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Oct. 5
Arrest: A traffic stop near Market Street resulted in the arrest of Brandon A. Albert, 37, of Southern Boulevard, Youngstown. He was wanted on a probation-violation charge.
Theft: Police were dispatched to Boardman Area Court on Market Street to arrest Melanie R. Lanzo of Smithfield Street, Struthers, who surrendered on a theft charge. Lanzo, 32, was accused of stealing a $70 Halloween item Sept. 26 from an outdoor display at Giant Eagle, 1201 Doral Drive.
Identity theft: A Glen Park Drive man found out his personal information was used regarding a $140 past-due phone bill from an account that was supposed to have been canceled.
Theft: A man reportedly stole a $25 T-shirt from Kohl’s, 383 Boardman-Poland Road.
Theft: A resident with a South Avenue nursing home discovered her purse missing from her room.
Vandalism: Someone used a BB gun to shoot a small hole through a front storm window to a business in the 4300 block of Market Street. Estimated damage was $1,000.
Theft: Two women reportedly stole two jackets and two hooded sweatshirts from Dick’s Sporting Goods, 550 Boardman-Poland Road, resulting in a $394 loss.
Criminal mischief: A worker for a Southern Park Mall store noticed the valve stem had been removed from a driver’s-side tire to his vehicle.
Theft: A man reportedly took 14 household cleaning products from Family Dollar, 4026 South Ave.
Theft: Patricia S. McCormick, 55, of Nila Drive, North Lima, was charged with stealing a $30 T-shirt from Kohl’s.
Arrest: Tara L. Sherbine, 23, of Sheridan Road, Youngstown, surrendered on a charge of inducing panic, related to an incident Sept. 2 in which police, firefighters and emergency medical technicians responded to a possible drug overdose outside of a Doral Drive big-box store. Sherbine was reportedly found unresponsive in a vehicle before being taken to St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, a report showed.
Arrest: James E. Mason IV, 30, surrendered on one count of inducing panic after authorities had responded to a possible heroin overdose last month at his girlfriend’s Annawan Lane home. Mason, of Belmont Avenue, Warren, was found passed out in her kitchen before being given a 2-mg dose of naloxone to reverse or block the effects of opioids and taken to St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital for an evaluation, police alleged.
Oct. 6
Assault: Authorities charged Tom F. Tofilski, 31, of Morningside Drive, Poland, with assault on a police officer, a fourth-degree felony, after alleging an intoxicated Tofilski had tried to bite an officer while being booked on a charge of operating a vehicle impaired from another jurisdiction.
Theft: Michelle J.N. Rogers, 27, of West LaClede Avenue, Youngstown, was charged, accused of stealing $45 worth of clothing from Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive.
Dog bite: A man reported a dog bit him in the face and neck as he jogged near Crestview and Golfview drives.
Menacing: An Austintown man said he received an implied threat while at Southern Park Mall.
Theft: Lucretia A. Gotschall, 34, and Daniel L. Smelser, 36, faced theft charges. Gotschell and Smelser, both of Maple Street, Rogers, were accused of stealing about $160 worth of electronics items from Walmart.
Identity theft: A Glendale, Calif., man found out his personal information had been used without authorization to place a $103 order at a Boardman-Poland Road restaurant.
Theft: A manager with Value City Furniture, 443 Boardman-Poland Road, told authorities a customer rented furniture but has failed to make the $260 monthly payments.
Theft: Police charged Hector L. Crespo, 18, of West LaClede Avenue, Youngstown, with the theft of various cellphone accessories from Walmart.
Fraud: A man reportedly returned a pair of shoes to Kohl’s that he never bought but for which he received $80 in store credit.
Oct. 7
Burglary: To a residence in the 4800 block of Southern Boulevard through a side window, from which a purse was taken. Also, the perpetrator apparently tried to steal the victim’s 2015 Chrysler vehicle, police were told.
Drugs: Authorities charged Brittany R. Canning, 33, of Meadowbrook Avenue, Boardman, with one misdemeanor count each of possession of drugs and dangerous drugs after having pulled her over near Maple Drive. Found in her purse were two pills, one each of which was determined to be Alprazolam, a controlled substance often used to treat anxiety and panic disorders, and Lamotrigine, a drug commonly used to treat seizures and bipolar disorder, a report showed.
Theft: A Beechwood Drive woman discovered a $180 pair of shoes, two tablecloths and a cash box missing from her car.
