POLICE CALLS IN POLAND, BOARDMAN

POLICE CALLS

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

POLAND

Feb. 3

Domestic violence: Mandy M. Spahr, 38, of Kennedy Road, Lowellville, was charged with the crime after her boyfriend reported having been a victim. He also had a minor injury.

Theft: A Renwick Drive man reported $5,000 stolen.

Feb. 6

Identity fraud: A Capri Court man learned that his personal information had been compromised.

Feb. 7

Arrest: Police in the 4300 block of Center Road took into custody 30-year-old John M. McCree of Grandview Avenue, Struthers. He was wanted on a warrant charging possession of drug-abuse instruments.

BOARDMAN

Feb. 4

Arrest: Ama E. Dodson, 31, of Roxbury Avenue, Youngstown, was picked up during a traffic stop on South Avenue. She was wanted on a Youngstown bench warrant charging failure to appear in court.

Breaking and entering: Someone tossed a large rock through a first-floor window, then entered the apartment in the 60 block of Shields Road, though nothing appeared to be missing.

Theft/criminal damaging: A man reportedly cut the security sensors before stealing $101 worth of clothing from Pink by Victoria Secret in Southern Park Mall.

Drugs: Leasia K. Scott of Erskine Avenue, Boardman, was taken into custody at Boardman Area Court on Market Street and charged with one felony count of permitting drug abuse and a misdemeanor count of child endangering. A Jan. 22 search warrant for a Shields Road apartment turned up a box containing 8.6 grams of suspected crack cocaine; also, a 1-year-old child was at the residence, authorities alleged.

Theft: Officers in the 8100 block of Market Street picked up Michael H. Tomlin, 32, of Wellington Drive, Youngstown, who was accused of stealing three packs of men’s T-shirts Jan. 26 from Family Dollar, 4026 South Ave.

Employee theft: Ja’nala A. Forde, 18, of Glenwood Avenue, Boardman, was charged after an official with Home Depot, 7001 Southern Blvd., alleged a worker had made false returns to earn store credit.

Theft: A co-owner of a former Market Street business reported having found a $40,000 discrepancy while reviewing financial records.

Stolen property: Richard Livesay, 57, of Poland Avenue, Struthers, was charged with receiving stolen property after two kayaks were stolen from Exclusive Auto Detailing, 5653 Market St. Surveillance footage showed a white pickup truck pulling in and someone loading the two items into the vehicle before fleeing, a police report stated.

Feb. 5

Drugs: While investigating a suspicious car on Wilda Avenue, authorities charged Jeffrey A. Graffius of West Main Street, Washingtonville, with possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia after alleging the 36-year-old Graffius had a spoon with burn marks and a piece of cotton on which was a brown liquid that tested positive for heroin. Also found was a small amount of suspected marijuana residue on a paper cup, a report said.

Harassment: A Trenholm Road man said that telemarketers have been sending him numerous unwanted emails and text-messages.

Theft: Four men and two women reportedly stole four pairs of women’s jeans from Dillard’s in Southern Park Mall.

Theft/criminal damaging: A man was reportedly caught on surveillance footage stealing a $449 camera and destroying the item’s security sensor while at Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Vandalism: A van belonging to the city of Youngstown had its front windshield shattered in the 6700 block of Applewood Boulevard.

Fraud: Youngstown police handed to township authorities 29-year-old Sammy Abu-Enjeela of 12th Street, Campbell, who was wanted on a charge of illegal use of food stamps, a fifth-degree felony. Last December, a Youngstown man reported someone without authorization had used his Ohio Electronic Benefits Transfer card at a South Avenue big-box store to buy $101 worth of merchandise.

Arrest: Jawon L. Williams, 23, was taken into custody after officers pulled him over near Market Street. Williams, of Lakewood Avenue, Youngstown, was wanted on a city warrant.

Breaking and entering: Someone forcibly entered an apartment in the 60 block of Shields Road and removed 13 feet of copper.

Theft: A township woman reported her cellphone and purse stolen while at a Boardman-Poland Road photography studio.

Arrest: Latonya A. Patterson of Jean Street, Youngstown, was taken into custody during a traffic stop on Midlothian Boulevard after authorities discovered Patterson, 39, was wanted on a probation-violation charge from Campbell.

Theft: Tamika T. Martin, 33, of East Cleveland, and 33-year-old Latoya T. Taylor of Cleveland, faced felony charges of theft and possession of criminal tools after roughly $1,847 worth of merchandise was stolen from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road, and when pieces of aluminum foil had been wrapped over some of the items’ security sensors. Martin also was charged with fleeing and eluding police.

