POLICE REPORTS

POLICE REPORTS

July 12

Theft: A 16-year-old Youngstown girl was charged with stealing three pairs of shoes and a pair of shorts from Macy’s in the Southern Park Mall.

Arrests: Police arrested Samuel V. Esposito, 23, and Norma J. Esposito, 63, at their residence, 1911 Pointview Ave., Youngstown, on charges of receiving stolen property after contending that stolen property from the township was found during a search of the home. The elder Esposito also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Theft: A global-positioning-system unit and a DVD player were removed from a car in the 7900 block of Market Street.

Aggravated menacing: A worker with a Boardman-Canfield Road call center told officers a frustrated customer implied he might come to the business with a firearm.

Arrests: Officers on U.S. Route 224 said they heard commotion between the occupants of two vehicles behind them before they charged 19-year-old Donniquea S. Jones, 530 Kendis Circle, Youngstown, with two counts each of felonious assault and endangering children as well as one count each of domestic violence, resisting arrest, obstructing official business and failure to comply with police. Two people, including a former family member, alleged Jones, who had two children in her vehicle, had rammed their car several times, and authorities said Jones briefly struggled with them. Also, police charged a 12-year-old Youngstown girl with obstructing official business, menacing and resisting arrest.

Misuse of a credit card: A South Schenley Avenue woman found out her debit card had been used to make a $143 online purchase without permission.

Burglary: Dustin Estep, 20, of 930 Woodside Ave., Youngstown, faced a burglary charge after a Firnley Avenue woman told police that after allowing Estep into her home, she noticed a safe containing jewelry and other items missing from a bedroom.

Vandalism: A vehicle’s rear passenger-side tire was punctured in the 8100 block of Market Street.

Domestic violence: Stephanie L. Gonda, 20, of 3453 Stratmore Ave., Youngstown, was charged after a situation in the 50 block of Shields Road in which her mother alleged Gonda had pulled her hair.

Threats: Frank T. Davanzo, 21, of 121 Ohltown Road, Austintown, was picked up on a warrant charging him with making domestic-violence threats after his former girlfriend alleged that while at a U.S. Route 224 fast-food restaurant, Davanzo had threatened to harm and kill her.

Attempted fraud: An elderly Pearson Circle woman reported a caller, claiming she was scheduled to receive a new Social Security number, told the accuser he would need her current Social Security and bank-account numbers. The woman hung up.

Domestic violence: Police arrested 62-year-old Robert E. Jackson, 4030 Hillman Way, Boardman, on a warrant after his girlfriend alleged Jackson had slapped and punched her head and face numerous times, knocked her to the ground and kicked her several times during an argument.

Theft: Annette Santos, 20, of 3704 Hillman St., Youngstown, was charged with taking five articles of women’s clothing from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road.

July 13

Harassment: A Friendship Avenue man said he’s received a series of unwanted calls.

Menacing: A woman said another woman threatened the accuser at a Boardman-Poland Road beauty shop.

Theft: Pamela M. Sneed, 49, of 2558 Draper Ave. SE, Warren, was charged in the theft of $245.50 worth of merchandise from Macy’s.

Theft: A man in his 40s stole items from Dollar General, 5953 South Ave., before leaving in a car.

Theft: Cryslee J. Clinkscale, 19, of 121 Monroe St., Campbell, was charged in the theft of $41.25 worth of merchandise from Walmart.

Theft: Fourteen compact discs, a cellphone and two phone chargers were removed from a vehicle in the 600 block of Boardman-Canfield Road.

Menacing: A Market Street woman alleged a neighbor with whom she has ongoing problems threatened her.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle in the 200 block of Prestwick Drive was found with a damaged windshield. The estimate was $500.

Theft: A New Middletown woman found out her missing credit cards had been used without authorization at several Boardman locations.

Menacing: A Simon Road woman said a neighbor continually stares at her residence as a means of harassing her because of property issues between them.

