MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS, Ohio – A Columbus man, 26 at the time, was arrested Aug. 3 outside Red Roof Inn, 17555 Bagley, after police learned he was wanted for strangulation.
A woman, later identified as a 21-year-old Columbus woman, called police at about 10 p.m. She said a hitchhiker she had picked up in Columbus had stolen her Jeep.
The woman was calling from Red Roof Inn. When police arrived, they spotted the Jeep in the parking lot. Near the Jeep was a man the woman had described as the hitchhiker…