Boardman Police Blotter


Sept. 24

Misuse of a credit card: A South Avenue woman found unauthorized charges after someone had signed for an online account with her debit/Visa card.

Theft: A wallet and credit cards were taken from a vehicle in the 6000 block of Applecrest Court.

Criminal damaging: A mailbox and its post sustained $125 in damage in the 600 block of Angeline Drive.

Harassment: A Bonnie Place woman reported receiving a series of threatening calls.

Menacing: A Grover Drive boy reported another boy came to the accuser’s home and threatened him.

Theft: A Bonnie Place woman reported $984, clothing and a cell phone stolen from her apartment.

Attempted burglary: A resident in the 7300 block of Oregon Trail found blood by a side window, apparently left by whoever had tried to enter.

Vandalism: The front door to a Prestwick Drive apartment was damaged.

Burglary: To a second-floor apartment in the 4500 block of Southern Boulevard. Stolen were a Sony PlayStation 3 system, two video games and $350.

Theft: A Poland woman noticed $150 missing from her account at a Youngstown-Poland Road bank.

Felonious assault: A Tod Avenue woman told police several males got out of a vehicle and that one struck her head with a small metal pipe while the others kicked her repeatedly before fleeing. She had several bumps and complained of neck and back pain.

Sept. 25

Breaking and entering: Someone pried open the front door to Spano Insurance Co., 6211 Market St. A small amount of change was missing.

Criminal damaging: Two trees were cut down without permission on an empty lot in the 1300 block of Meadowood Circle.

Arson: Police assisted firefighters who responded to a shed on fire in the 2000 block of Wolosyn Circle. A fire investigator said the blaze, which caused about $5,000 in damage, likely had been intentionally set, though no accelerant was found, a police report showed.

Theft: An MP3 player and a .38-caliber handgun were removed from a car in the 900 block of Boardman-Poland Road.

Assault: A Shields Road woman reported another woman slapped the accuser’s face.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle on Lockwood Boulevard had dents in its front quarter panel as well as chipped paint.

Aggravated menacing: A man told police that while at a Willow Drive apartment, a man age 18 to 20 pulled up his shirt, exposing a handgun in a threatening manner.

Theft: A woman reported the theft of her MP3 player while at a South Avenue fast-food restaurant.

Attempted breaking and entering: Someone trying to enter a business in the 4900 block of Market Street damaged the front door.

Sept. 26

Criminal damaging: A beer bottle was thrown at a vehicle, damaging its front windshield, near Hopkins Road.

Assault: Frank J. Mirich, 40, of 2060 Wolosyn Circle, Boardman, was booked on charges of assault and criminal damaging after a woman alleged Mirich had choked her during an argument, then kicked her vehicle, causing a taillight to crack.

Theft: Amanda N. McCandless, 21, of 420 Falls Ave., New Castle, Pa., was charged with stealing $217 worth of clothing from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.

Attempted theft: A Washington Boulevard woman told officers she believes someone tried to break into her car.

Assault: A Lemans Drive man alleged a neighbor punched his face during a dispute. The accuser was not injured, however.

Aggravated menacing: A Glenwoods Court man reported two neighbors who threw a tree branch in his yard later threatened to kill him during an argument about the property line.

Theft: A wallet, numerous pills and several credit cards were missing from a vehicle on Bob White Court.

Theft: An Afton Avenue woman discovered $80 missing while conducting a garage sale.

Criminal damaging: Someone shot paint balls at a car in the 7400 block of West Boulevard.

Sept. 27

Theft: Two juveniles stole $71 worth of merchandise from Wal-mart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Arrest: A traffic stop on Market Street led to the arrest of 31-year-old Michelle L. Hilty, 1136 W. Willard Ave. SE, Warren. Hilty was wanted by Stark County authorities on a theft charge.

Burglary: To an apartment in the 7400 block of Becky Court, from which $140 was taken.

Identity fraud: A Sugartree Drive woman reported getting several calls from someone claiming to be a medical official who was trying to obtain her checks’ bank-routing number.

Breaking and entering: Someone entered and stole from a garage in the 800 block of Glen Park Road a $200 stainless-steel sink.

Sept. 28

Theft: A man left Buffalo Wild Wings in Southern Park Mall without paying his $44 food bill.

Menacing: A Tod Avenue man reported a series of harassing and threatening calls.