Published: Sat, July 29, 2017 @ 12:00 a.m.

POLICE CALLS

A summary of recent criminal activity in Girard, Hubbard and Liberty:

GIRARD

July 23

Menacing: Officers answered a call regarding several neighbors in the 200 block of Church Hill Road threatening one another.

Theft by deception: A Squaw Creek Drive man told authorities that after having received a pop-up solicitation on his laptop computer for computer repairs, he paid $299 for the supposed fixes that never took place. In addition, the victim was instructed to pay an additional fee with gift cards before realizing it was a scam.

Harassment: A Gary Avenue woman reported having received a sexually explicit call.

July 24

Menacing: An Illinois Avenue woman reported a motorist launched into a diatribe as he accused her of breaking his car window while she mowed her front lawn.

Criminal mischief: A man noticed eggs had been tossed at his car when he returned to his Lincoln Avenue residence.

Stolen property: A charge of receiving stolen property was pending against a woman after a man reported his $140 cellphone missing when he had set it down while hiking along an access road. The woman reportedly got her two young children in a scheme to sell the mans phone back to him for $150, police alleged.

July 25

Domestic violence: A 14-year-old Girard boy was charged with the crime after his brother alleged that during an argument, the teen had pushed him into a chimney, leaving a scrape on the accusers upper right arm.

July 26

Arrests: While responding to a possible fight in the 300 block of Hazel Avenue, police filed disorderly-conduct charges against Ashley L. Yauger, 22; Kiawaun A. Ferrell, 25; and Jenny E. Dove, 38, all of Hazel Street, Girard, along with Samantha N. Dionisio, 23, of Westview Avenue, Hubbard, and Jasmine L. Tuck, 24, of Washington Avenue, Hubbard. As officers conducted their investigation, all five again got into a heated argument with one another, a report showed.

HUBBARD

July 21

Theft: A Church Street woman discovered a $100 mountain bike missing from her porch.

Theft: An electronic tablet and $10 were removed from a vehicle in the 500 block of Center Street.

July 22

Breaking and entering: Someone entered Hubbard Coal & Supply, 828 N. Main St., then took a $200 chain saw and an undisclosed sum of money.

Theft: Officers received a complaint that someone has been stealing money that a family places atop a loved ones tombstone in a cemetery off Oakdale Avenue.

July 23

Disorderly conduct: A charge was pending against a 58-year-old Ashtabula man after an officer who stopped at a state Route 304 gas station alleged the man repeatedly yelled a series of obscenities at him, which also caused a scene, after having been advised several times to desist.

July 24

Arrest: A traffic stop near North Main and Walnut streets led to the arrest of Eric J. Razum, 33, of Mahoning Avenue Northwest, Warren. He was wanted on a warrant charging failure to appear in court.

Arrest: Struthers police transferred custody of Thomas J. Nagle, 34, to Hubbard authorities. Nagle, of Smithfield Street, Struthers, was wanted on a charge of failure to appear in court.

July 25

Arrest: John W. Valentine Jr. of Darr Avenue, Farrell, Pa., was charged with operating a vehicle impaired after an off-duty police officer reported having seen a motorist driving erratically on North Main Street. Valentine had a 0.214 blood-alcohol content, which is more than double Ohios 0.08 legal intoxication limit, a report showed.

July 26

Criminal mischief: A rock was used to break a pickup trucks rear window in the 200 block of Hillcrest Avenue. Damage was estimated at $250.

Arrest: A vehicle check in the 2400 block of North Main Street resulted in the arrest of William A. Howard of Broadway Avenue, Masury, who was wanted on a felony warrant from Brookfield accusing him of failing to appear in court on a burglary charge.

LIBERTY

July 22

Arrest: After responding to a break-in at a residence in the 3100 block of Hadley Avenue, police took Kurtis D. Townsend of Murray Hill Avenue, Liberty, into custody. Townsend, 18, was wanted on a warrant charging receiving stolen property.

Robbery: A gunman in his 30s wearing a tan vest and jeans fled from Home Savings and Loan, 3500 Belmont Ave., with a bag containing an undisclosed amount of money.

Arrest: While responding to a disturbance in the 30 block of Trumbull Court, authorities took into custody Cassandra Santiago, 23, of Trumbull Court, Liberty, on a disorderly-conduct charge. Santiago continued to scream obscenities at three people to goad them into a fight, despite having been asked to cease, a report said.

Drugs: Police on Church Hill Road pulled over and arrested Leroy Alexander III, 23, of Madison Avenue, Youngstown, on one felony count each of trafficking in marijuana and possession of criminal tools. Two large jars of suspected marijuana, a digital scale and a box of plastic bags in a backpack were found, a report stated.

Arrest: Officers in the 2700 block of Belmont Avenue took custody of William Brown IV, 47, of North Osborn Avenue, Youngstown, who was wanted on a Girard Municipal Court warrant.

July 23

Citations: Authorities responded to a complaint regarding two intoxicated people in the 200 block of Perni Lane before issuing minor-misdemeanor citations charging Jennifer L. Nestor, 42, of Marianna Pa., and Jason T. Paternoster, 43, of Finleyville, Pa., with disorderly conduct. The manager of a nearby hotel alleged the couple had been engaged in sexual activity with each other in a field in view of the establishment, and that they had caused several other disturbances, a report said.

July 24

Incident: A woman reported that while on vacation, her former husband had entered her Colonial Drive home and took an iPhone.

Recovered property: A Girard woman reported finding her Honda Civic in Mansfield after it had been taken from a home in the 4500 block of Park Avenue.

Theft: The manager of a Holly Drive apartment complex reported a 9mm handgun missing from a desk drawer.

Drugs: A traffic stop in the 4200 block of Belmont Avenue resulted in drug-abuse charges against Leeana D. Shaulis, 19, of Holland Avenue, Liberty, and Brian K. Walker, 26, of Stewart Avenue, Liberty. Found were a small bag of suspected marijuana and a white envelope containing several pills determined to be Tramadol, an over-the-counter drug commonly used to treat moderate to severe pain, for which Shaulis admitted having no prescription, authorities alleged.

July 25

Damage: Police assisted Girard authorities in finding a vehicle that reportedly was driven by someone who had been in an argument with another motorist. The car was found at a residence in the 3000 block of Northgate Drive with a bullet hole in its rear tailgate and a spent slug on the bumper, a report showed.

Theft: A Jefferson Court woman found out someone without authorization had removed money from her bank account and placed it in her daughters account before making three withdrawals from the latter that totaled $400.

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POLICE CALLS IN GIRARD, LIBERTY, HUBBARD - Youngstown Vindicator