POLICE CALLS

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Oct. 12

Breaking and entering: A break-in occurred in the 7900 block of Lee Run Road. Stolen was a gas-powered mini bike.

Domestic violence: Police charged 25-year-old Thomas F. Tofilski, 8490 Morningside Drive, Poland, with domestic violence and disorderly conduct after two family members suffered injuries during a situation.

Oct. 15

Criminal damaging: A lamppost was damaged on Elm Street.

Criminal damaging: A $200 lamppost and a potted plant were damaged in the 2800 block of Algonquin Drive.

Oct. 16

Attempted fraud: A Chablis Lane man found out someone had tried to make several Internet purchases with his credit-card number.

Oct. 18

Arrest: Officers responding to an erratic driver on U.S. Route 224 charged 42-year-old Victor I. Cutrone, 711 Whipple Ave., Campbell, with operating a vehicle impaired. Cutrone was released on a summons.

BOARDMAN

Oct. 17

Breaking and entering: Authorities charged Daniel L. Beck, 19, of 134 Clifton Drive, Boardman, with breaking and entering and attempted burglary after a Mathews Road man saw that his garage had been entered and a door to his residence was damaged. Six golf-cart batteries were missing, a report showed.

Theft: Virginia A. Wise, 32, of 19 Coitsville Road, Campbell, faced misdemeanor charges of theft and receiving stolen property after children’s clothing and toys were taken from Dollar General, 5953 South Ave., Wise also had a gift bag with items thought to have been stolen from another Dollar General store, police said.

Arrest: Frank J. Medvec, 46, of 2188 Gregory Drive, Youngstown, was charged with obstructing official business when, police said, he refused to identify himself to officers who stopped him on a bicycle near Shields Road.

Theft: A 52-inch flat-screen TV and $300 were missing from an apartment in the 8200 block of Southern Boulevard.

Identity theft: A Euclid Boulevard man found out his debit card was used without permission to make $531 worth of fraudulent online purchases.

Identity fraud: A Market Street man reported his credit card had been used without authorization to make three purchases totaling $351.

Theft: A woman reported a gym bag, a set of keys and a work uniform missing from her locker at a Boardman-Canfield Road business.

Possible arson: Police assisted firefighters who responded to burned notebook paper discovered on a patio at an apartment in the 7400 block of East Huntington Drive.

Theft: A man reported his wallet stolen at a Doral Drive store.

Oct. 18

Theft: Twenty-seven Sony PlayStation games and a related item were stolen from a Market Street motel room.

Breaking and entering: Someone broke into Pizza Joe’s, 6810 Market St., through the front door, though nothing appeared to have been disturbed or was missing.

Arrest: Police conducting a traffic stop on Market Street took 20-year-old Benjamin K. Smith into custody. Smith, of 457 Coitsville Ave., Campbell, was wanted on a Trumbull County warrant.

Theft: About $500 worth of jewelry was missing from a home in the 4000 block of Hopkins Road.

Arrest: A traffic stop on Glenwood Avenue resulted in the arrest of 49-year-old Lee C. Kimble, 273 N. Heights Ave., Youngstown, on a warrant from that city charging him with having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Theft: An $1,800 wedding set and 10 Vicodin tablets were taken from a residence in the 1800 block of Oles Avenue.

Harassment: A South Avenue man reported getting threatening calls.

Breaking and entering: Someone entered Cocca’s Pizza, 7185 Market St., via the front door and removed an undisclosed sum of money.

Oct. 19

Identity theft: A Squirrel Hill Drive woman realized her identity had been compromised after discovering $387 missing from her account.

Misuse of a credit card: A Becky Court man learned his stolen debit card was used to make $350 worth of unauthorized purchases.

Attempted theft by deception: An elderly Squirrel Hill Drive woman told authorities she received a letter from someone in Portugal claiming she had won a drawing but first needed to pay a $4,100 processing fee. She knew it was a scam and lost no money, a report said.

Theft: Michelle M. Roman, 46, of 380 Argyle Ave., Boardman, was charged with stealing about $50 worth of cosmetics and vitamins from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Attempted auto theft: A Beechwood Drive woman saw that someone had entered her car, presumably in an effort to steal it.

Arrest: Weathersfield Township authorities handed 23-year-old Danielle M. Melnek, 4829 Pine Trace St., Austintown, to township police. She was accused of violating a protection order.

Breaking and entering: Someone pried open a rear door to a business in the 7000 block of Market Street, though nothing appeared to have been stolen.

Oct. 20

Theft: An official with a township hospital told police a patient had four medical patches removed from his body.

Criminal damaging/intimidation: A Melrose Avenue woman who discovered a flat tire on her vehicle alleged a neighbor has been peering in her windows, apparently in retaliation for her having filed a police report.

Arson: Michael E. Roddy, 23, of 34 Hawthorne St., Struthers, faced a felony arson count after police responded to a vehicle fire on Applecrest Court and found the car fully engulfed. Two other vehicles were damaged because of the fire, a report showed. Roddy later surrendered.

Theft: Police booked 47-year-old Caroline D. Williams, 851 Detroit Ave., Youngstown, after shirts and pairs of shoes were stolen from Kmart, 1209 Boardman-Poland Road.

Menacing: An employer with a DeBartolo Place business reported an employee she had terminated made threats against her.

Burglary: To a second-floor apartment in the 900 block of Washington Boulevard, from which Xbox and Wii game systems were removed.

Counterfeit: Someone tried to pass a phony $50 bill at a Shell True North gas station, 950 Boardman-Poland Road.

Identity fraud: A Columbiana man using his automated-teller-machine card at a Boardman-Canfield bank discovered four fraudulent transactions totaling $1,500.

Arrest: Charity A. Hudson, 24, of 160 Shadyside Drive, Boardman, was picked up on a warrant from Niles accusing her of failing to appear in court.

Arrest: Police on Wildwood Drive took into custody 58-year-old Richard G. McDowell, 69 Wildwood, on charges of obstructing official business and resisting arrest. He was released on a summons.