Police Blotter

Jan. 28

Burglary: To a home in the 2300 block of Hunters Ridge Drive through a basement window.

Misuse of a credit card: A Carter Circle man found out his credit-card number had been used without consent to make several online purchases.

Theft: Darell L. Perez, 24, of 147 Park Heights Ave., Youngstown, was charged in the theft of $382 worth of clothing from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall.

Theft: Joshua J. Cogar, 23, of 3240 Susan Circle, Youngstown, was charged after $49 worth of merchandise was stolen from Macy’s, and he was given a criminal-trespassing warning.

Theft: A dog was stolen from Harbor Pet Center, 7338 Market St.

Burglary: Someone entered a residence in the 200 block of Melrose Avenue after breaking a rear-door window.

Arrest: Police offered 23-year-old Michael Mannor a ride to his home at 242 E. Avondale Ave. in Youngstown but arrested Mannor upon learning he was accused of failing to appear in court. He had been cited on a charge of fishing without a permit.

Theft: Three DVDs had been stolen from Giant Eagle, 476 Boardman-Canfield Road, resulting in a charge against 46-year-old Margaret R. Gregory, 4220 Pembrook Road, Austintown.

Theft: A woman’s wallet was stolen at a South Avenue fast-food restaurant.

Jan. 29

Theft: Two 16-year-old Struthers boys were charged with stealing a $55 pair of earrings from Wal-Mart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Theft: Authorities booked two 15-year-old city girls accused of taking two shirts from Macy’s. Both were released to the custody of parents or guardians.

Theft: Jeffrey A. Waldele, 28, of 11499 New Buffalo Road, North Lima, was charged with theft and possession of criminal tools after a drill-bit set and an electrical panel were stolen from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd. Waldele had cut open packaging to one of the items, a report said.

Identity fraud: An Applecrest Court man discovered his personal information had been used without authorization to open eight accounts.

Theft: James A. Hill III, 23, of 256 Baird Road, Edinburg, Pa., was charged with stealing from Wal-Mart a home drug-test kit and a pair of socks.

Menacing: A Brookfield Avenue girl reported another teen posted the accuser’s address online and tried to get others to fight the accuser.

Theft: Two pairs of men’s work pants were stolen from Wal-Mart.

Arrest: Police took custody of 52-year-old Peppe P. McGhee, 60 Prestwick Drive, Boardman, who was wanted on a felony warrant from Warren as well as a misdemeanor warrant charging him with a probation violation. McGhee also faced a separate charge of violating a court order.

Misuse of a credit card: An employee with a Market Street eatery found out an invalid card had been used to pay a $46 food order.

Theft: Fifteen packs of cigars were stolen from Smoker Friendly, 4927 Market St.

Theft: A parka was stolen from Burlington Coat Factory, 529 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Jan. 30

Criminal damaging: A vehicle near U.S. Route 224 and Trenholm Avenue had its driver’s-side mirror damaged.

Burglary: Someone rammed a rear door to a residence in the 3900 block of South Schenley Avenue. Among the property taken were two speakers, a power amplifier and two compact-disc players.

Theft: Jessica L. Edmonds, 21, of 39 Hilton Ave., Youngstown, was charged, accused of stealing $84 worth of clothing from Wal-Mart.

Possible theft: A woman in the 1200 block of Doral Drive told police someone may have siphoned gasoline from her car. Theft: Katie R. Riley, 19, of 706 Morten Ave., East Liverpool, faced a charge after $152 worth of clothing was stolen from Macy’s.

Burglary: To an apartment in the 7000 block of West Boulevard that had its front door forced open.

Jan. 31

Theft/assault: Two people left a Tiffany Boulevard restaurant without paying a $37 food bill. Also, an employee told police someone tossed money and struck her left side.

Theft: The rear license plate was removed from a vehicle in the 300 block of Boardman-Poland Road.

Arrest: Authorities responded to an intoxicated male at a Boardman-Canfield Road eatery said to have a knife, then charged 37-year-old Ralph C. Reedy, no address listed, with carrying a concealed weapon, assault on a police officer, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct while intoxicated. Reedy had threatened to kill two employees before body slamming an officer, who had to use a Taser to bring him under control, a report showed.

Feb. 1

Breaking and entering: Someone entered Trugreen,8529 South Ave., apparently through a gate. Missing was a $1,000 trailer.

Theft: Two vials of medication were missing from a locked medicine cabinet at a South Avenue health-care facility.

Theft: A Mathews Road man said he dropped his $100 cell phone and saw someone steal it.

Theft: A worker for McDonald’s, 15 Boardman-Canfield Road, told police that four deposits never made it to the bank as scheduled.

Theft: Christopher J. Petko, 28, of 99 Fatima Drive, Campbell, faced a charge after a $48 bottle of men’s cologne was stolen from Sears in the Southern Park Mall.

Burglary: To a home in the 700 block of Indianola Road, where a $2,000 wooden TV cabinet was damaged.

Burglary: Took place in the 200 block of Mathews Road via the front door. A 26-inch TV was missing.

Theft: Anthony J. Olesh, 40, of 3112 Ivy Hill Circle, Cortland, and 37-year-old Joseph Profanchik, 326 W. State St., Niles, were charged with theft and possession of drug-abuse instruments after clothing was stolen from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road, and when, police said, several hypodermic needles with suspected drug residue were found. Also arrested was 34-year-old Lori L. Jackson, 327 High St., Niles, who was wanted on a warrant charging her with theft.

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.

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. S.W., Warren, and 26-year-old Ashley J. Richards, 208 Ohio Ave. N.W., 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.