Two Youngstown women arrested in Boardman

BOARDMAN — Two Youngstown women were housed at the Mahoning County jail, accused of numerous offenses including assault on a police officer.

Police were called to Wal-Mart on Doral Drive about 3:30 p.m. Friday on a theft report.

Store security told police that a woman stole more than $600 worth of various merchandise.

The woman, later identified as Jaismin Morris, 19, of North Portland Avenue, Youngstown, initially gave police a different name that returned to a juvenile.

She was arrested and told to call her mother to come get her.

Stefanie Young, 29, Lanterman Road, Youngstown, arrived at the store and told police she was Morris’s mother. When asked to sign a juvenile release form, Young told police that she didn’t have her driver’s license with her but offered a Social Security number and birth date. That information didn't check out.

Young then admitted she had lied about being Morris’s mother. Young, who is Morris’s aunt, was arrested and taken to a police cruiser. An officer tried to search Young and she resisted and when dispatchers found Young’s actual identifying information, they found a warrant for failure to appear on a criminal damaging from Youngstown.

Young, who was handcuffed, then tried to pull away and kicked backwards, striking an officer in the knee.

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