Suspicious suv with female in trunk seen on Mentor Ave, Mentor OH

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Reported: 08/30/2025 10:55 AM (PDT)

Mentor Ave, Mentor, OH

A suspicious suv was reported on Mentor Avenue with about six people inside and a female in the trunk who kept sitting up and lying down.

Audio|Source: Lake County Police & Fire

03:13

Transcript:

00:00

Go ahead. Can you check on a run Lexus that's in the area of Starbucks on the Avenue? I'm going to have a Danville Auto Sales Plate cover on, and there's about six people in the vehicle.

00:11

Callers saying there's one female that's in the trunk.

00:14

They keep sitting up and then going back down, and they're eastbound on Minter Avenue from Starbucks.

00:18

You can leave.

00:19

I'm giving the tag of Henry Lincoln, Frank, 1364.

00:23

That does come back to Redlaxis, but I'll leak to you.

00:26

Lakeville, Ohio.

00:27

Go ahead. Debbie.

00:28

Coming up to fairgrounds and the collars behind it, and Grace Honda, Honda Civic.

00:32

I'm 82. Go ahead.

00:34

I tried searching for that number in priors.

00:36

It came up as a deactivated cell phone through our 9-1-1 system to shut up on to wrap it with an actual number.

00:42

There are no priors.

00:43

I copy. I'll be pulling on.

00:45

Copy. It looks like it's going to be the south side of that building.

00:48

on the six out of the six out of the south side of that building and back corn.

00:57

Go ahead.

00:58

Also, Cameron.

00:59

Copy. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Go ahead.

01:01

Linda GazeWatt, Green Kia, George, Town Frank, 7289, G.T.F.

01:05

7289. Tommy Gaysla.

01:07

The caller does.

01:14

It should be an SUV, yes.

01:15

Okay.

01:16

None are I have just not. With the registration.

01:18

7.4? Where are they at? Super on the line, yeah.

01:21

I'll take it, right.

01:22

Okay. Mano 477. Forty-four in journal.

01:24

Disregard. Okay.

01:26

Morse over the yonder.

01:27

Time for.

01:28

Stop, Nick, because a suspicious vehicle complained with a female in the trunk that keeps sitting up and going back down.

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