A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman:

A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman:

July 2

Criminal damaging: A worker with a doctor’s office in the 1000 block of Boardman-Canfield Road found damage to two outer window panes and a satellite wire.

Menacing: A Southern Boulevard man reported being threatened during an argument about the remainder of a payment he was to have made for a boat.

Damage: A man in the 100 block of Rockland Drive saw that a portion of his vinyl siding had been struck by a firework.

Theft: A school official reported the theft of a $1,575 saxophone from Boardman High School, 7777 Glenwood Ave.

Theft: A man’s wallet was stolen as he shopped at a Boardman-Canfield Road store.

Fraud: An elderly Boardman woman’s nephew told police she needed home repairs but lost about $16,000 for work that was never completed.

Arrest: A 28-year-old Melrose Avenue man was taken into custody at his home on a warrant from Bazetta Township charging him with theft.

Assault: A Carter Circle woman had redness to the neck after reporting she had been pushed against a wall and choked.

Auto theft: An employee with The Honda Store, 448 Boardman-Canfield Road, told police someone took a 2005 Honda Accord for a test drive but failed to return the car.

Assault: A Youngstown woman alleged her boyfriend pulled her hair and punched her repeatedly in the face and head as she drove to his Indianola Road residence. She sought medical treatment.

Counterfeit: A worker with a Shell True North gas station, 998 E. Western Reserve Road, used a detector pen that revealed two phony $20 bills.

Bad check: A worker for Hobby Lobby Creative Center, 472 Boardman-Canfield Road, accepted a $199.53 check later determined to be bad.

Theft: A Boardman woman, 55, faced a felony charge after an undisclosed amount of money was missing from the J.C. Penney store in the Southern Park Mall.

Robbery: A police canine was brought in after a Boardman woman reported her purse was forcibly stolen from her at a Boardman-Canfield Road business. A Youngstown man, 25, faced charges of robbery, tampering with evidence and receiving stolen property; a 25-year-old Boardman man was charged with complicity to robbery, tampering with evidence, receiving stolen property, theft and obstructing official business.

July 3

Criminal damaging: A door was damaged at a Windsor Road residence.

Theft: A woman took an unknown amount of merchandise from Family Dollar, 4028 Market St.

Theft: A worker with Once Upon a Child, 7334 Market St., discovered receipts had been created to make it appear money was being paid.

Theft: An employee for Paul’s Tire Smoke Shop, 4852 Southern Blvd., reported four tires and rims were among items stolen.

Theft: A Rockland Avenue man reported a $550 firearm missing from his home.

Theft/criminal damaging: A Boardman man reported an MP3 player, wallet and driver’s license stolen, and that his mother’s vehicle was damaged after having been broken into.

Felonious assault: A Stuart Avenue man alleged his wife struck him in the mouth with a hammer, burned him with a curling iron and threw a pot of boiling water on him as part of an ongoing pattern of abuse. A relative of the victim discovered burns, scabs and cuts on the man, the report showed.

July 4

Citation: Officers cited a 40-year-old Youngstown man on a disorderly-conduct charge after responding to a report of an intoxicated person near Schenley Avenue. The man walked in the road, causing a danger to himself, the report said.

Theft: A 32-year-old woman was picked up on Thalia Drive on a warrant charging her with failure to appear in court on a theft count.

Robbery: A South Avenue man told police two men punched him in the head before stealing $200 from him. The victim suffered a cut lip and had a missing tooth.

Criminal damaging: A Parkland Drive woman reported damage to her vehicle’s windshield and passenger-side body panels.

Theft: A man reported $60 stolen while at a Doral Drive business.

July 5

Theft: A New Castle, Pa., woman’s purse was stolen at a Tiffany Boulevard restaurant.

Drugs: A 48-year-old Boardman man was taken into custody during a traffic stop near U.S. Route 224 on a felony charge of possession of drugs. Seven Percocet pills were found in his pocket, police said.

Arrest: A Boardman man, 40, was arrested after being pulled over near Market Street when officers learned he was wanted on a warrant charging him with carrying a concealed weapon.

July 6

Theft: A Jeannette Drive man reported the theft of a patio umbrella and its stand.

Arrest: A 51-year-old Boardman man was arrested in the 200 block of Shields Road on a probation-violation charge. He also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia when, police said, a suspected marijuana pipe was found.

Burglary: A Nevada Avenue man discovered someone entered his home via a side window before taking a personal photograph.

Theft: A man’s wallet was taken at a Boardman-Poland Road store.

Theft: A North Jackson woman reported her purse and three credit cards stolen while at a Shields Road residence.

Criminal mischief: A Silver Fox Drive woman reported someone deliberately set off a firework at the end of her driveway.

Theft: Three cell phones totaling $1,100 were stolen from T Mobile, 457 Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft by deception: Authorities charged a 32-year-old Braddock, Pa., man with two counts of theft by deception after employees with Hungry Howie’s Pizza and Family Video, both at 5205 Market St., reported having been shortchanged.

July 7

Criminal mischief: A window was smashed at a residence in the 8400 block of Crystal Drive.