Summit County
Akron
Arrests
A 20-year-old Staeger Street woman was charged with illegal manufacturing of meth, illegal assembly of chemicals and possession of meth and paraphernalia following a police search of her residence.
A Winans Avenue man, 48, was charged with domestic violence. Police said he was involved in a fight with his brother and knocked him to the floor multiple times, causing a laceration on the back of his head and a cut above his right eye.
A 35-year-old Jason Avenue man was charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia after a traffic stop.
A Garry Road man, 19, was charged with aggravated robbery, obstructing justice, possession of marijuana and tampering with evidence. Police said he approached another man, pointed a handgun at him and took the man’s wallet from his pants pocket and fled.
A 26-year-old Fourth Street man was charged with OVI after officers were dispatched to an area for a possible drunken driver. Police said he was found sitting in a parking lot, had slurred speech and had to use the car door to steady himself. He failed all field sobriety tests, police said.
A Columbia Street, Kent man, 45, was charged with drug abuse and tampering with evidence. Police said a consent search found crack in his sock.
A 24-year-old Brunsdorph Road, Fairlawn man was charged with drug abuse of ecstasy and marijuana after a traffic stop.
An East Avenue man, 29, was charged with burglary after police said a witness identified him as the person who exited a home during a burglary.
A 33-year-old Kickapoo Avenue woman was charged with possession and trafficking of cocaine after an undercover detective called her in an attempt to purchase cocaine and was instructed to go to an address. Police said upon arrival the detective purchased crack from her.
A Manchester Road man, 23, was charged with possession of heroin and trafficking. Police said he and a female were in a vehicle pulling up their pants. When they were removed from the vehicle officers found heroin on the seat.
A 23-year-old Jewett Street man was charged with felony willful flee, drug abuse crack, carrying a concealed weapon, weapons under disability, resisting arrest and obstructing official business. Police said he fled from officers during a traffic stop at Seventh Avenue and Hart Street and after crashing his vehicle was apprehended after a brief foot chase.
A Merton Avenue man, 19, was charged with possession of Percocet pills after a traffic violation at Vernon Odom Boulevard and Superior Avenue.
A 27-year-old 23rd Street, Cuyahoga Falls woman was charged with assault of a police officer, aggravated menacing, disorderly conduct criminal damaging. She was stopped after leaving an address on East Avenue where a brick had been thrown through a window. After being placed under arrest, police said, she tried to kick an officer and threatened to kill officers and their families.
A Norton Avenue woman, 34, was charged with possession of heroin after her arrest on a warrant.
A 26-year-old Thurston Street man was charged with possession of heroin after a traffic stop.
An Easton Avenue, Cleveland man, 29, was charged with burglary and domestic violence. Police said he went to the house where his child’s mother lives, kicked in the door and struck her several times in the face.
A 36-year-old Stoner Street man was charged with disrupting public service and domestic violence. Police said he struck his girlfriend in the face several times then pushed her into a dresser. When she tried to call 911 on her cellphone, he grabbed the phone and broke it in half, police said.
A Broad Street man, 45, was charged with possession of crack, possession of drug paraphernalia and open container after police stopped him on the street.
A 28-year-old West Mildred Avenue man was charged with drug abuse cocaine after a traffic stop.
A Center Road, Clinton man, 52, was charged with possession of crack after police said officers observed him doing a hand-to-hand transaction with another man.
A 38-year-old Perry Avenue, Barberton man was charged with possession of synthetic marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after he was stopped at Copley Road and Grace Avenue for a traffic violation.
A Liberty Road man, 21, was charged with drug abuse crack, drug abuse heroin, trafficking in drugs, possession of criminal tools and improper handling of a firearm. Police said he was sitting in his car counting money when officers approached. Cocaine, two handguns, crack, heroin and a bulletproof vest were in his car, police said.
Barberton
Burglary
A man who cleans out vacant homes told police March 24 that an air conditioner and copper wire, total value $2,000, were stolen from a vacant home on West Summit Street. The thief broke in through the front door.
Forgery
On March 23, police began investigating a South Van Buren Avenue woman’s suspicion that a quit claim deed that her late son allegedly signed and notarized before his death is a forgery. The deed transfers rights to the home to a woman with whom the son had a child.
Thefts
A Bellview Avenue man told police March 26 that a third fraudulent loan, total value $1,471,had been taken out online by someone using his personal information. He learned of the fraud through a letter from a collection agency, police said.
Awnings valued at $2,000 were stolen March 25 from a 25th Street Northwest home, according to a neighbor who alerted the owner.
Bath Township
Theft
A 48-year-old woman reported March 25 that while she was visiting Panera Bread, 3895 Medina Road, someone took her wallet from her purse. She later received a call that her credit cards were being used at local businesses.
Copley Township
Domestic dispute
A Barton Drive man, 29, told police his ex-girlfriend was harassing him. She was constantly calling him because he owed her money, he said. Responding officers said it was a civil matter and that she needed to stop calling him or she would be arrested.
Coventry Township
Breaking and entering
A door and window blinds plus cleaning supplies and equipment, total value $765, were reported stolen March 24 from a vacant home on South Main Street.
Cuyahoga Falls
Arrests
A 20th Street man was charged March 31 with making false alarms. He is accused of making a false report of a bar fight to a 911 dispatcher.
A 24-year-old Buckingham Gate Boulevard man was charged March 30 with domestic violence. He is accused of assaulting the mother of his child.
A 35-year-old Fairview Place man was charged March 30 with breaking and entering, vandalism, possession of criminal tools, tampering with evidence and obstructing official business. He is accused of breaking into a vacant Sixth Street home and stealing copper pipes and a water meter. When spotted walking in the neighborhood, he ran and hid evidence on top of a shed, police said.
