After allegedly threatening to kidnap a resident and showing a gun in the apartment complex laundry room, two men were arrested by police and charged.
On April 10 at 9:14 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 35000 block of Euclid Avenue for a report of a white man wearing a long sleeve green shirt, later identified as Kevin Hames, who made statements to the caller in the laundry room threatening that he would kidnap her.
When police arrived, they spoke with Destinee Shearer. Shearer said she was walking from her apartment and a man was standing in his doorway across from the laundry room, asking her who was making all the noise. Shearer ignored him and went into the laundry room. When she left she could hear him say "I don't care what color you are I will take you." Shearer also told police the man said he would "take whoever no matter the color" and made a comment about watching her do her laundry through the peep hole in his door.
Sgt. Pitts arrived and Shearer pointed out the suspect's apartment. Police said they walked over and knocked on the door several times, but no one answered. They could hear someone in the apartment moving around and a few moments later they heard a clicking noise, followed by someone whispering a profane phrase. The man was instructed to open the door several more times but he did not comply.
Just before 10 p.m., dispatch received a call that a white man with a beard and dark short hair who was wearing a green shirt came out to the laundry room with a gun in his hand, and threatened to put a hole in everyone's heads.
Shearer told police she called her family to help her collect the rest of her laundry. Shearer's sister, Sharae Shearer, and her sister's boyfriend, Thomas Jaite, went with her to the laundry room. Hames came out of his apartment and called her a snitch. Sharae Shearer left and Shearer's mother and stepfather, Rae Ann and Marcus Collins, along with Shearer's son's father, Alejandro Torres, heard the noise and came out of the apartment.
Police said a verbal argument started between them which resulted in Hames showing a semi-automatic handgun, pulling the slide back in front of Shearer and her family, stating "he'd put a hole in all of them."
Sgt. Pitts and other officers set up on both ends of the second floor hallway. Dispatch contacted Cedarwood Apartment management and they confirmed Kevin Hames was the resident who lived in the apartment. Officers spoke with Hames on the phone and he said he was currently working out in Chardon. Hames' Facebook profile was located and Shearer was able to identify him.
Police reported that around 10:16 p.m., they heard two men arguing in the apartment. Right before 11 p.m., dispatch called Hames and left him a voicemail to call back or speak with the officers at the scene. Maintenance was also on their way with a key for the apartment.
Police yelled for Hames to come out of the apartment several times and no one responded. Hames was instructed that he needed to come out or at least make contact with police, and they weren't leaving until he did. An officer spoke with Hames again and told him to come out and talk to police.
Afterwards, police said Willoughby fire began staging at a Chick-Fil-A. Officers arrived to setup outside of the apartment to watch Hames' windows in case he attempted to escape. The Emergency Response Team was paged as well.
Around 11:30 p.m., a man, later identified as Trevor Stohr, exited the apartment, put his hands up, and was told to lay down on the ground. Hames came out behind him and was also told to lay on the ground. Both men were placed in handcuffs and searched. Nothing was recovered.
Officers entered Hames' apartment. Hames advised that his weapon was in his closet sitting on top of his suitcase. A Regent 1911 A1 .45 caliber semi-automatic with a loaded magazine containing six rounds was recovered. A Reuger Blackhawk Elite air rifle, a box of Winchester .45 rounds, and a box of Federal .45 rounds were also recovered.
Both men admitted to being intoxicated and under the influence, police reported. Marijuana paraphernalia was recovered in the apartment sitting in plain view.
Police said both men were taken to Willoughby jail.
At the police station, Stohr was interviewed and a cell phone video was recovered from his phone. Another officer interviewed Hames. Hames said that he was at work from 3:00 p.m. to midnight, even though he was already placed under arrest by midnight.
He told police he was not at home and heard seven of his neighbors were knocking on his door. Hames said an incident between him and his neighbors never occurred and was confused as to why he had been receiving phone calls from police. He said once he received the message to contact the department, he went home and placed the call.
After an officer asked Hames if there were four officers, two in each hallway, how did he get into the building and upstairs without passing them, the interview was cut short due to Hames' lack of cooperation.
Hames was booked and charged with three counts of aggravated menacing and using weapons while intoxicated, police reported.
Stohr was booked and charged with obstruction of justice, according to police.
