Two men meet, hook up & fight each other in Brook Park apartment

By Bob Sandrick, special to cleveland.comBROOK PARK, Ohio – A Brook Park man and a Duncan, Oklahoma man fought each other Aug. 20 in an apartment at Holland Garden Apartments on Starlite Drive.Police were called to Holland Garden at about 2:30 a.m. regarding two men screaming on a 911 call. When police arrived, they saw two disgruntled men walking out of the apartment building.Both men were the ones who had been fighting. One, 28, lived in the Holland Garden apartment. The other was the Oklahoma man, 38.The men had met each other on Grinder, a dating website. The younger man had invited the older man to his apartment a few days earlier. The older man had been staying with the younger man.However, the two men started arguing early Aug. 20 in the apartment. The argument led to a physical fight. The younger man complained of pain in his ribcage as a result of the fight. The older man’s face and neck were scratched. Both men declined medical attention.Neither man wanted to press charges against the other but the younger man wanted the older man out of his apartment. Police gave the older man a ride to a nearby rapid station.I cover City Halls and school boards in Brecksville, Broadview Heights, North Royalton and Strongsville, specializing in watchdog journalism. As a staff reporter for cleveland.com and Sun News, and now as a...