POLICE CALLS

POLICE CALLS

Recent criminal activity in Hubbard, Girard and Liberty:

HUBBARD

Aug. 26

Theft: Reported at a Jones Street residence.

Assault: A person was assaulted on Myron Street.

Aug. 27

Harassment: A Doris Drive resident reported having been harassed via phone.

Aug. 28

Theft: Occurred at an Elizabeth Street home.

Aug. 29

Theft: Took place on West Liberty Street.

Theft: Property was stolen from a Roosevelt Drive residence.

Trespassing: Someone trespassed on property on Orchard Avenue.

Criminal mischief: Property damaged on North Main Street.

Aug. 30

Prowlers: Reported at one residence each on Stewart Avenue and Dresden Drive.

Aug. 31

Menacing: A person on Saul Drive reported having been threatened.

Theft: Property was reported stolen on West Liberty Street.

GIRARD

Sept. 2

Attempted breaking and entering: A large brick apparently was used to break into a concession stand on Gayla Lane.

Sept. 3

Burglary: To a home in the 10 block of South Davis Street through a side door. Roughly $90 worth of jewelry was stolen.

Trespassing: Two employees with a West Main Street business said a man returned despite his having been asked to leave and not come back.

Arrest: Police on St. Clair Avenue picked up Dakota S. McMillan, 21, of 81 Crumlin Ave., Girard, who was wanted on a warrant from the Trumbull County 911 center.

Stolen property: A traffic stop near Trumbull Avenue resulted in charges of receiving stolen property against 23-year-old Jose A. Medina, 2806 Dearborn St., Youngstown, and a 16-year-old boy when, police said, they received information that a red Honda four-wheel vehicle in Medina’s truck had been stolen in Lordstown.

Sept. 4

Fraud: A Stambaugh Street man who applied for a job online told police he received a FedEx package with two $985 money orders, along with an email instructing him to deposit the orders, then withdraw $300 and send it to an address in Manila, The Philippines, before learning the money orders were fake.

Aggravated menacing: A Girard man alleged his brother threatened to shoot him in the head and kill him.

Identity fraud: A Morris Avenue man noticed on his credit report information pertaining to a loan he had never applied for.

Criminal mischief: Someone on South Elruth Street used a key to damage a vehicle’s finish and a marker to write on the car.

Arrest: A traffic stop on East Liberty Street resulted in 47-year-old Tammy M. Kornegay’s arrest. Kornegay, of 443 E. Liberty, Girard, was wanted on a warrant.

Criminal mischief: A former tenant without permission drilled roofing screws into and sealed and damaged a rear sliding-glass door to a townhouse in the 900 block of North Highland Avenue.

LIBERTY

Aug. 30

Theft: A Hadley Avenue man accused his daughter of taking but failing to return various tools and a bicycle.

Assault: A worker for a discount store in the Liberty Plaza reported a 40-year-old Girard man pushed and threatened him after the accuser denied the purchase of alcohol when the man was unable to provide proper identification.

Aug. 31

Theft: A catalytic converter was stolen from a vehicle in the 4200 block of Logangate Road.

Theft: Ten compact discs were removed from a car in the 200 block of Mansell Drive.

Burglary: To a home in the 100 block of East Montrose Street after someone kicked in a side door. Numerous pieces of jewelry were stolen, for a $9,115 loss.

Harassment: A Lakeview Drive boy told police a man made a suspicious call to the teen’s cellphone.

Drugs: Police answered a dispute call near Craig and Lynn drives before taking into custody 31-year-old Jillian Riggenbach of Bellville, Ohio, on charges of possession of drug-abuse instruments, drug paraphernalia and dangerous drugs. Riggenbach had an assortment of hypodermic needles and a spoon with suspected drug residue, a report showed.

Fraud: A man learned his elderly mother, of Church Hill Road, wired $970 to a man in Orlando, Fla., who had claimed she was to pay a fee for supposed lottery winnings.

Possible employee theft: An official with the MetroPlex Conference Center, 1620 Motor Inn Drive, discovered a cash box came up about $183 short.

Theft: Someone removed a catalytic converter from a car in the 600 block of Church Hill-Hubbard Road.

Sept. 1

Arrest: Police on Belmont Avenue pulled over and arrested 24-year-old James T. Abanathey, 3022 Northgate Road, Liberty, who was wanted by Mahoning County authorities on a felony parole-violation charge.

Domestic violence: Police charged Leon Taylor Sr., 56, of 2995 Belmar Ave., Liberty, with the crime after Taylor’s wife alleged he had slapped her head and choked her during an argument. Taylor also faced a charge of operating a vehicle impaired.

Arrest: Aaron S. Cousin, 44, of 14 Holly Drive, Girard, was charged with driving under suspension and operating a vehicle impaired during a traffic stop on Belmont Avenue.

Arrest: Traffic stop near state Route 11 led to 30-year-old Michael Shonce’s arrest. Shonce, of 451 Illinois Ave., Youngstown, faced charges of having no operator’s license and operating a vehicle impaired.

Sept. 2

Theft/criminal damaging: Police in the 100 block of Mansell Drive noticed a vehicle’s broken window, then found a purse in a nearby yard that had been reported stolen.

Breaking and entering: Someone broke into a garage in the 200 block of Euclid Boulevard, damaged two vehicles and removed a $150 iPod device from one of the cars.

Arrest: Police near Interstate 80 stopped 37-year-old Frank D. Fields’ car and charged the Beaver Falls, Pa., man with operating a vehicle impaired.

Sept. 3

Criminal damaging: A Goldie Road man discovered his vehicle’s passenger-side window had been broken. Damage came to $500.

Burglary: Took place in the 400 block of Mansell Drive through a side door. Coins and jewelry were taken.

Theft: Someone in the 100 block of Mansell Drive stole $100 from a car.

Drugs: Police responded to a possible break-in at a residence in the 3800 block of Fifth Avenue before stopping two people on bicycles who reportedly were seen leaving the area and charging 33-year-old Robert J. Kwiecinski with possession of drug-abuse instruments. Kwiecinski, of 166 Madison St., Campbell, had three syringes in his pocket, a report said.

Arrests: A traffic stop on Goldie Road led to the arrests of 52-year-old Michele M. Rudolphi, 152 Halls Heights Ave., Youngstown, on charges of falsification and possession of drug paraphernalia, as well as Shirley A. Korda, 53, of 73 Whitman Lane, Liberty, on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia. Rudolphi admitted having provided a false name to avoid being arrested on a warrant from Campbell, police said.