BOARDMAN

BOARDMAN

Jan. 19

Theft: A man reportedly stole about $57 worth of groceries from Giant Eagle, 1201 Doral Drive.

Theft: A Locust Avenue woman discovered two packages, including one that contained a spinal-traction device, were stolen after having been delivered to her apartment building.

Domestic violence: Robert W. Boyd, 46, of Lockwood Boulevard, Boardman, was charged with the crime after his daughter alleged that during a fight, Boyd had choked her and punched the accuser several times in the face, leaving a cut to her lip.

Theft: A Youngstown woman noticed a wallet and several credit cards were missing while she was at a Doral Drive bank.

Theft of services: A Canfield business owner reported someone without permission has been dumping garbage in a trash bin he owns in the 8400 block of Market Street.

Theft: A Youngstown girl, 17, was accused of stealing about $27 worth of merchandise, including cough syrup, from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.

Theft: An Indianola Road woman reported $3,500 worth of furniture, such as a dining-room table, stolen from a piece of rental property she owns.

Jan. 20

Attempted breaking and entering: The owner of Frullati Caf in Southern Park Mall reported finding damage to a rear door after someone had apparently tried to break in.

Theft by deception: An elderly Oakridge Drive woman told authorities she received a series of calls from someone claiming to represent her granddaughter, who supposedly had been arrested in New Jersey and needed $2,500 to be released from jail. The victim also was instructed to make the transaction at a local Walmart before which she learned it was a scam.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle at Southern Park Mall was found with damage to its passenger-side door and fender. The damage estimate was $1,000.

Child endangerment: Police responded to a report that a young child was sitting alone at Buffalo Wild Wings in Southern Park Mall before filing a misdemeanor endangering-children charge against Kevin J. Kern, 59, who listed addresses on St. Andrews Court in Canfield and Weston Avenue in Youngstown. The 9-year-old youngster told an officer he had been left alone for about an hour, a report showed.

Drugs: After pulling her over on Midlothian Boulevard, authorities charged Javawnna E. Austin of Indiana Avenue, Girard, with drug possession. Austin, 23, had 30 over-the-counter pills and a bag with 7.4 grams of suspected marijuana, police said.

Theft by deception: Four men in their 20s reportedly used multiple prepaid debit cards to make $11,350 worth of unauthorized purchases at Walmart.

Theft by deception: Officers were dispatched to the Summit County jail in Akron to pick up Edward W. Frost, 27, of Uniontown, Ohio, who was wanted on a fourth-degree felony charge of theft by deception related to a Nov. 29, 2016, incident in which a township real-estate agent reported being scammed out of $13,750 in a deal related to office space having been listed for lease.

Assault: A manager with a Tiffany Boulevard electronics store alleged a customer in his 60s pushed the accuser in the chest and threatened to kill him after having become irate when told the business did not have a certain type of replacement power cable.

Fraud: A worker for a Get Go gas station, 6911 South Ave., alleged a man claiming to represent Giant Eagle tricked her into fraudulently activating five gift cards.

Theft: A woman reportedly stole $60 worth of items from Dollar General, 859 E. Midlothian Blvd.

Robbery: Authorities charged Alyssa R. Heydle, 18, of Williamson Avenue, Youngstown, and Robert J. McGuire Jr., 26, of Centervale Avenue, Boardman, with aggravated robbery after an armed robbery took place at Pizza Joe’s, 6810 Market St., in which the robbers reportedly fled on foot after having taken an undisclosed sum of money.

Theft: Someone entered a car at a Market Street restaurant and took a debit card.

Jan. 21

Aggravated menacing: A Campbell woman told authorities two women had threatened to harm and kill her during a birthday party at a Tiffany Boulevard motel.

Arrest: Authorities picked up Shedrick D. Nichols, 20, who listed addresses on Kendall Street in Campbell and East Way Drive in Youngstown, and who was wanted on a misdemeanor public-indecency charge.

Drugs: Officers checked on a man who had been walking in the road on Market Street, then took into custody Edward C. Fink, 30, after discovering he was wanted on felony drug-possession warrants from Youngstown and Butler County, Pa. Fink, of Romaine Avenue, Boardman, also was charged with possession of drug-abuse instruments and drug paraphernalia when, authorities alleged, he had a suspected crack-cocaine pipe and a hypodermic needle with suspected heroin residue.

Theft: A woman reportedly stole three deadbolt locks from Family Dollar, 4028 Market St.

Menacing: A worker for a business in Shops at Boardman Park on U.S. Route 224 said a woman had twice threatened her while browsing in the store.

Burglary: To a residence in the 900 block of Mathews Road after a main door had been forced open. Taken was a $1,000 laptop computer.

Truck theft/attempted breaking and entering: Police were dispatched to Direct Auto Sales & Leasing, 8141 South Ave., from which a Ford F-250 pickup truck had been stolen, along with several sets of wheels. In addition, tool marks were reportedly found on the front door after someone had tried to enter.

Assault: Officers responded to a large fight at Southern Park Mall, where a 13-year-old Campbell girl said she had been slapped several times in the face and that her hair was pulled.

Jan. 22

Theft: A woman reported her purse and $282 worth of items she had bought were stolen while she was at Southern Park Mall.

Criminal damaging: A vehicle in the 200 block of Afton Avenue sustained a broken windshield, and a $600 damage estimate.

Arrest: A traffic stop on Route 224 resulted in the arrest of William D. Harris Jr., 22, of Fairview Drive, Warren. He was wanted on a Niles warrant charging larceny.

Identity fraud: A Lakewood, Ohio, man who had his driver’s license suspended found out that someone had evidently used his personal information during a traffic accident last August near Route 224 and Tiffany Boulevard.

Jan. 23

Drugs: Acting on a search warrant for an apartment in the 50 block of Shields Road, authorities reported having found $400 in cash, nine syringes and possible heroin, though no arrests had been made at the time of the report.

Theft: Brendon M. Orourke, 25, of Berkshire Drive, Youngstown, was charged with taking about $79 worth of merchandise, including a package of diapers, from Walmart.

Harassment: A Dover Road woman told officers that a man has been making two weeks’ worth of crude, threatening calls to her.

Theft: Police arrested Ashley L. Sekely of Union Street, Washingtonville, on a theft charge. Sekely, 33, was accused of stealing a $65 Green Bay Packers women’s jersey Oct. 4, 2016, from Touchdown Gifts and More in Southern Park Mall.

Drugs: A traffic stop in the 7200 block of Market Street led to the arrest of Brandon M. Hill, 22, of East Garfield Road, New Springfield, on two felony drug-abuse charges and one misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia when, police alleged, Hill admitted three envelopes found in his pocket contained suspected cocaine. Also found was a tin inside of which was a small bag containing a white substance Hill admitted was suspected heroin, a report stated.

Theft/vandalism: A worker for a Dayton-based tree-service company discovered someone had cut the wires to and removed four batteries from four wood chippers in the 20 block of Ewing Road.

Assault: A Youngstown woman alleged that during an argument between them in the 8100 block of South Avenue, her boyfriend had grabbed and squeezed her, causing the accuser to fall to the ground. She had no visible injuries, however.

Theft: A man and a woman left Longhorn Steakhouse, 953 Boardman-Poland Road, without paying their $54 food bill.