Boardman Police Blotter

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.

Oct. 1

Arrest: A traffic stop near Doral Drive resulted in the arrest of 35-year-old Mansol N. Young, who listed addresses on Maywood Drive and Rush Boulevard in Youngstown. Young was wanted on a probation-violation charge.

Theft: Renee Beshara, 54, of 3250 Brandywine Drive, Youngstown, was charged with theft and possession of drug paraphernalia after a pack of batteries and two hooded jackets were stolen from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive. A glass pipe with suspected marijuana residue was found, police said.

Criminal mischief: Someone removed a garage door in the 6600 block of Market Street.

Burglary: Took place in the 7300 block of Sierra Madre Trail via a side window. A 46-inch flat-screen TV was taken.

Theft: YeseniaA. Jimenez, 29, of 6885 Lockwood Blvd., Boardman, was charged with stealing $158 worth of clothing from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.

Assault: A female student at Boardman High School, 7777 Glenwood Ave., told police another female student struck the accuser’s face in an unprovoked attack, which led to a fight. The girl had a cut near her left ear.

Drugs: Officers pulled over a vehicle near South Avenue, where they took into custody 27-year-old Kristi L. Summerville, 1238 Brittain St., Youngstown, on a warrant charging her with possession of marijuana.

Oct. 2

Harassment: A Euclid Boulevard man reported the latest in a series of roughly 150 threatening text messages.

Theft: A 15-year-old Youngstown girl was charged and released to the custody of an older sister after 20 toiletries and household cleaning products were stolen from Walmart.

Theft: A Canfield woman reported her purse stolen at a South Avenue restaurant.

Theft: Renee A. Beshara, 54, of 3250 Brandywine Drive, Youngstown, faced two theft counts after police accused her of stealing clothing and jewelry from two Southern Park Mall stores.

Assault: Police charged 36-year-old Tara J. Meta, 7421 Sierra Madre Trail, Boardman, with two counts of assault after a woman alleged Meta had struck her head and face while the accuser held a carrier containing an infant. The second charge was filed after police noticed a red mark on the infant, presumably caused when the carrier fell during the assault, a report said.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle near Hopkins Road was shot with paintballs.

Theft: Robert F. Premec, 47, of 2114 Coleman Drive, Youngstown, was charged with stealing three copper fittings from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd.

Identity fraud: The daughter of an elderly Shelby Road man checked her father’s credit-card statement and discovered a $1,309 fraudulent charge.

Felonious assault: Alan J. Joseph, 42, of Cleveland faced charges of felonious assault and domestic violence after a Washington Boulevard woman and a witness alleged Joseph had struck the woman’s head in a vehicle, causing a deep cut for which she sought medical attention.

Oct. 3

Arrest: Police picked up 23-year-old Kevin D. Cartwright, 110 High St., Canfield, in the 4100 block of Southern Boulevard. He was charged with failure to appear in court.

Identity fraud: A Locust Avenue man noticed his debit-card number had been used without consent to make several purchases, likely online. He was later reimbursed.

Criminal mischief: Someone used chalk to write on a vehicle in the 6000 block of Applecrest Court.

Harassment: An Arden Boulevard woman told police she received at least 10 threatening and harassing calls.

Oct. 4

Theft: Four firearms and numerous other items were stolen from a bedroom closet in the 800 block of Glen Park Road.

Breaking and entering: Someone used a key to enter a vacant Gertrude Avenue home and remove about 220 feet of copper piping.

Theft: A stereo was taken from a car at a Market Street business.

Theft: A West Boulevard man discovered more than $4,300 missing from his checking account.

Theft by deception: An installer of glass block provided a credit-card number before adding $550 worth of the glass to a Wildwood Drive residence. The number, however, was rejected as being nonexistent.

Theft: Amanda Pirlozzi, 21, of 1409 Hawn St., Youngstown, was charged in the theft of six DVDs from Walmart.

Identity theft: A Huntington Court man found out someone had used his name and date of birth to fill out a credit-card application.

Oct. 5

Arrest: Vincent R. Thomas Jr., 23, no address listed, was charged with violating a protection order after a family member told police Thomas came to her Paulin Drive residence in violation of the order. He also was wanted on a warrant from Campbell charging him with violating a court order.

Oct. 7

Theft: Mallory E. Hanley, 24, of 2023 Everett Ave., Youngstown, faced a felony charge, accused of stealing 23 pairs of earrings from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall.

Breaking and entering: Someone entered a garage in the 1200 block of East Western Reserve Road and took parts to a race car.

Menacing: A Trenholm Road woman said her former boyfriend has sent roughly 30 unwanted and threatening text messages.

