Canfield Police Blotter

Aug. 9

Domestic violence: Police charged Richard Massaro, 47, of 440 Fairground Blvd.,.

Fraudulent charges: A resident of the 80 block of Cardinal Drive reported that four charges totaling $300 had been made to his credit card.

Aug. 10

Harassing calls: Two residents in the 60 block of Lisbon Street reported the female was receiving harassing phone calls.

Aug. 12

Suspicious letter: K Line Logistics LLC, 535 N. Broad St., reported receiving suspicious mail including three boxes with vials of white powder in them.

Aug. 13

Drug abuse: Police charged Samantha Maxwell, 24, of 2477 S. Duck Creek Drive, North Jackson, with drug abuse after finding three pieces of suspected crack cocaine in her car on South Broad Street.

Aug. 16

Vandalism: A glass door at Sun City Tanning, 558 E. Main St. was broken.

Aug. 17

Illegal processing of drug documents: Police arrested Katelin Kelley, 24, of 1090 Bristol Champion Townline Road, Bristolville, about presenting a forged prescription for Vicodin at CVS Pharmacy, 601 E. Main St.

Missing laptop: A resident of the 100 block of Kings Lane reported a $1,299 laptop was missing.

Aug. 19

Warrant: Minerva police arrested Lawrence Plavka, 40, of 101 E. Line St., Minerva, on a Canfield warrant charging contempt of court for failure to pay a fine. He was brought to the Canfield Police Department, where he made arrangements to pay the fine and was released.

Aug. 20

Drug paraphernalia: Police arrested Tony Bennett of Delaware on a charge of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop on West Main Street. Police found a glass pipe with suspected marijuana residue, a marijuana grinder and digital scale with suspected marijuana residue.

Theft: A carrier for The Vindicator and his wife witnessed the theft of newspapers in front of Dollar Tree, 405 E. Main St.

Drug paraphernalia: Police arrested Anthony Tommer, 19, of 6922 Berry Blossom Drive, in the possession of drug paraphernalia and drug abuse after finding a packet of rolling papers, a bottle of empty capsules and a small bag of suspected marijuana.

Aug. 22

Drug abuse: Police arrested Michael Verbanovic, 53, of 6841 Lockwood Blvd., Boardman, on a charge of drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop at West Main and Wadsworth streets. Police said they found a wooden smoke pipe with suspected marijuana residue.

Aug. 23

Harassment: A woman from the 400 block of S. Broad Street reported receiving a harassing text message.

Warrant: Police arrested Andrew D’Apolito, 53, 4560 Rhode Island Drive, Apt. 6, Youngstown, on a warrant for failure to appear on a traffic charge at Western Reserve Road and Columbiana-Canfield Road.

Aug. 24

Theft: Police arrested Wendy Smith, 50, 6707 Schafer Ave., Cleveland, on charges of identity fraud, possessing criminal tools and complicity and David Marks, 9329 Manor Ave., Cleveland, on charges of identity fraud, possessing criminal tools and complicity for allegedly attempting to make a withdrawal from someone else’s account at Huntington Bank,11 Manor Hill Drive.

Aug. 25

Fraudulent charges: A Talsman Drive resident reported fraudulent charges for an $1,800 computer, $2,000 in Avon products and another charge of $2,300 were attempted to his bank credit card. The account company had blocked the charges.

Drug abuse: Police arrested John Kale, 47, 1229 Columbiana-Canfield Road, Columbiana, on charges of drug abuse and paraphernalia for possession of 15 grams of marijuana and two tinfoil pipes with burnt marijuana residue, a pair of forceps with a burned tip, and a pack of rolling papers at Broad Street and Kirk Street.

Aug. 26

Drug abuse: Police arrested Joseph Zimmerman, 19, 3852 New Road, Austintown on charges of drug abuse after finding one gram of suspected marijuana on him.

Aug. 27

Drug paraphernalia: Police arrested Joseph Blasens, 25, 3924 Staatz Drive, Youngstown for possession of drug paraphernalia on W. Main Street after police found a pipe with marijuana residue in it and a straw with possible cocaine residue.

Aug. 28

Warrant: Police arrested Nicholas Holt, 27, 273 Carriage Hill, Apt. 301, on a failure to appear warrant for mayor’s court.