Fraud: A Sheridan Road woman reported a caller from Parsons, W.Va., who claimed to represent a bail-bonds business tricked her into paying $2,000 to supposedly bail her grandson out of jail after saying he had been charged with operating a vehicle impaired. The victim learned it was a scam after calling her grandson, who refuted the bogus story, a report stated.
Theft: A Hillman Way woman reported an $80 bicycle had been removed from a carport and storage area.
Theft: Three Melrose Avenue residents told police someone had gone through their vehicles, from one of which a change tray was removed.
Criminal mischief/menacing: A Lynn Mar Avenue man reported a motorist tossed a sign in his yard and threatened him with bodily harm.
Theft: Someone entered a vehicle in the 80 block of Erskine Avenue and took $20.
Harassment: A Huntington Drive man said his former girlfriend had made 17 such calls to his cellphone, one of which contained an implied threat.
Theft: Two Boardman boys, 16 and 17, were accused of stealing eight Xbox games valued at $159 from Walmart.
Theft: Police in Columbiana took custody of Ashley L. Sekely, 34, who was wanted on a theft charge. Sekely, of Union Street, Washingtonville, was accused of stealing 10 Xbox games Aug. 15 from Walmart.
Oct. 8
Arrest: James A. Vitullo Jr., 32, of Angiline Drive, Boardman, was charged with operating a vehicle impaired after police had stopped his car near Hitchcock Road. Vitullo refused to submit to a Breathalyzer test, a report said.
Domestic violence: Henry Stubbs II, 50, of Montrose Avenue, Boardman, was charged with the crime after his wife alleged Stubbs had slapped her face and pulled her hair during an argument about their relationship.
Theft: Two women reportedly stole a gallon of milk and possibly other items from Family Dollar, 4030 Market St.
Theft: The rear dealer license plate was missing from a vehicle at a business in the 6000 block of Market Street.
Identity theft: An Old Oxford Lane woman learned that her identity and bank-card information had been used to make $81 worth of fraudulent purchases at a Culver City, Calif., big-box store.
Theft: Police at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital assumed custody of Carl Wallace, 49, who faced theft and criminal-trespassing charges after being accused of stealing $512 worth of merchandise from Walmart and violating a trespassing warning to stay out of the big-box store. Wallace, of Griswold Avenue, Youngstown, also was charged with obstructing official business when, authorities alleged, his actions interfered with and hampered the booking process.
Theft: Dominique T. Hill, 19, of Cumberland Circle, Austintown, and Nadiya C. Morgan, 22, of Broadway Avenue, Youngstown, were charged with taking four iPhone charging cables valued at $428 from Walmart.
Drug paraphernalia: Officers responded to a possible trespassing situation at a South Avenue mobile-home park, where they charged Jonathan L. Rine, 39, of Southeast Boulevard, Salem, with possession of drug paraphernalia. Rine had a suspected crack-cocaine pipe, police alleged.
Theft: A woman reportedly stole two packages of feminine products from Walgreens Pharmacy, 525 E. Midlothian Blvd.
Assault: Two nurses with a South Avenue health care facility alleged a resident had punched another patient in the face.
Theft: A Beechwood Drive man noticed two bicycles missing from his backyard.
Theft: A pair of prescription glasses and a global positioning system device were removed from a vehicle in the 5900 block of Applecrest Drive.
Oct. 9
Arrest: While dealing with an accident in a Boardman High School parking lot, police charged Michael A. Palmer of Sunset Drive, Lisbon, with operating a vehicle impaired. Palmer, 61, also received a minor-misdemeanor citation charging him with having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
Criminal damaging: A Youngstown woman alleged her estranged husband had slashed a tire to her mother’s car while the accuser was in the 500 block of Boardman-Canfield Road.
Identity fraud: A Huntington Drive woman found out someone without consent had used her bank-account information to buy two iPhones from a Liberty Township big-box store.
Theft: A Cleveland woman who owns a home in the 400 block of West Midlothian Boulevard told police a tenant who had been evicted stole a refrigerator, a washer and dryer, a stove and a garage door. The loss came to about $3,560.
Misuse of a credit card: An official with a Bev Road business found out someone without authorization had made two such charges to a company credit card that totaled $146.
Theft: A man age 45 to 50 reportedly stole two containers of laundry detergent from Dollar General, 271 Boardman-Canfield Road.
Arrest: A traffic stop near Southern Boulevard led to the arrest of Jarvis S. Sanders, 37, of Gordon Street, Campbell, who was wanted on a bench warrant charging failure to appear in Youngstown Municipal Court.