POLICE CALLS

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Aug. 20

Criminal damaging: A vehicle was damaged at a township residence.

BOARDMAN

Aug. 20

Attempted burglary: Someone cut a bedroom-window screen in an unsuccessful effort to enter a condominium in the 6800 block of Lockwood Boulevard.

Bad check: A Boardman Boulevard man told police he had received a $3,966 check as payment before discovering the check was fraudulent.

Theft: A woman reported a wallet had been removed from her purse while she was at Southern Park Mall.

Theft: A man reportedly stole a digital adapter and a set of trading cards from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Criminal mischief: A woman saw that eggs had been thrown at the front and rear of her Carter Circle residence.

Burglary: To a home in the 300 block of Ridgefield Avenue. Stolen or damaged were a pair of undergarments, a hair dryer and a hair straightener.

Harassment: A South Avenue man reported having gotten such a text message.

Criminal damaging: A woman in the 700 block of Annawan Lane noticed someone had intentionally cut wiring to her car’s engine.

Attempted burglary: Someone tried to enter an apartment in the 1200 block of Red Tail Hawk Drive, apparently with a duplicate key.

Harassment: A Fox Run Court woman alleged her former boyfriend had placed a tracking device in her vehicle without her knowledge or consent.

Criminal mischief: Someone tossed eggs at a residence in the 400 block of Gardenwood Drive.

Aug. 21

Theft: Kristina L. Banet, 28, of North Union Avenue, Salem, was charged in the theft of three pieces of jewelry valued at $58 from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft: Authorities charged 21-year-old Amber M. Greer with one count of theft after alleging Greer, of Helena Avenue, Youngstown, had taken $167 worth of property from Walmart.

Drugs/weapon: While responding to a complaint in the 800 block of Moyer Avenue of a man having violated a protection order, police charged 30-year-old George Kelly of Sweetbriar Avenue, Warren, with one felony count each of trafficking in drugs, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and being a convicted felon with a firearm. Kelly had a loaded .40-caliber pistol in his car, along with a large bag of suspected marijuana under the gun, a report showed.

Theft: Authorities at the Mahoning County jail booked 32-year-old Joseph D. McCoy of Washington Boulevard, Boardman, after a Country Club Avenue woman had reported two trees stolen May 11 from her yard.

Domestic violence: A township boy, 17, was charged with the crime after his father alleged the teen had grabbed and twisted his arm, then struck the accuser during an argument related to discipline matters.

Theft: Victoria A. Rauch, 29, of Washington Boulevard, Boardman, was charged with stealing $35 worth of merchandise from Walmart.

Theft: Pierre J. Munoz of Carter Circle, Boardman, faced a felony-theft charge after officers responded to a possible robbery near Glenwood Avenue. The 20-year-old Munoz was accused of stealing a $1,782 anniversary ring from a Columbiana woman while in the 100 block of Runnemede Drive.

Burglary: To an apartment in the 4200 block of Glenwood Avenue, though police found no signs of forced entry. Stolen was $1,100 worth of jewelry.

Theft: An employee with a Market Street discount store reported her $160 cellphone stolen while at work.

Criminal mischief: A Stoney Creek Drive woman told police someone has been throwing a watermelon, eggs and other food items onto her driveway.

Theft by deception: A Butler, Pa., woman alleged she paid a Market Street realty company she had found on Craigslist a $40 application fee, but never received the services promised.

Burglary: Occurred in the 7700 block of Crimson Trail, where a wallet and a $400 mink jacket were missing.

Theft: A man reported 40 Sony PlayStation 3 discs, a Nintendo game system and various articles of clothing stolen from his Glendale Avenue home.

Aug. 22

Arrest: Authorities charged 19-year-old Scott M. Wanamaker of Jaronte Drive, Boardman, with operating a vehicle impaired after alleging he had nearly struck a police cruiser in an OVI saturation-patrol area on Mathews Road. Wanamaker’s blood-alcohol count was 0.117, slightly more than the legal limit of 0.08, a report stated.

Pursuit: Authorities reported a man led them on a vehicular chase as they attempted to conduct a traffic stop near Market Street after learning the motorist was driving under suspension. The pursuit was terminated in Youngstown.

Citation: Officers on Market Street pulled over and cited 25-year-old Nicholas V. Wiser of Zanesville on charges of marijuana possession and having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.

Assault: A man on a bicycle near Southern Boulevard and Mathews Road reported a motorist demanded he get out of the road before intentionally bumping the victim’s left leg with the car. The bicyclist was not injured, however.

Criminal damaging: A car at a Tiffany Boulevard motel was found with a broken antenna. Damage was estimated at $500.

Criminal damaging: An Aylesboro Avenue woman reported someone in a group of people at her residence purposely tossed a chair and broke a window to her home.

Theft: Maxwell S. Pauletich, 29, was charged with one count each of theft and obstructing official business after a $60 pair of shoes was taken from Kohl’s. Pauletich, of Maple Grove Lane, New Waterford, also initially refused to follow officers’ commands, they alleged.

Burglary: A Woodview Avenue man alleged his landlord had entered his apartment without permission and carried some of the accuser’s belongings to the curb.

Aug. 23

Arrests: Police booked two 16-year-old township boys, both of whom were wanted on warrants from the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center in Youngstown accusing them of failing to appear in court.

Burglary: A woman in the 7400 block of West Boulevard told authorities she had awakened to a man in a T-shirt, a white pair of shorts and wearing a do-rag rummaging through her purse. She also reported a cellphone stolen.

Theft: Authorities charged 32-year-old Shayla J. Winford of Fairmont Avenue, Youngstown, with stealing a $75 pair of shoes from the J.C. Penney store in Southern Park Mall.

Possible theft: A Campbell woman reported her debit card lost or stolen while at a Doral Drive big-box store.

Theft: A man reportedly stole three handbags valued at $534 from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.