Crimes at event largely minor

The Canfield Fair police force consists of professional police officers.
& lt;a href=mailto:kubik@vindy.com & gt;By MARALINE KUBIK & lt;/a & gt;
VINDICATOR STAFF WRITER
CANFIELD -- Policing the Canfield Fair was a busy job for dozens of officers, even though most of their efforts were directed at handling minor offenses, according to the police chief.
The most significant offense was the theft of several large-ticket items from two exhibitors, a crime that fair police solved within a few days, said Billy Arnaut, chief of the Canfield Fair police. "Other than that, we had a couple assaults, some disorderly conducts, some fender-benders."
Assault, disorderly conduct
A paramedic working for Rural Metro Ambulance was assaulted by the boyfriend of a patient, police said. According to the report, Derrick J. Traylor, 18, of Ron Lane, Youngstown, pushed the paramedic away from the girl, who was apparently suffering an asthma attack, and repeatedly threatened to kill the paramedic if he didn't leave the girl alone. Two others restrained Traylor until police arrived, the report says. Traylor was charged with assault, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
A Youngstown State University associate professor, Raymond E. Beiersdorfer, 45, of Bradley Lane, Youngstown, also was charged with disorderly conduct after he was accused of dropping his pants, revealing thong underwear and bare buttocks, in a Junior Fair barn.
An employee of Bates Brothers Amusements, Lee A. Cupp, 21, of Jackson, Ohio, was charged with possession of a controlled substance after police found a small bag of marijuana on the ground and Cupp told them it belonged to him, the report states. Cupp and several other young people were gathered outside one of Bates' bunk trailers in the wee hours of the morning; police found the marijuana then while routinely patrolling the grounds.
Police also confiscated a counterfeit $5 bill from one of the concession stands and escorted a handful of intoxicated fairgoers from the grounds.
Missing or stolen
One fairgoer reported a full bottle of OxyContin, $150 cash, a CD player, a portable air pump and a jack missing from a car. The vehicle's steering column had also been damaged, the report says, as if someone had been trying to start it without a key.
Property reports included a missing wheelchair that the owner had accidentally left in a parking lot and a baby stroller that was destroyed when it fell off a shuttle wagon and was run over.
The most significant event was the arrest of Jason Graham, 24, of 627 Joan Ave., Girard.
Graham was charged with receiving stolen property after police found thousands of dollars worth of merchandise stolen from fair exhibitors hidden in a shed at the home where he was staying.
Police allege that Graham, who works for his father's tent rental company, Tri-Son Tent Rental in Brookfield, loaded about $20,000 worth of hot tubs, stainless steel gas grills, mosquito magnets and a chimenea (a type of outdoor fireplace) into the back of the company truck during setup days before the fair after he delivered tents to vendors.
The items were taken from Wheeler's Fireplace & amp; Grill in Niles, which has had a display at the fair since 1995, and The Rhiel Supply Co.
All of the items were recovered, the majority from the Girard home where Jason Graham was residing and the rest from a home in Hubbard Township.
Tuesday, Graham's father, Andrew G. Graham, was caught with two 90-gallon trash bins belonging to BFI in the back of his company box truck, according to a Canfield Fair police report.
Andrew Graham, 54, of Shadowood Lane, Warren, was not charged after he agreed to return the BFI bins, which the report states were loaded with tent framework.
The Canfield Fair police force is made up of professional police officers from throughout Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including several plainclothes officers.