Poland and Boardman police calls

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Nov. 9

Theft: A $110 global-positioning-system unit and digital photographs were stolen from a residence in the 2800 block of Center Road.

Nov. 12

Drugs: A bag of suspected marijuana and papers commonly used to roll marijuana were found at a home in the 2400 block of Center Road.

BOARDMAN

Nov. 13

Theft/criminal damaging: A $100 car stereo was removed from a vehicle that sustained damage to a passenger-side door at the Southern Park Mall.

Burglary: Nothing appeared to be missing from a residence in the 5300 block of South Avenue after someone had forced open a side door and entered.

Theft: Johnny A. Drouin, 47, of 12921 Springfield Road, New Springfield, was accused in the theft of three Xbox video games and five articles of men’s clothing from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Theft: Richard A. Lawler, 31, of 1915 Valley Road, Niles, was taken into custody on a warrant after a 35-pack of water and miscellaneous tools were stolen from a storage area at a Market Street doctor’s office.

Theft: Marshawna L. Johnson, 24, of 819 Canfield Road, Youngstown, was accused of stealing nine baby products from Walmart.

Criminal damaging: Four copper landscaping lights were damaged in the 30 block of Brookfield Avenue.

Criminal damaging: Someone damaged a landscaping light to a residence in the 200 block of Erskine Avenue.

Possible theft: A township woman reported her wallet lost or stolen at a Boardman-Canfield Road store.

Burglary: Various medications were taken from an apartment in the 2000 block of Wolosyn Circle, though police found no signs of forced entry.

Theft: A $180 lawn mower was removed from a garage in the 5000 block of Brookwood Road.

Assault: A woman told police another woman pushed the accuser in the chest at a residence in the 1900 block of Cover Drive.

Theft: A Boardman-Poland Road restaurant employee reported the theft of a wallet, cell phone and money.

Nov. 14

Aggravated menacing: A South Avenue man told authorities he opened his door to someone dressed in black with a gun who demanded the victim get on the ground. The homeowner slammed his door, and the gunman fled, a report said.

Criminal damaging: A trailer in the 4000 block of South Avenue had a broken window.

Theft: A woman reported her purse stolen in the township.

Menacing: A Paxton Road woman said her daughter had been threatened.

Harassment: An Auburn Hills Drive man reported receiving a series of unwanted calls.

Harassment: A Homestead Drive woman told police of getting threatening and obscene calls.

Nov. 15

Theft: Two men stole two desktop computers from Walmart, costing the store about $1,800.

Menacing: An Oak Knoll Drive man told police a member of a painting crew he had hired threatened to harm him.

Theft: Factory tires and wheels were stolen from a vehicle at Rick Bayus Motors, 5206 Youngstown-Poland Road.

Drugs: Police took into custody 20-year-old Nathan M. Shores, 7421 Sierra Madre Trail, Boardman, on a warrant from Struthers charging him with possession of marijuana.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle’s driver’s-side mirror was damaged in the 800 block of Afton Avenue.

Felonious assault: A Poland man told police a driver intentionally struck his car near Sheridan and Mathews roads after an argument between the two motorists. The accuser’s car had damage to its front fender.

Theft: A woman noticed her wallet missing at a Boardman-Poland Road eatery.

Harassment: A Huntington Drive woman said her daughter’s boyfriend called, yelling and swearing at her.

Attempted burglary: Ground-floor window screens to a residence in the 6800 block of Paxton Road were tampered with, leading the homeowner to believe someone had tried to break in.

Robbery: A Canfield woman told authorities a man in his 30s forcibly stole prescription medications from her as she left Brown’s Drugs, 5106 Southern Blvd.

Theft: Two women stole 34 items, including food and clothing, from Dollar General, 5953 South Ave.

Nov. 16

Theft: Scott D. Spencer, 19, of 7363 Eisenhower Drive, Boardman, was accused in the theft of bulk candy from Giant Eagle, 1201 Doral Drive.

Harassment: A Youngstown man reported receiving threatening cell-phone calls while at the Southern Park Mall.

Theft: Two women stole numerous body products from Bath & Body Works, 379 Boardman-Poland Road.

Breaking and entering: Someone may have used a key to break into a residence in the 4800 block of Oak Knoll Drive and steal an estimated $1,500 worth of copper piping from the basement.

Possible theft: An Atlanta man reported his identification card lost or stolen at an East Midlothian Boulevard store.

Breaking and entering: Someone entered a storage building in the 6400 block of Southern Boulevard via a side window. Stolen was roughly 150 feet of copper wiring.

Assault: Two men reportedly assaulted each other at a Market Street eatery.

Theft/forgery: An employee at a Southern Park Mall business accused a co-worker of stealing three checks from his checkbook, forging his name and cashing two for $600.

Misuse of a credit card: A Youngstown man alleged a worker for a Boardman-Poland Road restaurant deliberately charged his credit card twice for one meal. The employee was fired, a report showed.

Auto theft: A 1985 Chevrolet Lumina was stolen in the 1100 block of Thalia Avenue.