Girard, Hubbard and Liberty police calls

POLICE CALLS

A summary of recent criminal activity in Girard, Hubbard and Liberty:

GIRARD

Aug. 17

Breaking and entering: Someone broke a window, entered McQuaid’s Sunoco gas station, 307 S. State St., and ransacked the business.

Theft: A woman noticed numerous prescription medications missing from her home in the 10 block of North State Street.

Aug. 18

Criminal damaging: A car in the 200 block of Trumbull Avenue was found with three broken windows, including the windshield. Damage came to $800.

Trespassing: A South Randolph Street man reported another man continually enters the accuser’s property, despite having been asked to stay off.

Aggravated menacing: A charge was pending against a man after a woman said she returned to her South Randolph Street apartment and found two threatening notes on her door.

Menacing: A woman told authorities another driver threatened to harm her after apparently cutting her off in traffic in a construction zone near U.S. Route 422 and Interstate 80.

Aug. 19

Theft: An East Howard Street man reported a .40-caliber pistol stolen from his car.

Arson: Police assisted firefighters with a car fire in the 300 block of Forsythe Avenue. It appeared that rags had been soaked in some type of oil, then set on fire and placed in the vehicle, a police report said.

Menacing: An Elruth Court man and his girlfriend reported getting ongoing threatening calls as well as voice and text messages.

Aug. 20

Criminal mischief: Someone in the 500 block of North Avenue threw coffee on a vehicle.

Aggravated menacing: A Trumbull Avenue man reported another man has been making a series of threats against him.

Arrest: Officers charged a 16-year-old Girard boy with reckless operation of a motor vehicle and failing to comply with police after getting complaints about an erratic driver on a four-wheel vehicle. The teen had exceeded the speed limit and initially refused to stop for authorities, a report showed.

HUBBARD

Aug. 16

Possible theft: Several vehicles in the 600 block of West Park Avenue were found with their gas tanks open.

Theft: A catalytic converter was removed from a car in the 100 block of Youngstown-Hubbard Road.

Theft: A woman reported her son’s cellphone stolen near Erie Street.

Aug. 18

Criminal mischief: Someone wrote on a vehicle in the 100 block of Forest Hill Drive.

Aug. 19

Theft: An East Liberty Street woman discovered $6,000 worth of jewelry missing from her car.

Possible drugs: Police received a report of possible drug sales in the township.

Aug. 20

Criminal mischief: An Elizabeth Street woman reported someone moved her air-conditioning unit without permission.

Aug. 21

Possible breaking and entering: A woman discovered damage to the garage door of her father’s Hager Street home and thought someone may have gained entry to the residence.

LIBERTY

Aug. 17

Assault: A man in an argument with another driver on Belmont Avenue told police the motorist grabbed and slammed his arm against the accuser’s vehicle’s door, then left in a green pickup truck.

Aug. 18

Counterfeit: A woman in her 30s passed two phony $50 bills at a Speedway gas station, 4210 Belmont Ave.

Theft: A Pennsylvania woman discovered numerous items had been removed from her purse as she patronized several Belmont Avenue stores.

Assault: A North Gate Road woman said that her daughter was struck in the leg with a plastic baseball bat as the girl roller-skated in the neighborhood.

Criminal damaging: Police charged 18-year-old Gerald M. Wainwright, 211 Colonial Drive, Youngstown, with criminal damaging and aggravated trespassing after accusing him of kicking in the front door to a township residence. He was released on a personal recognizance bond.

Aug. 19

Arrest: Michael D. McQueen, 39, of 128 W. Evergreen Ave., Youngstown, was arrested at the Mahoning County jail on a probation-violation charge from the township.

Trespassing: Police responded to a person panhandling for money in the 3900 block of Belmont Avenue, then cited 48-year-old Paul F. Hartman of Denver on a criminal-trespassing charge. Hartman had been asked to leave the property but returned, a report said.

Arrest: A traffic stop near Gypsy Lane resulted in the arrest of 26-year-old Jasmine M. Barnes, 249 Alameda Ave., Youngstown, who was wanted on a township warrant. Barnes also was charged with having fictitious license plates and no operator’s license.

Theft/drugs: Michael L. Atyim, 37, of 17530 Mill Road, Berlin Center, faced a felony drug-abuse count as well as misdemeanor charges of theft and interference with custody after clothing had been stolen from Walmart, 200 Goldie Road, Atyim, who police said had a 17-year-old girl without her mother’s permission, also had a white powder in his car that tested positive for cocaine, a report showed.

Arrest: Police picked up Jennifer N. Zackasee, 28, at Northside Medical Center, Youngstown. Zackasee, of 88 Hilton Ave., Youngstown, was accused of failing to appear for a violation-of-probation hearing.

Aug. 20

Arrest: Officers dealing with a verbal dispute in the 200 block of Catherine Street took 50-year-old Cascinda L. Kleese, 222 Catherine, into custody. Kleese was wanted by Weathersfield Township police on a warrant.

Arrest: Authorities at the Mahoning County jail booked 56-year-old Melvin Howell Sr., 38 Steel St., Youngstown on a township warrant charging him with failure to appear in court.

Aug. 21

Theft: A clerk at a Logan Way business reported the theft of a $770 cellphone.

Arrest: Officers pulled over a vehicle on Logan Way, where they arrested 26-year-old Anthony M. Palestro, 7340 Redwood Drive, Hubbard, on a charge of driving under the influence.

Breaking and entering: Two men were caught on a surveillance camera entering Conroy’s Xpress, 4446 Logan Way, carrying a garbage can and filling it with an unknown quantity of cigarettes.