Canfield Police Blotter
POLICE BLOTTER
March 7
Bad check scam: A Shadydale Drive woman told police she had received a forged check for $3,100 drawn on a Chase bank account in a Craig’s List transaction.
March 8
Broken window: A Hood Drive resident reported a second-floor bathroom window had been broken while she was out of town, but no evidence of an object being thrown at it could be found.
March 11
Drug abuse: Mathew Stiner, 23, of 6505 St. Andrews Drive, Canfield, was charged with drug abuse for alleged possession of marijuana at Pheasant Run and west of the city limits.
March 14
Telephone harassment/scam: A Newton Square Drive woman told police she received a phone call demanding she pay $774 on a Internet company loan they claim she defaulted on or be in trouble with local police. They also wanted her ATM card number faxed to the man who called. Officers advised her to check her credit history for possible fraud.
March 15
Telephone harassment: A Fairground Drive woman told police she received a call from a company claiming to try to collect $600 from her because she had defaulted on an Internet company loan. A call also was made to her place of employment, and a message was left for her. Officers warned her to check her credit history in case someone else took out a loan in her name.
March 16
Theft: A resident of the 100 block of Court Street reported three rings missing from her home.
March 18
Dog bite: Police arrested Teri Fleming, 49, of 60 Topaz Circle on a charge of letting a dog run at large. A woman reported she had been bitten on her left calf. Police advised the woman the dog had to be quarantined for 10 days.
March 29
Harassment: A woman from the 70 block of Lakhani Lane reported that sometime tried to break into her house and that she is receiving threatening emails on her Twitter account.
Warrant: Dwayne Bunch, 39, of 1704 Brentwood Drive, Greenville, Pa., was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear.
Identity theft: A woman from the 100 block of Topaz Circle said her father has been staying with her from Pennsylvania. He went to get his taxes done at H&R Block and was told someone else had filed taxes using his Social Security number.
March 31
Stolen checks: A Girard woman, an employee of McQuaid’s gas station, 407 W. Main St., reported five personal checks had been stolen from her vehicle at work and they had been forged and cashed.
April 1
Drug abuse/paraphernalia: Dominic Morgan, 19, of 4619 Viall Road, Austintown, was arrested on charges of drug abuse of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at Railroad and Lisbon Streets.
April 2
Drug abuse: Nicole Stuckey, 28, of 1598 2nd St., Youngstown was arrested on a charge of drug abuse of marijuana on N. Broad Street.
April 6
Stolen checks/forgery: Police charged Diana Muth, 25, of 7141 Palmyra Road, with theft and forgery for the theft of five checks stolen from an employee’s vehicle at McQuaid’s gas station, 407 W. Main St. The checks were forged and cashed and two debit transactions were made.
April 6
Unauthorized use of credit card: A credit card belonging to a Girard woman who is employed at McQuaid’s gas station, 407 W. Main St., was used to make $1,635 in charges and $500 worth of lottery tickets were also missing from the office.
Fraudulent charges: $80.55 in fraudulent charges were reported by a Montgomery Drive man to his business account.
April 8
Drug abuse instruments: Police charged Lucy McCarty, 21, of 220 Ridgewood Drive, Boardman, with possession of drug abuse instruments, a syringe, after her arrest in the city.