Attempted fraud: A Sigle Lane woman reported a caller claiming to represent the United Parcel Service told her she had won $700,000 in a lottery drawing. The woman knew it was a scam and lost no money.

Theft: Police booked 48-year-old Deanna M. Tringhese, 34 Cherokee Lane, Columbiana, on two theft counts after one pair each of women’s jeans was stolen from two Southern Park Mall stores.

Identity fraud: A Wildwood Drive woman learned someone had used her Ohio driver’s-license number to cash a check at a Walmart store in Lexington, Ky.

July 14

Domestic violence: A township girl, 17, was charged with the crime after her guardian alleged the teen had punched her face and bit her right forearm during an argument.

Arrest: Wesley A. Gutierrez, 20, was taken into custody during a traffic stop near Mathews Road. Gutierrez, of 28 Crescent Drive, Struthers, was wanted on a charge of failure to appear in court.

Arrest: A traffic stop in the 6500 block of Market Street resulted in the arrest of 34-year-old Nakebba Cochrane, 2903 Rush Blvd., Youngstown. She was wanted on a probation-violation charge as well as a felony count of making false alarms.

Theft: Kevin M. Sabo, 35, of 239 Gordon Ave., Campbell, was charged, accused of stealing two 5-gallon buckets of paint from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd.

Drugs: Officers on Market Street pulled 55-year-old Lisa M. Barber of Uniontown, Ohio, over before charging her with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia. A police dog led to the discovery of several small pieces of suspected crack cocaine, and a suspected crack pipe was in Barber’s pocket, a report said.

Criminal mischief: An egg was tossed at the front door and the porch to a residence in the 1200 block of Valley View Drive before three to five males were reportedly seen running from the area.

Theft: The owner of a piece of rental property in the 7300 block of Glenwood Avenue reported a washing machine and dryer, a refrigerator and a stove missing, for a loss of about $1,250.

Animal neglect: Authorities responded to a barking-dog complaint in the 700 block of Orlo Lane, where they found three dogs alone and contacted the homeowner, who was out of town. A representative of the Mahoning County Dog Warden’s office took the animals to Animal Charity Humane Society for temporary housing, a report showed.

Theft: A Wolosyn Circle man discovered a bag containing $40, his driver’s license and a spare set of keys missing.

Bad check: A worker for CheckSmart, 112 Boardman-Poland Road, told police three people tried to cash a stolen $55 check with a forged signature.

Assault: A Shadyside Drive woman alleged that after allowing her former boyfriend into her home, he pushed the accuser against a wall, scratched her arms and tried to choke her.

Theft: A Youngstown woman discovered her purse missing while at a Market Street gas station.

Theft: A woman reported a metal grill and a 4-foot oak tree missing from her son’s Firnley Avenue yard.

July 15

Identity fraud: An Afton Avenue woman noticed a $30 unauthorized transaction from her bank account.

Assault/criminal damaging: A man reported having been punched in the face during a fight in the 7600 block of South Avenue, also where a vehicle was damaged.

Burglary: To a home in the 30 block of Erskine Avenue through a rear window. Stolen were a laptop computer, a 19-inch flat-screen TV, miscellaneous jewelry and other items, for a loss of $5,600.

Harassment: An employee with a Southern Park Mall business reported having received such calls from in or near Shreveport, La.

Arrest: Authorities assisting ambulance personnel with a combative patient arrested 42-year-old Darren L. Kerr, 216 W. Ohio Ave., Sebring, at St. Elizabeth Health Center’s Boardman Campus on two counts of assault on a police officer and one each of disorderly conduct, public indecency and obstructing official business. Kerr jumped from an ambulance, then pulled down his shorts and exposed himself; later, he spit on an officer as well as several nurses and tried to bite officers, a report said.

Menacing: A worker for a South Avenue motel said her former boyfriend followed her in a vehicle and came to her place of employment.