POLICE CALLS IN POLAND, BOARDMAN
POLICE CALLS
A summary of recent criminal activity in Poland and Boardman townships:
POLAND
Dec. 9
Theft: A $170 sterling-silver necklace was taken from a residence in the 3000 block of Old Winter Trail.
Dec. 12
Arrest: A traffic stop near state Route 170 and Coblentz Drive led to the arrest of 40-year-old Christopher P. Barber of Sycamore Drive, New Middletown, on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired.
Drugs: Police investigating a suspicious vehicle in the 6500 block of Clingan Road issued a minor-misdemeanor citation charging 26-year-old James A. Balog of Ohltown Road, Austintown, with drug abuse when, they said, flakes of suspected marijuana were found in a piece of tin foil. Also, authorities charged Robert J. Greene, 41, of Upland Avenue, Youngstown, with obstructing official business.
Dec. 14
Criminal mischief: An inflatable Christmas decoration was damaged at a home in the 1900 block of Read Street.
BOARDMAN
Dec. 10
Arrest: Authorities picked up 41-year-old James L. Foster of Poplar Street, Niles, who was wanted on warrants charging theft and criminal damaging related to an Oct. 27 shoplifting situation at Fin, Feather and Fur Outfitters, 1138 Boardman-Poland Road.
Possible child endangerment: Officers received a report that a student with special needs was dropped off at a township elementary school’s front doors and left outdoors.
Assault: The director of a Boardman group home alleged that a caregiver likely struck a client’s back, causing him to fall to his knees. The victim had a bruise and a scrape, a police report said.
Citations: Police near Green Bay Drive pulled over and cited Brianna L. Dobransky, 18, of Mathews Road, Boardman, and 19-year-old Steven R. Jones of Firnley Avenue, Boardman, on charges of underage possession of alcohol and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Theft: Tanicqwa T. Wilkerson, 23, of Parkcliffe Avenue, Youngstown, faced charges of theft and obstructing official business after $147 worth of merchandise, including a pair of boots, was stolen from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive. Wilkerson also refused to cooperate with police, they said.
Assault: A Carter Circle woman and her boyfriend each reported having been assaulted by the other.
Theft: A Halbert Drive woman told officers a United Parcel Service package containing a $550 vacuum cleaner was stolen. A man was reportedly seen carrying the package to a maroon sport utility vehicle.
Theft: A manager with Victoria’s Secret in Southern Park Mall discovered 15 undergarments missing from display drawers. The loss was estimated at $748.
Dec. 11
Drugs: Acting on a search warrant at a Bonnie Place apartment, the Boardman Police Department’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit arrested Anthony T. Cruz, 22, of Terrace Drive, Boardman, on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting arrest and obstructing official business after alleging Cruz had struggled with them. Found were four suspected marijuana pipes in the ceiling, an additional one in a bedroom and a digital scale in a vehicle, a report stated.
Theft: Forty prescription drugs were stolen from a South Avenue group home.
Domestic violence: Lordstown police handed to Boardman authorities 36-year-old Bradley L. Smith of Old Furnace Road, Youngstown, after his former girlfriend alleged that while at a South Avenue restaurant, Smith had punched her three times in the head when she refused to return home with him.
Possible theft: Two dealer plates were lost or stolen from 4 Wheels Auto, 5925 South Ave.
Theft: Jonathan C. Deeds, 22, and Stephanie R. Martin, 23, both of Detroit Avenue, Youngstown, were charged with stealing $197 worth of merchandise from Walmart.
Theft: A Poland woman discovered 48 prescription medications missing from her purse while at Southern Park Mall.
Misuse of a credit card: A Traymore Drive man found out someone had made to his credit card about $2,090 worth of fraudulent charges, all of which originated in Cuyahoga Falls.
Theft by deception: An employee with Advance America Cash Advance, 5963 South Ave., reported a man presented her with a vehicle title in an effort to secure a $500 loan before she learned he had defaulted on a previous loan and paid only a portion of that balance.
Theft: A New Castle, Pa., woman reported her wallet missing while at a Doral Drive big-box store.
Theft: Patricia J. Russell, 55, of Howard Street, Youngstown, was charged in the theft of $481 worth of jewelry and a $20 Christmas ornament from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.
