Poland and Boardman police calls

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

June 23

Auto theft: A township man reported his 1996 Oldsmobile Cierra stolen.

Theft: A Knollwood Drive man discovered $20 missing from his residence.

BOARDMAN

June 24

Criminal damaging: A mailbox in the 8200 block of Hitchcock Road was destroyed.

Harassment: A worker for a Boardman-Canfield Road business reported her former boyfriend has been continually calling against her wishes.

Robbery: A man in the 2000 block of Wolosyn Circle told police that as he took out trash, one of two men struck his wrist with an aluminum baseball bat and pushed him to the ground while the other removed $10 from the victim’s pocket before both fled. The robbers were described as in their early 20s wearing baseball jerseys and caps, a report showed.

Criminal damaging: Two patio lights were damaged in the 5300 block of Linger Place.

Criminal damaging: Someone broke a large front window to a business in the 900 block of Boardman-Poland Road.

Criminal mischief: Someone poured soup on a vehicle in the 50 block of Prestwick Drive.

Burglary: Robert L. Swope, 28, of 2502 Sierra Drive, Youngstown, faced a burglary charge, accused of entering a room at the Boardman Inn, 7109 Market St., through a rear window. An employee discovered Swope asleep in a bed, a report said.

Theft: Two cast-iron sewer covers were missing on Aspen Lane.

Criminal mischief: Someone drove through and damaged part of a yard in the 1800 block of Basil Avenue.

Burglary: Occurred in the 5900 block of Glenwood Avenue via a side door. Nothing appeared to have been stolen, however.

Theft: Police booked two 12-year-old Youngstown boys after clothing and other merchandise was stolen from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Attempted fraud: An elderly Walker Mill Road woman told police a caller claimed she had won a $2 million sweepstakes drawing but first needed to bring $200 to a Poland store, then pick up her ticket.

Fraud: A West Boulevard woman found two unauthorized charges totaling more than $600 to her bank account, one of which was for a plane ticket.

Theft: Walmart security cameras caught three boys stealing about $88 worth of merchandise.

Assault: A Youngstown man told police a Lemont Drive man used an aluminum broomstick to strike his torso area during an argument related to a paycheck. The other man said he had been punched in the mouth.

Theft: A $649 cellphone was stolen from AT&T, 7125 Tiffany Blvd.

Criminal damaging and mischief: Police responded to a report of three males damaging property near Basil and Brandon avenues, where one resident reported a bird feeder was destroyed and another man said his picnic table had been overturned.

Theft/criminal damaging: Someone cut a fence and entered an Ohio Edison Co. substation in the 6400 block of Southern Boulevard before stealing copper.

Theft: A man age 25 to 30 left Denny’s Restaurant, 154 Boardman-Canfield Road, without paying his $9 food bill.

Theft: A Crystal Drive boy reported his $700 bicycle stolen.

Harassment: Mark E. Rose, 37, of 1800 Alverne Drive, Boardman, surrendered on a telecommunications-harassment charge after a neighbor reported having received two unwanted calls.

Theft: A $160 remote-controlled helicopter was removed from Hobby Town USA, 105 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Theft: Luzminda T. McReary, 46, of 2549 Lower Elkton Road, Columbiana, was charged with stealing a $60 pair of sandals from Macy’s.

Theft: Ruth G. Rivera, 53, of 8049 Deerpath Drive, Boardman, was charged in the theft of $43 worth of women’s clothing from Kmart, 1209 Boardman-Poland Road.

Domestic violence: Deseray S. Sklenchar, 19, was taken into custody at her residence, 4743 Southern Blvd., Boardman, and charged after a family member alleged Sklenchar had thrown and struck him with a glass object, then hit the accuser in the back and shoulder during an argument. The man suffered a cut and bruising to his left forearm.

June 25

Criminal mischief: Four plastic yard chairs were found scattered in a backyard in the 1700 block of Basil Avenue.

Harassment: A Glendale Avenue woman reported the latest in a series of such calls.

Criminal mischief: A flower bed in the 300 block of Mathews Road was damaged.

Criminal damaging: A car in the 4200 block of Hillman Way was found with several broken windows. The estimate was $1,300.

Theft: An undisclosed sum of money was missing from a safe at Antone’s Italian Grille, 720 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Counterfeit: A customer at Dunkin Donuts, 6041 Market St., passed three fake $20 bills.

Criminal mischief: Damage was done to plants and a garden in the 1800 block of Halbert Drive.

Theft: Police charged two 16-year-old Youngstown girls in the theft of roughly $120 worth of clothing from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall, then released them to the custody of a parent and guardian.

Recovered property: About $74 worth of stolen property was returned to Family Dollar, 4028 South Ave.

Theft: A worker for a Boardman-Canfield Road store discovered $150 and a paycheck missing from her purse.

Assault/menacing: A man at a Boardman-Canfield Road apartment reported another man pushed the accuser into a wall, then implied he would be killed after accusing him of urinating off a balcony and harassing a family member.

Theft: A $300, 18-speed bicycle was stolen in the 70 block of Carter Circle.

Criminal damaging: Two decorative items were smashed in the street in the 1800 block of Basil Avenue.

Identity theft: A Youngstown man alleged his former employer used the accuser’s personal information without consent to open a business account on McClurg Road.

June 26

Domestic violence: A charge was pending against a man after a Red Tail Hawk Drive woman alleged he had threatened to kill her during an argument.

Domestic violence: Stephen L. Blanchard, 23, of 344 Melrose Ave., Boardman, faced a felony charge after a township woman alleged that, despite her pregnancy, Blanchard pushed her backward to the ground during an argument. The woman complained of pain to her side and stomach.

Theft: A woman reported her mother, of Boardman Boulevard, had her purse stolen.

Arrest: Police investigating a possible stabbing in the 200 block of Mathews Road charged 24-year-old Renee L. Sass, 245 Mathews, with obstructing official business after saying she had hindered their investigation of the assault. Sass also was cited on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

June 27

Burglary: To an apartment in the 2000 block of Wolosyn Circle, after someone forced open a sliding-glass door. A $1,000, 50-inch TV was taken.