POLICE CALLS IN POLAND, BOARDMAN

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Aug. 13

Theft: A $150 patio-table umbrella was stolen from a home in the 3300 block of Ridgely Park Drive.

Aug. 14

Criminal damaging: A portion of a sunroof was damaged at a residence in the 2100 block of Knollwood Drive. Damage was estimated at $1,000.

BOARDMAN

Aug. 11

Arrest: A traffic stop near Market Street resulted in the arrest of 23-year-old Jonathan Kpendema of Ferndale Avenue, Youngstown, who was wanted on two warrants, including one accusing him of failing to appear in Wadsworth Municipal Court.

Theft: A worker for Hungry Howie’s Pizza, 5205 Market St., reported a pair of earrings, money, a delivery bag and a few pizzas stolen from her vehicle when she made a delivery in the 7000 block of West Boulevard. The loss came to $615.

Menacing: An employee with a Market Street hair salon told officers a customer twice threatened to beat her up during an argument when the customer was denied being able to exchange three items.

Assault: A Youngstown woman alleged that while at a Market Street salon, another woman grabbed her arm after having accused the victim of stealing from the business.

Aug. 12

Arrest: A vehicle check in the 7400 block of Southern Boulevard led to 51-year-old Jeffrey A. Wells’ arrest. Wells, of Portage Street, Warren, was wanted on a Pennsylvania warrant.

Identity fraud: An East Palestine man found out his identity had been used without consent to make an unauthorized $4,500 purchase at a Southern Park Mall jewelry business.

Criminal damaging: A Shadyside Drive man reported several tomato and sunflower plants in his garden had been destroyed or uprooted.

Menacing: A Mayflower Drive woman told police her estranged husband has been continually harassing, following and watching her.

Fraud: A Youngstown woman alleged a man made a fraudulent vehicle-title transfer to his name from the estate of her deceased former boyfriend, who had lived on Argyle Avenue.

Theft: A Shadyside Drive man discovered a $40 radio was removed from his backyard.

Voyeurism: Authorities arrested 50-year-old Robert R. Wilt at his Market Street apartment on a misdemeanor voyeurism charge after receiving a complaint earlier this month that a man had been videotaping women without their knowledge at a Doral Drive big-box store. Surveillance footage shows the Boardman man conducting such activity against two women, police alleged.

Arrest: Adam R. Cochran, 32, of Neosho Road, Youngstown, faced a charge of operating a vehicle impaired after having been pulled over on Market Street.

Aug. 13

Breaking and entering: Someone broke in Rock Your World Clothing Inc., 709 E. Midlothian Blvd., through the front door before two men were seen speeding away in a truck. It was undetermined if anything had been stolen.

Burglary: To a residence in the 8000 block of Paulin Drive when someone cut a first-floor window screen. Stolen were a pressure cooker and $4,000.

Stolen property: Youngstown police relinquished custody of Marcus A. Dill of Homewood Avenue, Youngstown, to township authorities. Dill, 34, faced a misdemeanor receiving-stolen-property charge after being accused of having items that had been stolen from a Forest Park Drive man in a June 29 burglary at his residence.

Theft by deception: Campbell authorities handed to Boardman police 23-year-old Tyler G. Dugan of Forest Park Drive, Boardman, who was charged with one misdemeanor count of theft by deception. A man reported last Feb. 13 that another man sold him a cellphone for $360 at a Market Street restaurant, only to learn later that the item had been reported lost or stolen, a report stated.

Arrest: After responding to a noise complaint in the 60 block of Meadowbrook Avenue, officers apprehended 29-year-old Ricky A. Raymond Jr., who listed addresses on Shadyside Drive in Boardman and Walnut Lane in Youngstown, and charged him with one misdemeanor count each of obstructing official business and resisting arrest. Raymond, who also was wanted on warrants charging theft and a probation violation, led police on a foot chase, then initially refused to comply with them when caught, they alleged.

Aug. 14

Animal cruelty: A witness alleged having seen a Homestead Drive resident use a belt to strike a dog tied to a tree and without food or water. An Animal Charity Humane Society official responded to the scene.

Theft: Police charged 27-year-old Mitzi S. Stoddard with theft after alleging Stoddard, of Lincoln Avenue, East Liverpool, had stolen a $144 global-positioning-system device, a pair of boys jeans, a T-shirt, a package of chicken and other items from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Drugs: Clarence E. Shaffer, 40, of Tulane Avenue, Austintown, surrendered on charges of possession of drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia related to a June 22 incident in which a construction worker at a Boardman-Canfield Road salon alleged having found Shaffer passed out in a restroom. Police found two hypodermic needles and a spoon with burn marks common in drug use nearby, they alleged.

Theft: Authorities charged Brittany N. Dothard, 26, of Bouquet Avenue, Youngstown, with stealing 45 pieces of merchandise valued at $228 from Walmart.

Domestic violence: Jessica Balton, 38, of Wilda Avenue, Boardman, was charged with the crime after an officer called to the residence reported having seen marks on the victim’s arm, neck and hands. Apparently, an argument beforehand resulted when Balton became angered after having seen random numbers on their phone bill she didn’t recognize, a report said.

Theft: A Youngstown girl, 16, was accused of stealing a $30 pair of earbuds from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road.

Threats: While answering a disturbance call on Afton Avenue, police charged Thomas J. Woods of Afton, Boardman, with making domestic-violence threats after two witnesses alleged having heard the 42-year-old Woods threaten to cut another woman’s throat, then imply he would kill her.

Misuse of a credit card/theft: Bedding, pillows, a comforter and a coffeemaker were among items that had been removed from a room at Holiday Inn Boardman, 7410 South Ave., before an employee received a call from someone who found on her credit card an unauthorized charge that apparently originated at the motel.

Theft: A man reportedly stole three Xbox controllers valued at $150 from Walmart.

Theft: A woman noticed her iPhone missing while at a Market Street banquet center.

Aug. 15

Assault: Authorities responded to a complaint of an inebriated person at a Southern Park Mall restaurant before charging 41-year-old Kevin H. Dao of Bluebird Lane, Boardman, with one misdemeanor count each of assault, disorderly conduct while intoxicated, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. Dao tossed a glass of beer at several nearby patrons he claimed were being disrespectful toward him before shards of shattered glass cut a woman’s legs; in addition, Dao refused several times to provide his identification to police, a report showed.