Road reflector crashes through windshield

AVON - The police and fire departments responded to a traffic incident on Interstate 90 on Saturday afternoon in which a road reflector flew through the windshield of a minivan.

Avon Fire Capt. Tim Barrett said a man was driving his Dodge minivan east on I-90 near the 150 mile marker near All Pro Freight Stadium when something crashed through his windshield and hit him in the shoulder.

“I don’t know if a car or a semi or something kicked it up, but it flew right through this man’s windshield,” Barrett said.

The metal-mounted reflectors are about 6 inches by 8 inches and weigh around 6 pounds, Barrett said.

The man’s wife and three kids were also in the van with him.

“That’s amazing,” Barrett said. “The guy’s lucky that it didn’t hit him in the face or the teeth because who knows what would have happened.”

The man pulled over to the side of the road and called for help.

“He seemed kind of bewildered,” Barrett said, adding the man didn’t require medical attention.

Police: Knife-wielding man threatens siblings

ELYRIA - Police arrested a 31-year-old Elyria man early Saturday morning for pulling a knife on two people outside a downtown bar.

Charles Martin was charged with assault and aggravated menacing after he followed a brother and sister out of Ely’s Bar at East Avenue and Depot Street while “acting very erratic,” punched the sister in the face and pulled a knife when her brother intervened, according to a police report.

Martin swung the knife at both people, then threw it to the ground and fled when police arrived in the area but was quickly caught and arrested.

Martin “was talking about ‘God’ and ’sin’ ” and “screamed, yelled and banged his head on the cage area twice” as he was taken to jail, police said.

Police: Drug dispute ends in gun threats

ELYRIA - A 19-year-old Elyria man was arrested after threatening to shoot people during an argument over drugs and money, police said.

Christopher Shannon was charged with aggravated menacing after an argument with a

35-year-old Elyria man over payment for crack cocaine got out of hand around 11 a.m. Friday at the intersection of East Avenue and Seventh Street, according to a police report.

The victim told police Shannon accepted use of the victim’s vehicle for two days as payment for crack cocaine, but a fight broke out “over money, drugs and the vehicle,” police said.

The victim’s brother and mother came out of their house to break up the fight when Shannon allegedly threatened to shoot them all and their house while holding the black handle of something in his pocket, according to the report.

Police found a silver hammer with a black handle in Shannon’s pocket when he was arrested. He was taken to the county jail, where he’s awaiting arraignment.

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