Boardman and Poland police calls

A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman and Poland townships:

BOARDMAN

Feb. 4

Criminal damaging: A car’s passenger-side rear tire was damaged in the 400 block of Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft: Forty compact discs and $11 worth of change were removed from a car in the 4600 block of Waseka Lane.

Theft: A 17-year-old township boy was accused of stealing two shirts from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall and released to the custody of his father.

Theft: A front wheel and tire were stolen off a car in the 7000 block of West Boulevard.

Criminal mischief: A mailbox in the 1300 block of Windel Way was tampered with.

Attempted theft: Someone removed five lug nuts from a vehicle’s front tire in the 500 block of Boardman-Canfield Road.

Criminal damaging: Someone did $3,000 worth of damage to paint on a car’s passenger side in the 5300 block of Market Street.

Drugs: A traffic stop in the 300 block of Mathews Road led to the arrest of Kelvan P. Brown, 43, of 1175 Park Hill Drive Youngstown, on felony charges of possession of cocaine and crack cocaine when, police said, a bag of powder and a white substance tested positive for the two drugs. Brown also was wanted by Youngstown authorities on a burglary charge.

Arrests: A vehicle check near Simon Road resulted in the arrests of Mark H. Milner Jr., 28, of 75 E. Ravenwood Ave., Youngstown, and 27-year-old Tawatha Pierce, 419 W. Earle Ave., Youngstown. Milner was picked up on a felony theft charge and cited on one count of possession of marijuana; Pierce was wanted on a charge of failing to appear in court.

Feb. 5

Menacing: Three instructors with a Market Street business reported being threatened.

Misuse of a credit card: An Old Oxford Lane woman reported her stolen credit/debit card was used to make two unauthorized withdrawals totaling $540.

Criminal damaging: A car’s passenger-side window was damaged in the 700 block of Golfview Avenue.

Theft: A woman in her 20s stole two tops totaling $24 from Dots, 339 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Theft by deception: A Rockdale Avenue man applying online for a job reported receiving three $950 checks, along with a letter instructing him to deposit the money into an account and transfer a portion to London. The man knew it was a scam and lost no money, the report said.

Theft: Jared J. Huston, 20, of 52 N. Maryland Ave., Youngstown, was charged with taking a 7-inch portable DVD player from Wal-Mart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Arrest: Authorities booked 39-year-old Richard D. Orell, 1344 Church Hill Drive, Liberty Township, on a charge of violating a protection order. Orell’s former girlfriend, of Boardman, reported he had sent threatening and harassing text messages in violation of the order, a report said.

Stolen property: Police spotted a stolen 1998 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in the 800 block of Cook Avenue and charged 24-year-old Clyde E. Hudson Jr., 3104 Idlewood Ave., Youngstown, with receiving stolen property. Hudson also was wanted on a probation-violation charge.

Arrest: Officers investigated a suspicious car in the 100 block of Meadowbrook Avenue, where they took into custody 35-year-old Michael A. Crytzer, 29 McGuffey Road, Youngstown, who was wanted on a probation-violation count.

Arrest: Officers attempting to pull over a vehicle near Glenwood Avenue arrested 27-year-old Erin R. Hallas at her residence at 7377 Sierra Madre Trail on charges of endangering children and failure to comply with police. Hallas led authorities on a pursuit with a juvenile in the car, a report showed.

Aggravated menacing: A former worker for a Boardman-Canfield Road company threatened to damage the business unless criminal charges against him were dropped.

Criminal damaging: A car’s convertible roof was damaged in the 700 block of Mapleridge Drive. The estimate was $150.

Feb. 6

Vandalism: Someone damaged the packaging to a $70 MP3 player at Best Buy, 561 Boardman-Poland Road, rendering it unable to be sold.

Arrest: A 17-year-old township boy was charged with misrepresentation to purchase alcohol, a first-degree misdemeanor, after a worker for a South Avenue convenience store said he had bought beer and a bottle of rum using what turned out to be a phony identification card claiming he was 21.

Burglary: To a second-floor apartment in the 100 block of Lemans Drive that had its front door kicked in.

Feb. 7

Theft: A wallet was stolen from a worker with a Boardman-Canfield Road care center.

Theft: A woman reported the theft of her $495 cell phone at a Market Street business.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle’s driver-side sustained $550 worth of damage in the 900 block of East Midlothian Boulevard.

Criminal damaging: A car’s windshield was damaged in the 7400 block of Eagle Trail Drive. Damage came to $250.

Recovered property: An Applecrest Court woman found in her assigned parking space a 1997 Honda Accord that had been stolen in the township.

Feb. 8

Theft: Edward A. Gasior, 34, of 195 Marion Ave., Youngstown, was charged, accused of stealing three computer compact drivers from Wal-Mart.

Theft: A Turnberry Drive man reported $60 stolen from his bank account.

Domestic violence: A 16-year-old township boy was charged after his sister alleged the boy had struck her in the face.

Domestic violence: David R. Stidon, 23, of 7059 West Blvd., was arrested at his residence after being accused of pushing to the ground and choking his girlfriend. The two had argued about his not having a job, a report said.

Theft: Bobby Lee Burkey IV, 23, of 9525 Woodworth Road, North Lima, was charged and taken to the Mahoning County Justice Center in Youngstown. Burkey was accused of stealing a $13 bottle of wine from Sam’s Club, 6361 South Ave.

Fraud: An Erie Street woman found out her debit card had been used without permission to make a $1,387 online purchase.

POLAND

Jan 31

Burglary: The homeowner of a residence in the 6500 block of Struthers Road reported seeing someone in the garage before the person fled in a tan sport utility vehicle.

Feb. 1

Theft: A $199 cell phone was stolen from a home in the 2000 block of Shetland Lane.

Theft: Ricky A. Raymond Jr., 22, of 417 Creed St., Struthers, was arrested on a warrant from Struthers Municipal Court charging him with theft by deception related to a situation at Giant Eagle, 3130 Center Road.

Criminal mischief: A report was filed from a residence in the 8300 block of Misty Ridge Trail regarding damaged siding.

Feb. 3

Arrest: Police got a report of an impaired driver near Struthers Road and charged Dana L. Bailey, 39, of 4700 Kennedy Road, Lowellville, with endangering children and operating a vehicle impaired.