Theft by deception: An official with Penn Tool Sales and Service Inc., 625 Bev Road, told police someone had fraudulently ordered $7,430 worth of equipment.

Criminal damaging: Someone tossed an egg and struck a front window to a home in the 800 block of Oakridge Drive.

Theft: Two Youngstown girls, 13 and 17, were accused of stealing $22 worth of clothing from the J.C. Penney store in Southern Park Mall.

Feb. 6

Arrest: Officers took 45-year-old Timothy M. Williams of Annawan Lane, Boardman, into custody. He was wanted on a probation-violation charge from Liberty Township.

Drugs: A traffic stop on Forest Park Place led to the arrest of 39-year-old Trocola C. Johnson of Cohasset Drive, Youngstown, on charges of possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia. Found were two cut straws with residue from a substance that tested positive for cocaine, a report stated.

Citation: Police on Shields Road pulled over and issued a minor-misdemeanor citation charging 34-year-old Eric J. Moore of Arden Boulevard, Youngstown, with having a small bag of suspected marijuana in a prescription bottle.

Domestic violence: Robert J. McGuire Jr., 25, of Centervale Avenue, Boardman, was charged with the crime after his former girlfriend alleged that while in the Southern Park Mall parking lot, McGuire picked her up and carried the accuser toward his truck against her will when she refused to speak with him.

Arrest: A vehicle check in the 900 block of East Midlothian Boulevard led to the arrest of Patrick T. Riley of Potomac Avenue, Youngstown. The 29-year-old Riley was wanted on a probation-violation charge.

Theft: A man and a woman in their 40s reportedly took $600 worth of merchandise from Ulta Beauty, 403 Boardman-Poland Road.

Theft: A man in his mid-30s reportedly stole $170 worth of DVDs from Best Buy, 561 Boardman-Poland Road.

Harassment: A West Boulevard woman reported getting about 40 inquiries regarding a Craigslist ad she had never posted.

Arrest: Authorities received information that a possibly impaired driver had struck two curbs on Appleridge Circle before citing 79-year-old Eugene T. Mettille of Millcreek Boulevard, Boardman, on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired. Mettille’s blood-alcohol level was 0.142, a report said.

Auto theft: A 2011 Kia Sorrento was stolen in the 400 block of Afton Avenue.

Criminal damaging: Someone in the 7300 block of Salinas Trail used a baseball bat to smash a vehicle’s front windshield.

Theft: A woman noticed her purse missing from her car while visiting a friend in the 5200 block of Erie Street.

Theft: A 16-year-old Wintersville, Ohio, boy was accused of taking an $85 pair of men’s earrings from Macy’s in Southern Park Mall.

Feb. 7

Domestic violence: Kavin O. Moore, 28, of Forest Park Place, Boardman, was charged with domestic violence and assault after his girlfriend alleged Moore had pushed her into a wall and punched her at least three times during an argument that apparently began when she refused to allow him to use her cellphone.

Theft: A purse and two wallets were among property that was removed from a vehicle in the 300 block of Afton Avenue.

Criminal damaging: Someone tossed an egg, striking a car’s trunk lid, in the 100 block of Green Bay Drive.

Criminal trespassing: Someone entered and rummaged through a car’s glove compartment in the 100 block of Beechwood Drive.

Theft: A woman in her mid-20s reportedly took a $37 clothing item from Victoria Secret in Southern Park Mall.

Theft: An employee with a Struthers business discovered four tires stolen while at a Doral Drive big-box store.

Criminal damaging: A truck in the 7700 block of Silver Fox Drive was found with a slashed tire.

Criminal damaging: Someone broke a vehicle’s driver’s-side window, causing $400 in damage, in the 300 block of Ridgefield Avenue.

Vandalism: A service van was found in the 90 block of Green Bay Drive with a slashed tire, a broken driver’s-side mirror and eggs on it.

Criminal mischief: Someone struck a truck’s rear bumper with an egg in the 8200 block of Hitchcock Road.

Feb. 8

Arrest: A traffic stop near South Avenue resulted in the arrest of 41-year-old Diana Sheen on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired. Sheen, of Williamson Avenue, Youngstown, had a blood-alcohol count of 0.185, more than double Ohio’s 0.08 legal limit, a report showed.

Arrest: Michael J. Moore, 44, of Placid Boulevard, Youngstown, was charged with operating a vehicle impaired after police had pulled him over near Arden Boulevard and said his blood-alcohol count was 0.157.

Theft: A $500 candy machine was missing from Quench Bar & Grill, 8414 Market St.