Boy found walking in Mayfield Heights from Beachwood to Euclid

Mayfield Heights officers located a boy, 14, walking near Lander Elementary School Oct. 21 and learned that he was walking to Euclid. He explained that his mother had left him in Beachwood after they got kicked out of a hotel in which they had been staying.

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MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Officers located a boy, 14, walking near Lander Elementary School Oct. 21 and learned that he was walking to Euclid. He explained that his mother had left him in Beachwood after they got kicked out of a hotel in which they had been staying.

Officers contacted the mother, who yelled and told them to keep the boy because he had got them thrown out of the hotel for damaging their room. The boy ended up waiting at the police station for five hours while officers tried to find a family member to come for him. RECOMMENDED • cleveland .



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The mother, 34, continued to refuse to pick him up during that time, so charges for endangering children were filed. A check of her criminal record showed a 2023 charge for child endangerment through Cleveland Heights police. Read more news from the Sun Messenger .

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