Theft: A 17-year-old Oakdale, Pa., girl was charged with stealing two pairs of women’s jeans from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Theft: A teacher with Boardman High School, 7777 Glenwood Ave., reported a cell phone stolen from her desk.

Criminal damaging: Two dents were found on a vehicle’s driver’s-side door in the 400 block of Boardman-Canfield Road.

Burglary: To a garage in the 7600 block of Red Fox Drive. Missing were $80 and a purse.

Oct. 8

Arrest: Authorities went to Liberty Township, where they arrested Charles Queener, no age given, 3244 Orrin Ave., Youngstown, after learning he was wanted on a probation-violation charge. Queener also was charged with assault on a police officer when, a report said, he kicked an officer during the arrest.

Drug paraphernalia: Police responding to a disturbance charged 23-year-old Joshua A. Chaibi, 6300 South Ave., Boardman, with possession of drug paraphernalia when, they said, a suspected marijuana pipe was found.

Theft: Joshua B. Flores, 20, of 28 Crescent St., Struthers, was charged in the theft of a coat from Walmart.

Theft: A New Jersey woman’s wallet was stolen at a McClurg Road business.

Stolen property: A Girard man discovered a personal check written for $157 was cashed without consent at a Market Street bank.

Robbery: A woman age 18 or 19 jumped on the back of an employee who confronted her after the theft of two pairs of pants from Dollar General, 859 E. Midlothian Blvd., then fled.

Menacing: A woman said that two people tried to entice her son to fight them at the Southern Park Mall.

Oct. 9

Threats: Alvin S. Katz, 49, of 7505 Jaguar Drive, Boardman, was charged with making domestic-violence threats after his wife alleged that an enraged Katz had threatened to kill her and a friend.

Theft: Several men left Steak ‘n’ Shake, 6786 Applewood Blvd., without paying $27 of a food bill.

Theft: Toothbrushes and deodorant were stolen from Dollar General, 5953 South Ave.

Breaking and entering: Someone entered a vacant home in the 50 block of Clifton Drive and removed copper piping from the basement.

Arrest: Jasmine Molina, 27, of 3540 LaSalle Ave., Boardman, was taken into custody on a probation-violation charge.

Assault/weapon: Officers responding to a theft at Dollar General, 271 Boardman-Canfield Road, charged 37-year-old Leon Reynolds, 4884 Westchester Drive, Austintown, with two counts of assaulting a police officer and one each of carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. Reynolds, who had a folding knife, struggled with police, spit on an officer and refused to provide proper identification, a report said.

Theft: A Boardman High School student noticed her purse missing.

Attempted robbery: An employee of Deals Nothing Over a Dollar, 225 Boardman-Canfield Road, told police that as she walked to her vehicle, a man in his 50s approached and demanded a bag that the accuser said was still in the store. The man fled on foot and she was not harmed.

Oct. 10

Assault: Authorities picked up 57-year-old Linda M. Swartzen at her residence, 7450 West Blvd., Boardman, on a warrant from Struthers, charging her.

Arrest: Police arrested 40-year-old William Johnstone Jr., 6300 South Ave., at his home. Johnstone was wanted by Struthers authorities on a probation-violation count.

Theft: A pressure washer and a hose were stolen off a truck in the 50 block of Melrose Avenue.

Theft: Two drills were stolen from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd.

Criminal mischief: A car in the 900 block of Moyer Avenue was entered and tampered with.

Aggravated menacing: An employee of Giant Eagle, 476 Boardman-Canfield Road, told authorities a man followed and threatened her with a knife.

Theft: A woman’s wallet was stolen at a Doral Drive store.

Burglary: To an apartment in the 100 block of Stadium Drive, from which $110 and a cell phone were stolen.

Oct. 11

Criminal mischief: Someone broke a window to a business in the 7200 block of Market Street.

Theft: Seventy-five compact discs, a CD case, an in-dash stereo and a car charger were stolen from a vehicle in the 7100 block of Trenholm Road.

Theft/vandalism: Someone broke a pole and took a glass-light globe from it at a South Avenue barber shop.

Theft: A man in his 50s stole three Bluetooth headsets from AT&T, 650 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Criminal damaging: An obscenity was spray-painted on the side of a garage in the 200 block of Meadowbrook Avenue.

Theft: A woman in her 20s took six cosmetics items from Walmart.

Theft: A DVD player, a DVD and a global positioning system unit were taken from vehicles in the 40 block of Buena Vista Avenue.

Theft: A Macy’s employee discovered 118 articles of clothing missing from a display rack. The loss was estimated at $10,283.

Harassment: A Trenholm Road woman reported getting several unwanted calls.

Attempted auto theft: An Auburn Hills Drive woman told police someone had tried to steal her 1997 Oldsmobile Delta 88.