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A summary of recent criminal activity in Boardman:

March 12

Arrest: Martest S. O’Malley, 18, of 291 Reed St., Campbell, faced felony counts of receiving stolen property and forgery after being accused of trying to cash an $80 personal check with a forged signature and from another account at a Youngstown-Poland Road bank.

Theft: Both registration plates were removed from a car in the 6300 block of South Avenue.

Theft: Police took custody of 20-year-old Jennifer A. Robin, 1592 Fountain Square Drive, Austintown, and Daniel Dixon Jr., 25, same address. Robin and Dixon faced one and two counts of theft, respectively, when, authorities said, they were among three people who failed to pay a $102 bar tab at TGI Fridays, 7165 Tiffany Blvd.

Theft: A woman in her 20s stole two sweepers from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road, costing the store $1,200.

March 13

Theft: Trudy A. Douglas, 47, of 172 Benton Road, Salem, was charged in the theft of two shirts from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall.

Menacing: An employee with a Boardman-Canfield Road gas station said a former worker threatened to harm him.

Arrest: While responding to an altercation at the Southern Park Mall, authorities charged a 14-year-old Youngstown girl with criminal trespassing when, they said, she refused several times to leave.

Burglary: To a Huntington Drive apartment, from which a $100 MP3 player was taken.

Theft: An automated-teller-machine card and a driver’s license were stolen from a vehicle in the 40 block of Arlene Avenue.

Arrest: A traffic stop near Carter Circle led to the arrest of 21-year-old Derrell L. Easterly, 48 N. Evanston Ave., Youngstown. Easterly was wanted by Liberty Township authorities on a probation-violation charge.

Arrest: Officers charged 30-year-old Terrell L. Engles, 966 Plazaview Court, Youngstown, with obstructing official business and criminal trespassing. Engles became belligerent with Southern Park Mall security personnel who asked him to remove a hood that violated the mall’s dress policy, then refused to identify himself for police, a report said.

Theft: John S. Probst IV, 26, of 33 Clifton Drive, Boardman, was charged with theft and possession of criminal tools after being accused of using a pocket knife to cut open a box containing batteries at Giant Eagle, 1201 Doral Drive.

Theft: Kevin D. Pasco, 40, of 297 E. Clark St., East Palestine, was charged in the theft of an eight-pack of razor-blade cartridges from Wal-Mart.

Theft: Anthony Seidita, 44, of 116 S. Dehoff Drive, Austintown, was accused of leaving Giant Eagle, 1201 Doral Drive, without paying for $70 worth of soda.

Arrest: Officers responded to a report of a pickup truck stuck in a yard on Brandon Avenue, where they charged 52-year-old Miriam Rios, 838 E. Midlothian Blvd., Youngstown, with walking on a road where sidewalk is provided, a first-degree misdemeanor.

March 14

Theft: Several candy bars and a roll of duct tape were stolen from Wal-Mart, resulting in a charge against 32-year-old Jedediah M. Thomas, 6767 Applewood Blvd., Boardman.

Theft: A global positioning system unit, a cell phone and a cooler were among items stolen from a vehicle in the 400 block of Canterbury Lane.

Theft: Twelve compact discs were taken from a car in the 800 block of Glen Park Road.

Criminal damaging: Several tires on two vehicles were flattened or slashed in the 700 block of Golfview Drive.

Arrest: Police responded to a fight, then stopped a vehicle in the 5200 block of Market Street, where they took 25-year-old Lonnie M. Harris, 1488 Rosewood Lane, Youngstown, into custody on a probation-violation charge.

Theft: A laptop computer and bag, an in-dash CD player and textbooks were removed from a vehicle in the 100 block of Terrace Drive.

Aggravated menacing: A Ferncliff Avenue man told police someone threatened to kill him.

Burglary: To a garage in the 6900 block of Pinetree Drive. Stolen from a vehicle was the face plate to a car stereo.

Felonious assault: A Hopkins Road woman was taken to St. Elizabeth Health Center’s Boardman Campus for injuries she sustained during an assault.

Fraud: A Mill Creek Boulevard man’s stolen debit card was used to make several fraudulent purchases at the Southern Park Mall.

March 15

Domestic violence: A charge was pending against a township girl, 14, after her father reported the teen pushed him twice in the chest, grabbed his shirt and lightly struck his chin during an argument about the girl’s smoking in her bedroom.

Theft: Two blankets were removed from a patio in the 800 block of Glen Park Road.

Fraud: A Warren woman’s stolen debit card was used to make a $330 purchase at the Southern Park Mall.

Burglary: A rear door was pushed in at a residence in the 5200 block of Pinetree Lane. Stolen from a garage were several tools and other items.

Theft: Three Youngstown girls, 15, 16 and 17, were charged with stealing $190 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart.

Theft: Police booked 46-year-old Paul A. Spagnola Jr., 4688 New Road, Austintown. Spagnola was accused of stealing three packs of strip steak from Giant Eagle, 476 Boardman-Canfield Road, given a criminal-trespassing warning and released on a summons.