POLICE CALLS IN POLAND, BOARDMAN

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Nov. 16

Burglary: To a home in the 3100 block of Saginaw Drive through a rear door. A hand-held power drill, a toolbox, a vacuum cleaner and other items were taken.

Nov. 17

Theft: A man reported a $100 aluminum extension ladder stolen from his residence in the 5100 block of Miller Road.

Nov. 21

Criminal damaging: A garage door sustained $300 in damage in the 6100 block of Diana Drive.

BOARDMAN

Nov. 18

Arrest: Officers picked up a 16-year-old township girl on charges of assault on a police officer, obstructing official business and being an unruly juvenile.

Drugs: Police took into custody Cody L. Hartman, 21, at Boardman Area Court on Market Street. Hartman, of Oregon Trail, Boardman, faced charges of possession of heroin, drug paraphernalia and drug-abuse instruments after authorities received information that another person may have overdosed at the apartment, where they alleged having found five hypodermic needles, a small rock of suspected heroin wrapped in a receipt and a spoon with burn marks common in drug use.

Theft of services: Someone without authorization placed garbage in a trash bin in the 6600 block of Southern Boulevard.

Theft: A Simon Road woman told officers someone has been using her trash can without permission to dispose of leaves and other items.

Theft: Emily E. Montgomery, 21, of Saddlebrook Lane, Cortland, was charged in the theft of $54 worth of undergarments from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Theft: A man reportedly stole a $3 bottle of power-steering fluid from Family Dollar, 4026 South Ave., and left in a silver Pontiac vehicle.

Criminal damaging: Someone apparently used a small rock to damage a window to a business in the 6000 block of Southern Boulevard.

Nov. 19

Arrest: Liberty Township police handed to Boardman authorities 45-year-old Frank J. Hill of Oak Street, Youngstown, who faced charges of identity theft, theft by deception, misuse of a credit card and receiving stolen property. Beginning Sept. 17, a loss-prevention official with Lowe’s, 1100 Doral Drive, investigated a series of fraudulent credit-card transactions that had taken place at the store and at other Lowe’s locations, a police report showed.

Domestic violence: Police took custody of 60-year-old Valentino Molina Jr. of Homewood Avenue, Youngstown, who was charged after an Aug. 25 situation in which an Arden Boulevard woman alleged Molina had grabbed and thrown her to the ground, where he repeatedly punched her head and face.

Theft: A Sunset Boulevard man reported $202 had been removed from his bank account.

Theft: A woman in a Pittsburgh Steelers jacket and hat and a man wearing similar Cleveland Browns attire reportedly stole $169 worth of women’s wear from Pink from Victoria’s Secret in Southern Park Mall.

Fraud: A Pinetree Lane woman told officers a caller claiming she could lower the accuser’s credit-card’s interest rate set up a three-way call to a toll-free number to acquire the balance on the card. She lost no money, however.

Burglary: Took place in the 6800 block of Tanglewood Drive through a rear door. Stolen were a 50-inch TV, a cable box and prescription medications.

Identity theft: An Indianola Road woman found out her credit-card number had been used without permission and that $400 was withdrawn from her account.

Assault: A Niles man staying at a Market Street motel reported having been punched several times in the face and body, then knocked backward. He had two small cuts.

Felonious assault: While responding to a report of an argument and a possible firearm, authorities charged 26-year-old Anitryl D. Williams-Lee of Meadowbrook Avenue, Boardman, with felonious assault and domestic violence after her partner alleged that during an argument, Williams-Lee came toward her with a steak knife. Beforehand, Williams-Lee had pushed and scratched the accuser, she further alleged.

Nov. 20

Arrest: A vehicle check in the 4000 block of South Avenue led to 34-year-old Anthony Rivera-Cordero’s arrest. Rivera-Cordero, of Oak Street, Youngstown, was wanted on a Campbell warrant charging him with robbery.

Burglary: To an apartment in the 80 block of Carter Circle, from which two bottles of prescription medications were removed from the kitchen.

Theft: A man discovered multiple credit cards missing from his wallet while at a business in the 7500 block of Market Street.

Drugs: Acting on a search warrant, police reported having found at a Risher Road home a digital scale, suspected marijuana, a suspected marijuana pipe, a device commonly used to grind marijuana and oil used for marijuana. No charges had been filed at the time of the report, however.

Theft: Two 14-year-old Canfield girls were accused of stealing a $40 shirt from Touchdown Gifts in Southern Park Mall.

Theft/criminal damaging: Someone in the 1400 block of Tori Pines Court broke a vehicle’s passenger-side window, then removed a checkbook and other items.

Burglary: Authorities picked up Marco D. Hammond Jr., 28, of Duncan Lane, Youngstown, on one count each of burglary and assault. The charges were related to an Oct. 29 incident in which Hammond’s former girlfriend alleged he had entered her Applecrest Court residence and punched her face, leaving an injury to her right eye.

Domestic violence: Donald E. DiFabio, 77, of Caribou Drive, Boardman, was charged with the crime after his wife alleged that during an argument, DiFabio had grabbed and squeezed her right fingers that were holding a phone, causing swelling to her right hand. He also pulled and twisted the accuser’s hair, she further alleged.

Theft: Glen K. Gabriel, 21, of Clay Street, Youngstown, was charged with stealing a $60 hooded sweatshirt from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.

Nov. 21

Arrest: Stephan R. Elash, 19, of Sanderson Avenue, Campbell, was charged with operating a vehicle impaired after having been pulled over near Meadowbrook Avenue.

Arson: Police assisted Boardman firefighters who investigated a suspicious fire at an apartment in the 4000 block of Hillman Way. Two cigarette butts were recovered from near where the fire was thought to have started, a police report stated.

Fraud: A Waseka Lane man reported having received several bills from a phone company claiming he owes large amounts of money, including one for $1,843. The man suspected someone without authorization was using his phone service, he told police.

Domestic violence: Carrie L. Long, 30, of Indianola Road, Boardman, was charged after her husband alleged Long had struck his mouth during an argument in which he tried to calm her down.

Drugs: A traffic stop near Market Street led to the arrest of 32-year-old Christopher M. Murphy of Coitsville-Hubbard Road, Youngstown, who faced one felony count each of cocaine and heroin possession and one misdemeanor count each of possession of drug paraphernalia and drug-abuse instruments. Suspected heroin and cocaine were in a folded piece of paper; in addition, a suspected crack-cocaine pipe and a spoon with burn marks typical of drug use were found, authorities alleged.

Theft: A worker for an East Midlothian Boulevard discount store discovered a house key missing from the break room.

Criminal damaging: A car in the 40 block of Green Bay Drive was found with several scratches, likely from a key. The damage estimate was $800.

Harassment: An Oles Avenue woman said her 13-year-old daughter had received two such messages via Instagram.

Theft: A mailbox was removed from its post in the 6800 block of Lockwood Boulevard.

Theft: Youngstown police transferred custody of 18-year-old Sparkle C. Riley of North Evanston Avenue, Youngstown, to Boardman authorities. She was accused of stealing $159 worth of clothing June 9 from Kmart, 1209 Boardman-Poland Road.

Nov. 22

Criminal damaging: A woman in the 5000 block of Friendship Avenue reported a kitchen window broken. Damage was estimated at $300.

Felonious assault: A Shields Road man alleged his girlfriend, while intoxicated and during an argument, had attacked him with a steak knife. He suffered a minor injury.