Boardman police calls

A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman:

Feb. 11

Counterfeit: A fake $50 bill turned up after a worker for the Springfield Grille, 7413 Tiffany Blvd., had made a deposit.

Theft: Darryl V. Jackson, 20, of 1875 Sweetbrier St. SW, Warren, and 26-year-old Ashley J. Richards, 208 Ohio Ave. NW, Warren, were charged, accused in the theft of seven articles of clothing from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall.

Burglary: Occurred in the 3900 block of South Schenley Avenue, where someone damaged a dryer and removed $30 from its coin box.

Domestic violence: Anthony L. Torres, 40, was taken into custody at his apartment at 2041 Wolosyn Circle, Boardman, and charged. As Torres’ wife prepared to leave after an argument, he struck her in the mouth with a plastic hanger, police said.

Burglary: In the 400 block of Old Shay Drive. Stolen were two TVs.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle’s rear window was smashed at a McClurg Road business.

Feb. 12

Theft: A city girl, 17, was charged with stealing $26 worth of merchandise from Dollar General, 5953 South Ave.

Theft: A woman in the 4000 block of Glenwood Avenue found out her bank card had been used without consent to withdraw $91.

Burglary/auto theft: Took place in the 4200 block of Chester Drive, where a 2000 Honda Civic was stolen.

Theft: A license plate was stolen off a car at a McClurg Road business.

Feb. 13

Unauthorized use of a vehicle: Police charged 28-year-old Nicole M. Ballester, 81 Terrace Drive, Boardman, with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and resisting arrest after her mother said Ballester had borrowed but failed to return the mother’s 2003 Pontiac Sunbird. Ballester also refused to cooperate with authorities, the report showed.

Theft: Ann M. Delucia, 69, of 1424 Himrod Ave., Youngstown, faced charges of theft and resisting arrest after makeup and candy were stolen from Wal-Mart, 1300 Doral Drive. Delucia also fought with and refused to allow police to retrieve the stolen items from her purse, they said.

Breaking and entering: Someone broke into Shepard Self Storage of Boardman, 7469 South Ave., and removed miscellaneous tools from a storage unit.

Assault: A Youngstown girl, 13, was charged with assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct after police at the Southern Park Mall said they saw the teen punch another girl in the face. The 13-year-old also struggled with officers and threatened other juveniles in the vicinity, a report said.

Feb. 14

Assaults: Christopher M. Minadeo, 25, of 135 Clingan Ave., Hubbard, faced three counts of assault and one of receiving stolen property after a township woman alleged he had assaulted her and her two juvenile daughters. Both girls confronted Minadeo about property they believed he had stolen, though no one was seriously injured, a report showed.

Attempted burglary: A woman returned to her apartment in the 3900 block of South Schenley Avenue and noticed a hole in her ceiling, though no entry appeared to have been made.

Burglary: Someone pried open a rear sliding-glass door to an apartment in the 8500 block of Ivy Hill Drive before taking a videocassette recorder, jewelry and a flat-screen TV.

Theft: A party of three left TGI Friday’s, 7165 Tiffany Blvd., and neglected to pay $18.69 of their food bill.

Aggravated menacing: A Carter Circle woman reported a man had called threatening to kill her and her boyfriend.

Theft: A woman discovered $50 missing from her Boardman-Canfield Road apartment.

Theft: Authorities charged 44-year-old Deborah J. Sikora, 733 Detroit Ave., Youngstown, with theft and possession of criminal tools after a situation at Wal-Mart in which she was accused of scanning part of a box containing the bar code of another item. Sikora also was wanted on a probation-violation count; the original charge was larceny.

Feb. 15

Theft: A man reported the theft of his wallet while at a Market Street business.

Theft: A Youngstown boy, 15, was charged then released to the custody of his mother after being accused of stealing a $92 pair of men’s tennis shoes from Finish Line in the Southern Park Mall.

Theft: Antwan D. Williams, 20, of 2001 Warwick Ave., Youngstown, was charged with theft and criminal trespassing after a $21 pair of cargo pants was stolen from Wal-Mart. Williams had been issued a trespassing warning, a report showed.

Burglary: In the 100 block of Stadium Drive. Taken was a semiautomatic firearm, a holster and two firearm parts.

Robbery: Officers charged 51-year-old Cynthia L. Parish, 77 Elm St., Struthers, and Susan M. Parish, 20, same address, with robbery and theft, respectively, after hair coloring and other merchandise was stolen from Wal-Mart. The elder Parish struggled with a store official who tried to detain her, in part by digging her fingernails into his hand, a report said.

Arrest: Police picked up 28-year-old Jerome R. McGee, 236 Superior St., Youngstown, at a Market Street motel on a warrant from Youngstown State University authorities, as well as on a criminal-trespassing charge. McGee had been soliciting and begging for money at a nearby business, a report showed.

Theft: A Boardman woman at a Tiffany Boulevard eatery reported that one person stole her wallet as another deliberately distracted her.

Domestic violence: Derrick D. Maddox, 23, of 717 Pasadena Ave., Youngstown, was arrested at a Market Street business on a warrant after being accused of trying to choke a woman at the business. He also pushed her head into a chair during an argument, police said.