Poland and Boardman police calls

POLICE CALLS

A summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman townships:

POLAND

Jan. 20

Harassment: A resident in the 100 block of Luteran Lane filed a report.

Identity theft: A Hilltop Drive man found out his debit card had been used without consent to make $148 worth of purchases.

BOARDMAN

Jan. 21

Theft: An MP3 player and related items, and two packs of cigarettes were stolen from a vehicle at the Southern Park Mall.

Burglary: Three bottles of liquor and an Xbox console were missing from a home in the 6600 block of Bristlewood Drive someone had entered through the front door.

Theft: Michael J. Malagisi, 28, of 3838 Cumberland Drive, Austintown, was charged in the theft of Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox items from Sears in the Southern Park Mall.

Arrest: Police were called to St. Elizabeth Health Center’s Boardman Campus, where they charged 61-year-old Gregory A. Vorshak, 5511 Youngstown-Poland Road, Poland, with criminal trespassing. Vorshak became belligerent and refused to leave his wife’s room after the two insisted she be released, a report said.

Menacing: A woman reported being threatened with harm at a Boardman-Canfield Road business.

Felonious assault/auto theft: A Glendale Avenue woman alleged her boyfriend held a large knife to her throat, then stole her 2001 Pontiac Sunfire. Charges were pending.

Theft: Johnda C. Harvey, 27, of 925 Belvedere Ave., Warren, was charged with stealing about $120 worth of merchandise from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive. Harvey, who also was wanted on a warrant, faced additional charges of forgery and obstructing official business when, police said, she admitted having provided a fake driver’s license and identity to avoid arrest on the warrant.

Domestic violence: A 13-year-old township boy was charged with the crime and taken to the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center, Youngstown, after his mother alleged the teen had punched her jaw when she awakened him for school.

Robbery: Authorities booked 31-year-old Joseph L. Addison on a robbery charge after $455 worth of clothing had been stolen from the J.C. Penney store in the Southern Park Mall. Addison, of Silver Spring, Md., assaulted and injured a store official who tried to apprehend him, a report showed.

Harassment: A Charles Avenue woman reported getting three calls claiming she had won $2 million.

Bad check: A Youngstown woman reportedly tried to cash a fraudulent $2,960 check at Checksmart, 112 Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft: A $250 monitor was stolen from Babies R Us, the Baby Super Store, 1240 Doral Drive.

Burglary: Took place in the 5000 block of Sheban Drive by unknown means. Stolen was a $4,000 diamond ring.

Recovered property: Police found a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire in the 7000 block of West Boulevard after a Boardman woman had reported it stolen.

Jan. 22

Domestic violence: Police went to the Trumbull Correctional Institution, Warren, to serve a warrant to 32-year-old Mark H. Arnoto, 2170 Monroe St., Salem, after his former wife, of Charles Avenue, alleged Arnoto had made various threats against her.

Theft: Two bottles of perfume were stolen from Sears, resulting in charges against a New Waterford girl, 13, and a 14-year-old Columbiana girl.

Domestic violence: Police charged Jeffrey J. Bradian Jr., 35, of 148 Melbourne Ave., Boardman, with the crime and he also was wanted on a warrant charging him with theft. Bradian admitted having struck his brother in the head, authorities said.

Arrest: Police on Market Street picked up 26-year-old Ama-Efura Dodson, 539 Falls Ave., Youngstown, who was wanted on a warrant from Campbell.

Drug paraphernalia: Robert W. Hill, 43, of 539 New Court Drive, Youngstown, was cited at a township motel after police said a suspected crack pipe and suspected marijuana debris were found in a room.

Arrest: A traffic stop near West Midlothian Boulevard resulted in 20-year-old Brittney N. Taylor’s arrest. Taylor, of 459 W. Judson Ave., Youngstown, was wanted on a probation-violation count.

Theft by deception: Two subwoofers a man had bought at Best Buy, 561 Boardman-Poland Road, were returned to the store before it was discovered someone had replaced the items with cheaper ones.

Misuse of a credit card: A Glenwood Avenue woman noticed $400 to $500 worth of unauthorized charges to her debit card.

Theft: Danielle L. Rosier, 26, of 266 S. High St., Cortland, was charged with stealing seven DVDs from Walmart.

Theft: A 16-year-old city boy faced charges of theft and obstructing official business after $35 worth of merchandise was stolen from Macy’s. The teen also lied about his identity, officers said.

Jan. 23

Breaking and entering: Someone entered a storage garage in the 6800 block of Lockwood Boulevard and damaged drywall.

Theft: A $40 comforter was removed from Family Dollar, 4028 South Ave.

Theft: A $500 car stereo was taken from a vehicle in the 7300 block of Tiffany Boulevard.

Jan. 24

Harassment: A Grover Drive woman said her teenage daughter received several threatening online and text messages.

Theft: A $200 cell phone was stolen from a locker at a McClurg Road business.

Fraud: A woman presented two counterfeit prescriptions at Walgreens Pharmacy, 7295 Market St.

Theft: A man took at least $200 worth of videos from Sears.

Harassment: A Lockwood Boulevard woman reported receiving a series of such calls.