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Austintown

Police activity reported Dec. 29-Jan. 6: Jan. 6, 7:56 p.m. — Rakeem R. Gray, 31, 51 N. Osborne Ave., Youngstown, was arrested on charges of failure to comply and was cited for no operator’s license, following a traffic stop on Mahoning Avenue. 4:48 p.m. — Criminal damage (vehicle seats burned by a cigarette) reported at 3126 Diana Drive. 6:43 a.m. — Theft of credit cards and cash from a vehicle reported at 4572 Rhode Island Drive. 1:13 a.m. — Theft of fishing and boating equipment from a boat reported at 1218 S. Meridian Road. Jan. 5, 11:50 p.m. — Brian W. ...

Canfield

Police activity reported Dec. 27-Jan. 2: Jan. 2 — A 15-year-old Canfield boy was referred to the Juvenile Justice Center for being an unruly child. Jan. 1 — Dwayne H. Fields, 25, 1640 Shehy St., Youngstown, was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle while impaired and driving while under suspension, and was cited for open container, following a traffic stop on Boardman-Canfield Road. Dec. 31 — Vayrex Rodriguez, 29, 507 Emmet St., Ypsilanti, Mich., was issued a summons for drug abuse (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia (raw rolling papers), following a ...

Austintown

Police activity reported Dec. 10-16: Dec. 16, 9:36 p.m. — Theft of a catalytic converter from a vehicle reported at Biketown, 5700 Patriot Blvd. 7:42 p.m. — Anthony J. Latessa, 40, 716 Samuel Ave., Youngstown, was issued a summons for open container in a motor vehicle, following a suspicious person investigation on Mahoning Avenue. Dec. 15, 5:06 p.m. — Jerison E. Pastories, 35, 2603 Cleveland St., McKeesport, Pa., was arrested on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia (tube used to snort cocaine) and drug abuse instruments (hypodermic syringes), and Lucas J. Riley, 39, 3012 ...

Boardman

Police activity reported Dec. 8-15: Dec. 15, 11:52 p.m. — Scott D. Honthy, 46, 1500 W. Western Reserve Road, Boardman, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while impaired and was cited for a lanes of travel violation, following a traffic stop on Western Reserve Road for an impaired driver. 5:44 p.m. — Caitlynn A. Cooke, 19, 4611 South Ave., Boardman, was arrested on a charge of drug abuse (heroin) following a traffic stop on Boardman-Canfield Road. Dec. 14, 3:20 p.m. — Erich H. Dietrich, 35, 4130 Main Ave., Ashtabula, was arrested on a Boardman warrant for ...

Canfield

Police activity reported Dec. 6-13: Dec. 13 — Tony Dabney, 20, 778 Fairmont Ave., Youngstown, was arrested on charges of domestic violence and resisting arrest following a call regarding a domestic dispute. Dec. 12 — Dustin Russell, 36, 440 W. Midlothian Blvd., Youngstown, was arrested on an undisclosed Struthers warrant following a traffic stop. Dec. 12 — Shayla Ashburn, 19, 23 Hillside Drive, Girard, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while impaired and was cited on a charge of open container. Dec. 11 — Hadley Fry, 25, 4121 state Route 158, New Wilmington, ...

Boardman

Police activity reported Dec. 1-7: Dec. 7, 6:07 p.m. — Michael P. Steinbeck, 40, 5029 Friendship Ave., Boardman, was arrested on a charge of domestic violence. 10:12 a.m. — Carlene A. Beck, 31, 34 N. Navarre Ave., Austintown, was arrested on a charge of theft following a shoplifting call at Walmart, 1300 Doral Drive. 12:16 a.m. — Lisa E. Martin, 43, 367 Mathews Road, Boardman, was arrested on a charge of operating a vehicle while impaired and was cited for not obeying a traffic control device (red signal), following a traffic stop on Afton Avenue on a vehicle with one ...