stanislaus was being hit almost every week.
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