Poland and Boardman police calls

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

June 17

Theft: Police charged Dwayne R. Freed, 46, of 5095 Clayton Circle, New Castle, Pa., with stealing $270 worth of groceries from Giant Eagle, 3130 Center Road. Freed also was wanted by Boardman authorities on a larceny charge.

Recovered property: Police seized a license plate someone had found on state Route 7 near Rogers.

June 18

Recovered property: A 1993 Oldsmobile Cutlass was found abandoned in Youngstown after a Manor Avenue man had reported it stolen.

June 20

Arrests: Authorities apprehended 26-year-old Gregory J. Thomas, 2238 Middletown Road, Poland, and Marc D. Peluso, 22, of 2367 Manor Ave., Poland, after saying Thomas and Peluso had fled on all-terrain vehicles as officers tried to stop them near Struthers Road. The two were charged with failure to comply with police and released on summonses.

BOARDMAN

June 19

Criminal mischief: Someone tossed eggs, striking the front door of a building in the 600 block of Boardman-Canfield Road.

Attempted breaking and entering: An apartment in the 4000 block of Hillman Way had a door damaged as someone tried to enter.

Criminal mischief: Two light bulbs were removed and broken at a business in the 1900 block of Mathews Road.

Forgery: A Canfield man found out his and his wife’s signatures had been forged on a three-party check that was cashed at a Boardman-Poland Road bank.

Criminal mischief: A part to a swimming-pool filter was tampered with in the 800 block of Mayfield Drive.

Theft/damage: A vehicle’s door lock was damaged in the 300 block of Melrose Avenue before a compact-disc player and a 40-piece socket set were taken from the car.

Assault: A man walking on Hillman Way told police two juveniles threw rocks and struck the accuser’s back, left elbow and right leg. He was not seriously hurt, however.

June 20

Burglary: To a second-floor apartment in the 2000 block of Wolosyn Circle. A $1,340 flat-screen TV and a laptop computer were missing.

Burglary: Occurred at an apartment in the 100 block of Lemans Drive through a side window. Stolen was $360.

Theft: Jared M. Moore, 18, of 4309 Devonshire Drive, Boardman, was charged and released on a summons after an employee-theft situation at Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall. Moore was accused of improperly voiding six transactions over a three-week period and pocketing $480.

Arrest: A traffic stop on Market Street led to the arrest of 42-year-old Carolyn Curran, 189 Lowell Ave., Youngstown, on a warrant from Columbiana County charging her with failure to appear in court.

Arrest: After pulling over a vehicle near Market Street, officers took 30-year-old Natalie J. Williams, 1826 Larchmont Ave., Warren, into custody upon learning she was wanted on a warrant from Lordstown. The charge was contempt of court.

Theft: A woman’s stolen wallet was found after she had patronized a Boardman-Poland Road eatery, though $22 was missing.

Theft: Tiffany M. Rabquer, 20, of 139 N. Middletown St., Columbiana, was picked up on a warrant related to an April theft in which $234 of merchandise was stolen from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road.

Harassment: The owner of a Market Street motel told police of receiving three months’ worth of such calls.

Aggravated menacing: A Prestwick Drive man reported another man came to the accuser’s residence looking for the homeowner’s daughter and pulled out a knife when asked to leave.

Theft: An Ohio driver’s license was missing from an apartment in the 4100 block of Glenwood Avenue.

Theft: A gas card and a wallet were stolen from a vehicle in the 40 block of Beechwood Drive.

June 21

Burglary: Someone forced open a side window to a home in the 8100 block of Southern Boulevard and took a set of keys.

Harassment: A Lemans Drive woman reported getting a series of derogatory and unwanted calls.

Robbery: Police arrested Shamika N. Dubois, 25, at her residence, 1620 Mahoning Ave., Youngstown, on a warrant charging her after an employee at Hair Depot, 4026 Market St., reported having been punched while trying to detain a shoplifter.

Domestic violence: Matthew J. Campbell, 27, of 7410 West Blvd., Boardman, surrendered and was charged.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle’s turn-signal lever was broken in the 5700 block of Sheridan Road.

Theft: Officers stopped a vehicle in the 900 block of East Midlothian Boulevard, where they arrested 44-year-old Shawn D. Smith, 452 Idora Ave., Youngstown, on a warrant from Washingtonville charging him.

Recovered property: A Saddlebrook Drive man found in his backyard an arrow someone had apparently shot.

Aggravated menacing: An Island Drive woman cutting her grass reported a neighbor with whom she has ongoing problems threatened to do serious harm to her.

Attempted auto theft: A 1994 Chevrolet Blazer on Shadyside Drive had damage to its steering column after someone had evidently tried to steal the car.

Breaking and entering: Took place in the 6100 block of Glenwood Avenue after someone entered through a rear door.

Misuse of a credit card: A Hitchcock Road woman discovered her bank-card number had been used to make two unauthorized transactions at an Arlington, Texas, race track.

Theft: An $800 pulse-taking machine was removed from an ambulance in the 5800 block of Market Street.

Theft: A laptop computer, a power drill and coins were taken from a vehicle in the 70 block of Clifton Drive.

Theft: Two computer parts and a backpack were stolen from a car in the 60 block of Clifton Drive.

Menacing: A former patient reportedly threatened a doctor at an office on Market Street.

Theft/damage: A global positioning system unit and other items were stolen from two cars that were damaged on Shadyside Drive.

Fraud: A Boardman credit union made a Hanoverton man aware that two unauthorized debits totaling about $1,300 had been made to his account.

Counterfeit: Two fake $50 bills were passed at Gabriel Bros., 850 Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft: A woman reported money, credit cards and a gift card missing from a Boardman-Canfield Road office.

Vandalism: A woman discovered numerous holes in walls, stains to a portion of flooring and damage to a door at a residence in the 7300 block of Eagle Trace Drive.

Theft: A prescription slip was taken from a car in the 7900 block of Market Street.

Criminal mischief: Yellow spray-painted graffiti was found on a garage in the 20 block of Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft: Miscellaneous change was missing from a vehicle in the 60 block of Clifton Drive.

June 22

Theft: A DVD player and a converter box were removed from an apartment in the 4900 block of Glenwood Avenue.