Theft: Ce’Aissa C.S. Mahone, 18, of Roosevelt Drive, Liberty, and a 17-year-old Youngstown girl were charged with taking $83 worth of clothing from Gabriel Bros., 850 Boardman-Poland Road.
Dec. 12
Arrests: Officers responded to a report that a woman might have been held against her will at a Shields Road apartment before arresting 20-year-old Elena V. Atyim of Washington Boulevard and 23-year-old Jessica S. Quick of Shields Road. The two Boardman women were wanted on warrants accusing them of failing to appear in court on charges that included disorderly conduct and theft.
Attempted robbery: A Masury man told police that while in his truck in the 10 block of Boardman-Poland Road, another man demanded the accuser’s wallet and indicated he might have a weapon before the victim pushed from the truck the would-be robber, who was described as 5 feet, 9 inches tall, in his early 20s and wearing a brown jacket and blue pants.
Theft: Twenty pills were taken from a car in the 5300 block of Southern Boulevard.
Dec. 13
Arrest: A traffic stop on U.S. Route 224 led to a charge of operating a vehicle impaired against 31-year-old Bethany A. Wilson, who listed addresses on South Avenue in Boardman and state Route 14 in North Benton.
Attempted burglary: Someone broke a locked window in an effort to enter a residence in the 4200 block of Chester Drive.
Harassment: A South Avenue woman told police she received an invitation from a Facebook group page that showed disturbing images of men in military clothing holding weapons that were reminiscent of terrorist-type photographs.
Domestic violence: The Ohio State Highway Patrol handed 24-year-old Dontrail R. Burkes of Benita Avenue, Youngstown, to township authorities. Burkes was wanted on a domestic-violence charge related to an Oct. 4 situation in which a woman alleged he had twice struck her face and spit on her during an argument at Akron Children’s Hospital, 6505 Market St.
Theft: A woman left in a Chevrolet Cobalt vehicle after purportedly stealing a $15 book bag from Gabriel Bros.
Theft: A license plate was removed from a trailer in the 7400 block of Oregon Trail.
Misuse of a credit card: A Mathews Road woman learned that her stolen debit card had been used without authorization to make a $129 purchase at a Doral Drive big-box store.
Theft: Authorities charged 18-year-old Rayvenn D. Ortiz with theft after alleging Ortiz, of East Dewey Avenue, Youngstown, has stolen a sweater and a skirt from the JCPenney store in Southern Park Mall.
Identity theft: A Market Street woman accused her former boyfriend of canceling her Ohio direction card then having it reissued without her permission, apparently so as to obtain her monetary benefits and seek retribution against her.
Theft: A woman in her late 20s took 10 articles of children’s clothing from the JCPenney store.
Theft: Jorge A. Perez, 51, of South Jackson Street, Youngstown, was charged with stealing an $8 utility knife from Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd.
Dec. 14
Arrest: Police responding to a 911 call in the 6800 block of Lockwood Boulevard charged a 15-year-old Canfield boy with resisting arrest and obstructing official business after alleging the teen had tried to break free from officers while being arrested and ignored their commands.
Arrest: Officers answered a disturbance call on Timothy Lane, where they took into custody 37-year-old Charles R. Thomas on a charge of obstructing official business. Thomas, of Timothy Lane, Boardman, demanded that authorities leave his property and refused to allow them to enter the residence, hampering their investigation, a report showed.
Breaking and entering: Someone used a rock to break a side window to a vacant residence in the 300 block of West Midlothian Boulevard, though it appeared nothing was missing.
Harassment: A Melrose Avenue woman said her former boyfriend has made multiple unwanted calls and sent threatening text messages to her.
Theft: A Mathews Road man reported several Christmas decorations stolen from his front yard, along with two transponders.
Theft/criminal damaging: An East Liverpool man in the 300 block of Boardman-Poland Road noticed a window to his car was broken. Items stolen from the vehicle included $100, a purse and five rings.
Theft: A man in his mid-50s reportedly stole 10 energy drinks and 10 sticks of deodorant from Family Dollar, 4030 Market St.
Theft: A Poland woman saw that her wallet was missing while at a Southern Park Mall clothing store.