POLICE CALLS

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Oct. 31

Breaking and entering: Someone broke into a home in the 5300 block of Fifth Avenue and took a stove and a dryer.

Burglary: Took place in the 2100 block of West Manor Avenue through a rear window. Stolen were $100, a purse, a checkbook and a credit card.

Nov. 1

Identity theft: A New Castle Road woman discovered her debit-card number was used to make $1,624 worth of fraudulent online purchases in foreign countries.

Burglary: To a residence in the 2500 block of Lyon Boulevard that was ransacked. An inhaler device and 180 medications were stolen.

Nov. 2

Theft/damage: A commercial furnace was removed from a truck, which had a damaged passenger-side mirror and window, in the 3300 block of Center Road.

Nov. 3

Identity theft: A Shetland Lane woman found out $61,716 had been removed from her credit-card account.

Nov. 4

Identity theft: A Poland man learned someone had taken $1,470 from his credit-card account without authorization

Identity theft: A Hamilton Avenue woman reported her identity had been compromised.

Nov. 6

Theft: A $250 MP3 player was stolen in the 8400 block of Weatherwood Trail.

BOARDMAN

Nov. 3

Domestic violence: A 17-year-old township boy was charged with the crime after his stepfather alleged the teen had shoved him against a wall during an argument, then challenged the accuser to a fight.

Nov. 4

Harassment: A Firnley Avenue man reported receiving numerous such calls pertaining to a woman he doesn’t know.

Theft: Police booked 25-year-old Tara L. Boyce, 948 Winona Drive, Youngstown, after $31 worth of merchandise was stolen from Walmart. She was released on a summons.

Employee theft: A charge was pending against a former worker with the J.C. Penney store in the Southern Park Mall after $115 worth of shirts, sunglasses and other merchandise had been stolen from the store during a one-month period.

Assaults: Four women were in a fight in the 400 block of Boardman-Poland Road, though none sustained visible injuries.

Attempted vehicular assault: A security guard with a Tiffany Boulevard store told authorities he believed the driver of a sport- utility vehicle intentionally tried to hit him after the accuser had asked the driver to move from a fire lane.

Theft: A man stole $150 worth of clothing from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive, before leading police on a vehicular pursuit.

Attempted burglary: The owner of a residence in the 300 block of West Midlothian Boulevard reported seeing someone fleeing from the rear of the home, though no entry was made.

Theft: Ebony M. Wells, 33, of 182 Elm St., Struthers, was picked up on a warrant after being accused of stealing 15 cosmetics items from Kmart, 1209 Boardman-Poland Road.

Nov. 5

Menacing: James A. Ashworth, 38, of 3798 Indian Run Drive, Canfield, was cited on a menacing charge after police responded to two intoxicated men at a Boardman-Canfield Road restaurant. Ashworth threatened to harm an employee who had asked him to leave, a report showed.

Arrest: Solangel M. Rodriguez, 19, of 164 Lincoln Park Drive, Youngstown, was charged with obstructing official business after being accused of providing false personal information to police during a traffic stop in the 800 block of East Midlothian Boulevard.

Unauthorized use of a vehicle: Youngstown police handed 42-year-old James P. Greene to township authorities. Greene, of 685 Cook Ave., Boardman, was charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, a first-degree misdemeanor, after his former wife alleged Greene had failed to return her 2002 Chevrolet Cavalier.

Theft: Amy L. Jones, 30, of 12845 Beaver-Springfield Road, New Springfield, was charged in the theft of perfume and a purse from Walmart, then released on a summons.

Vandalism: A $325 coffee table was damaged in a room at a South Avenue motel.

Criminal damaging: A car in the 100 block of Danbury Drive was found with a smashed rear window and to have been ransacked.

Theft: A man in the 300 block of Boardman-Poland Road reported a leaf blower, a weed trimmer and other landscaping equipment had been taken from his truck.

Theft: A woman discovered numerous pieces of jewelry missing from her home in the 5000 block of Firnley Avenue for a loss of more than $6,000.

Theft: A leaf blower and a cut-off saw were stolen from a truck in the 7100 block of Tiffany Boulevard.

Arrest: Police arrested Michael A. Forney Jr., 32, of 241 Mumford Drive, Youngstown, in the 300 block of Boardman-Poland Road on a felony warrant from Austintown charging him with passing bad checks.

Nov. 6

Drugs: Police responded to a possible drunken driver on U.S. Route 224 before charging 52-year-old Frank R. Silvestri, 66 Green Bay Drive, Boardman, with drug abuse and citing him on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired. A bag with seven pills was in his pocket, a report said.

Criminal damaging: A fence was damaged in the 7400 block of Ranier Trail.

Vandalism: A vehicle in the 1400 block of Boardman-Canfield Road was found with a slashed tire and damage to a door.

Theft: Two cars at a Simon Road business had their catalytic converters removed.

Theft: Two people stole 10 DVDs from Giant Eagle, 476 Boardman-Canfield Road.

Trespassing: Authorities charged 66-year-old John R. Washabaugh, 7712 Tod Ave., Boardman, with criminal trespassing after saying a belligerent Washabaugh refused to leave St. Elizabeth Health Center’s Boardman Campus after having been treated and offered a ride.

Assault: A Hitchcock Road man said a neighbor punched him several times in the face and kicked him during a dispute.

Theft: A man and a woman stole a cellphone, miscellaneous clothing and two rings from the J.C. Penney store.

Theft: While answering a domestic-dispute call on Cook Avenue, police took into custody 25-year-old Stephen W. Bell, 868 Cook, who was wanted by Columbiana County authorities on a theft count.