Suspicious male seen near automotive shops in Eastlake, Eastlake OH

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/16/2025 07:09 PM

Near E 361st St, Eastlake, OH 44095

A suspicious man was seen on security cameras looking at a car near Diamond Finish and then walking to General Automotive. Police checked the area but did not find the man. Additional unrelated information about an alarm at a church and burglary alarm was noted.

Audio|Source: Lake County Police & Fire

02:34

Transcript:

00:00

For a suspicious male at Diamond Finish, near East 361, callers or worker there indicated the camera went off and could see a male looking at his car on the camera, could not provide a description and then stated that the male walked across the street to General Automotive.

00:18

He's going to try and look up the camera footage now.

00:27

Copy.

00:28

Three copies for nine, two.

00:36

I got an alarm drop at Starbucks, 7639, cryo.

00:43

It's a burglary backdoor, no contact.

00:50

When you still working on that report? Okay, for them on post right now.

00:54

Copy, boy, you can, too, you can handle.

00:56

All right, copy.

00:57

I'm just right.

00:58

Five base.

01:00

Myself in three hours, 62.

01:03

Corruption, 26.

01:05

All right.

01:10

Central to 781, checkup.

01:16

I'm good.

01:18

Copy. 119 checkup.

01:20

All right.

01:25

Go ahead. He's been dropped off, I'll be sent to.

01:32

All right,

01:36

both units are going to be clear.

01:38

6-2 is going to hang out in the area for a little bit.

01:42

They're separating and they're going to bed.

01:49

10-4. 1-12 Central.

01:51

Go ahead.

01:55

Out of service, having me nice.

01:57

Copy, you too.

02:03

First wanted to Chapel, United Methodist Church, 2019 hovered for a brick alarm showing perimeter motion, no contact with the key holder.

02:20

(name withheld).

02:22

We spoke with him.

02:23

He just saw it on the recording.

02:25

But he came out, the guy was gone.

02:27

We tracked the area across the street and the nearby businesses.

02:31

Can't see him.

02:32

I'm going to drive down Curtis real quick, see if I see him.

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Near E 361st St, Eastlake, OH 44095

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