Amherst police blotters

Feb. 16, 2:30 a.m.: Officer Perez was on patrol and noticed two vehicles, a red Ford Contour and a silver Chevrolet HHR traveling westbound on Crown Hill Avenue.

The Chevy HHR was traveling in-front of the Ford Contour without headlights on.

Officer Perez waited for a couple of minutes, thinking these two were headed back to their residences and were about to turn in to a driveway any second.

The drivers turned into the driveway of Crown Hill Cemetery.

The driver of the Chevy HHR, Michelle Workman, 32, of Sheffield Lake, was found to be intoxicated.

Workman was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a lighted lights violation, open container and consumption of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Later, Workman's blood alcohol level was at .170 percent, a little more then double the state's .08 percent legal limit.

Feb. 21, 2:29 a.m.: Officer Devin Small performed a random registration check through LEADS on a black Ford Escort ZX3, as it traveled westbound on Park Avenue.

The owner, Christina Siegfried, 26, of Lorain, had a suspended driver's license for a failure to reinstate suspension.

The driver of the vehicle matched the BMV's description of the vehicle owner. Officer small then initiated a traffic stop.

Siegfried was charged with OVI. Her blood-alcohol level was over the states legal limit of .08 percent.

She was released to her boyfriend after posting a $2,500 cash bond.

Feb. 24, 1:28 a.m.: Officer Devin Small observed a silver Pontiac Bonneville traveling eastbound on Cleveland Avenue weaving from side to side and striking a curb three times as it traveled down the street.

Officer Small then initiated a traffic stop on Woodhill Drive.

The driver, Dale Baker, 23, of North Ridgeville, was arrested and charged with OVI, drug paraphernalia and weaving the course.

Baker was released to his father, after signing a $3,400 personal recognizance bond.

Feb. 29, 2:34 a.m.: While on patrol, Officer Perez noticed a silver Mazda MPV traveling westbound on North Ridge Road.

He noticed the van weave over the white edge line and then over the double yellow center line several times.

Officer Perez then initiated a traffic stop. The driver, Jennifer McHugh, 31, of Elyria, exhibited signs of being intoxicated.

She was arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, a blood-alcohol more then double the legal .08 percent limit, weaving and driving in marked lanes.

March 1, 2:30 a.m.: While Officer Perez was on patrol on South Main Street, he noticed a driver of a white Pontiac Grand-Am negotiate an extremely wide right turn, causing the vehicle to travel in to the opposite lane of travel on Cleveland Avenue.

The driver, Adrianna Hickman, 20, of Lorain, continued to travel on the wrong side of the road for about 50 feet before swerving over.

Officer Perez then initiated a traffic stop on Forest Street, just south of Cleveland Avenue.

Hickman exhibited signs of being intoxicated. She was later arrested and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, weaving the course and underage consumption.

March 2, 1:40 a.m.: Officer Michael Rosebeck performed a traffic stop on a red Mercury Tracer. Inside was the driver, Lindsey Camp, 18, of Lorain, a 15-year-old female from Lorain and Aaron Howard, 20, of Amherst.

The odor of an intoxicating beverage and burnt marijuana was detected by Rosebeck coming from the vehicle.

Camp consented to a vehicle search resulting in Rosebeck finding trace amounts of marijuana, several cold tablets and open containers of alcohol.

Camp was put through a series of field sobriety tests, eventually resulting in her arrest for driving under the influence, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, drug abuse, marijuana, open container, as well as turn signal and seat belt violations.

Howard was found to be in possession of marijuana and also had an active bench warrant out of the North Olmsted Police Department.

Howard was eventually arrested and charged with drug abuse and marijuana possession.

He was released to the North Olmsted Police Department on that active warrant.

The 15-year-old female was also charged with prohibitions and curfew. She was later released to her father at the Amherst Police Department.