POLICE CALLS
POLICE CALLS
A summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman townships:
POLAND
June 12
Menacing: A township man reported having been threatened while at a Center Road gas station.
June 13
Criminal damaging: A window was damaged at a residence in the 8600 block of Hilltop Drive.
June 14
Theft: An 8-foot aluminum boat valued at $300 was stolen from Yeo Farms, 2704 Bedford Road.
June 17
Arrest: Police charged 45-year-old Charles P. May, 6214 Quarry Road, Lowellville, with violating a protection order.
Harassment: A Suncrest Drive man filed a report.
BOARDMAN
June 15
Theft: A Buchanon Drive woman told police a plumbing company continued to charge her for services despite her having canceled a membership with the business.
Assault: Officers responded to a fight between two women at the Southern Park Mall in which one woman reported having been struck in the left cheek with a set of keys. Both were issued criminal-trespassing warnings.
Robbery: Tommy T. Grant, 18, of 441 Breadon St., Youngstown, faced two counts of aggravated robbery after two males walking near Hudson and Prestwick drives told police a man had asked if they wished to buy marijuana before pointing a firearm at their legs and demanding money. The victims gave the robber a wallet and a cellphone, a report said.
Domestic violence: Frank Ciavarella Jr., 33, of 5285 Pinetree Lane, Boardman, was charged after Ciavarella’s wife alleged he had threatened her and their children.
Harassment: A worker at a Mentor, Ohio, tanning salon reported a man has been making vulgar and sexually-explicit calls to the business that may have originated in Boardman.
Assault: Myesha A. Thomas, 20, of 1848 Paisley St., Austintown, surrendered on a simple-assault charge after two women at the Southern Park Mall reported someone they knew struck them with a cup containing a beverage.
Harassment: A worker for a Market Street gas station said someone made sexual calls and referred to him as a terrorist.
June 16
Theft: A man reported $20 stolen from his wallet while at an apartment in the 100 block of Stadium Drive.
Endangerment: A Cook Avenue man told officers his wife returned to his apartment and alleged that while arguing with him, she left their 5-month-old son alone in a vehicle.
Arrest: Police at the Southern Park Mall inquired about a vehicle in a handicap space with no placard, which led to the arrest of 21-year-old Willie A. Gregory, 66 E. Lucius Ave., Youngstown, who was wanted on a probation-violation charge.
Citation: Police near Western Reserve Road and Interstate 680 cited 67-year-old Aldo R. Damato, 8149 Morningside Drive, Poland, on a charge of having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Theft: Michael R. Burt, 39, was arrested on a warrant. Burt, of 69 Romaine Ave., Boardman, was accused of stealing a $48 DVD player from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.
Attempted burglary: Someone tried to enter an apartment in the 6300 block of South Avenue and damaged a door knob.
June 17
Robbery: An employee with a West Boulevard business reported that while returning to her car, a man 6 feet 2 inches tall, 200 to 220 pounds in his 40s with facial hair and a dark bandana pushed the accuser, causing her to hit her head and injure her left arm, before stealing her purse and fleeing on foot.
Domestic violence: Amber A. Fry, 18, of 5581 Tracy Drive, Boardman, was taken into custody on a warrant after a Canfield man alleged Fry had struck his neck during an argument related to family matters.
Arrest: Authorities received information that a disgruntled customer had threatened to damage a Southern Park Mall store before taking 34-year-old John C. Minogue of Pontiac, Mich., into custody. He was wanted on a probation-violation charge related to a theft count.
Assault: A woman had swelling near her left eye and a scratch before reporting she had been punched while in a parking lot in the 4000 block of Hillman Way.
Menacing: A worker for a Boardman-Canfield Road fast-food restaurant told authorities an agitated customer got out of a vehicle, pounded on the drive-through window and threatened to harm her.
Identity fraud: An employee of a Boardman-Poland Road eatery found out two of his credit cards had been used to make two unauthorized transactions totaling about $684.
June 18
Arson: A Crystal Drive man told police someone had set fire to his trash at the end of his driveway.
Burglary: To a home in the 100 block of Melbourne Avenue through a rear door. Stolen was a $3,000 computer.
Trespassing: A chiropractor on South Commons Place reported seeing a man sitting in the building’s basement. No charges were filed, though the man was asked not to return.
Drug paraphernalia: A traffic stop near Tippecanoe Road led to 20-year-old Angelina M. Soto’s arrest on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Soto, of 4158 Canfield Road, Youngstown, had a suspected marijuana pipe and a digital scale with suspected marijuana residue, police said.
Theft: A $400 kindle-reader device was removed from a home in the 1100 block of Shadeland Drive.
Harassment: A man in the 40 block of McClurg Road reported getting such text messages.
Theft/criminal damaging: Numerous appliances and pieces of furniture were missing or damaged at a residence in the 4100 block of Oak Knoll Drive.
Burglary: To a second-floor apartment in the 1100 block of Boardman-Canfield Road, possibly with a key, though police saw no signs of forced entry.
Criminal damaging: Someone in the 500 block of Boardman-Canfield Road placed rocks in a car’s engine and did an estimated $1,000 in damage.
Theft: A man reported his $220 cellphone stolen at an apartment in the 8200 block of Southern Boulevard.
Vandalism: Someone burned an unknown substance in a faulty fireplace at an East Huntington Drive townhouse, which resulted in a light coating of soot on the walls, ceilings and vents.