Breaking and entering
A vacant home in the 400 block of Keenan Avenue was broken into between March 20 and 28. Copper pipes were taken.
A home in the 2800 block of Hudson Drive was broken into between March 2 and 31. Copper pipes were taken.
Burglaries
A home in the 1300 block of Ritchie Street was broken into March 31. Guns and electronics were taken.
Three guns, valued at $1,300, were taken from a home in the 1600 block of Hanover Street between March 20 and 27.
A woman reported April 1 that someone entered her home in the 1800 block of Lancaster Street and took her wallet containing several credit cards and $100.
Misuse of credit cards
A Boulder Boulevard woman reported March 31 someone used her credit card information to make more than $1,100 in unauthorized purchases on the Internet between Jan. 31 and March 31.
A 10th Street man reported March 31 someone used his credit card information for purchases from a local business.
Theft
A Kilarney Street couple reported March 31 that while they were walking their dog in the neighborhood, someone went into their open garage and took two green Trek bicycles valued at a total of $1,200.
Fairlawn
Thefts
An Akron man, 20, was charged with theft April 2. Police said he stole two jackets worth $120 from Macy’s Department Store. He has been banned from Macy’s indefinitely.
An Akron man, 18, was arrested on theft charges March 31. He allegedly stole a pair of blue jeans worth $58 from Macy’s Department Store. A bag of marijuana was also found. He has been banned from Macy’s for three years.
Arrests
A Bedford woman, 34, was arrested April 4. Officers responded to complaints that a driver sat through three red lights. They had to chase her through multiple red lights before apprehending her.
An Akron woman, 27, was arrested for drug possession March 30. Police pulled her over for an equipment violation, but later noticed the smell of marihuana. She was also driving under suspension.
Green
Arrests
A Canton woman, 50, of Clarendon Avenue Northwest was jailed March 25 when arrested at the Akron-Canton Airport on a warrant for felony passing bad checks.
An East Caston Road man, 35, was jailed March 23 on a charge of domestic violence after police said he threatened his father and tried to hit him.
Fraud
A Muirfield Drive woman told Summit County sheriff’s authorities that on March 21 she was contacted by three males claiming to be with Publishers Clearing House, saying she had won $8 million and a Mercedes Benz automobile.
Thefts
A pallet of manufactured stone, total value $1,000, was reported stolen March 26 from a Springbury Drive location.
World Wide Engineering of Plainfield, Mich., reported March 26 that a company trailer on Arlington Ridge East was forced open. Nine chain saws, total value $8,000, were stolen.
A Raber Road man told a deputy that a man came to his workplace March 24 and March 25 seeking money. The victim then discovered that two personal checks, total value $800, had been taken out of his vehicle and cashed.
New Franklin
Arrest
A Grove Road man, 61, was booked at the Summit County Jail on March 19 on a charge of domestic violence after police said he slapped a woman in the face during an argument.
Norton
Arrests
A 29-year-old Dale Street man was charged April 2 with driving under suspension and a 41-year-old West Salem man was charged with discharging a firearm near a residence. Police said the men were riding on an all-terrain vehicle in the 4400 block of Grant Street when the older man shot a handgun into the air.
A 50-year-old South Hametown Road man was charged March 29 with domestic violence. He is accused of assaulting a 58-year-old woman and slashing the tires on her car.
Vandalism
The caretaker of a home in the 800 block of Loomis Avenue reported April 2 that the previous tenants did $20,000 in damage to the home before they were evicted.
Springfield Township
Arrest
A Lakemore youth, 14, of Sunnyside Avenue was booked at the Summit County Juvenile Detention Center on charges of domestic violence and assault on a police officer March 27. Police said he punched his mother repeatedly, then ran from officers and head-butted one of them when being subdued.
Thefts
Police said money and a tablet, total value $2,310, were reported stolen March 26 from a table at the Terminal Warehouse on Marvo Drive.
On March 25, a Rhoadesdale Avenue woman said six checks were stolen from her bedroom, made payable to the suspect, who then forged the victim’s signature before cashing the checks, totaling $1,450.
Six memorial vases, total value $1,200, were reported stolen March 24 from Hillside Memorial Park on Canton Road.
A Springfield Lake Drive resident told police March 20 that she believes a woman who had lived at the house stole several pieces of jewelry.
Stow
Arrests
A 29-year-old Ashtabula man was charged April 2 with receiving stolen property, forgery and misuse of a credit card.
A 33-year-old Alliance woman was charged March 29 with obstructing official business. She is accused of giving false information to police to avoid arrest on a warrant.
A 35-year-old Akron woman was charged March 27 with misuse of a credit card. She is accused of using an 81-year-old Graham Road woman’s debit card without permission.
Burglary
A home in the 3700 block of Hudson Drive was burglarized March 25. Two televisions and a television wall mount were taken.
Identity theft
A South Carolina woman reported March 26 that someone in Stow used her personal information to open and use credit accounts, resulting in charges of more than $1,300.
A Lakeview Boulevard man reported March 19 someone called his home and claimed to be an agent with the Internal Revenue Service. The caller asked for the personal information of the man’s wife.
Misuse of a credit card
A 39-year-old Graham Road woman reported March 31 someone in Great Brittain used her child support debit card without permission.
Tallmadge
Arrests
A 34-year-old Beechwood Drive woman was charged March 29 with domestic violence. She is accused of assaulting her husband during a quarrel.
A 20-year-old Mogadore man was charged March 29 with possession of drug abuse instruments. A hypodermic syringe and a cotton ball containing suspected heroin residue were found under his girlfriend’s mattress and linked to him by police.
Cuyahoga County
North Royalton
Thefts
Several cars were broken into April 2 on Dennis Court.
Assault
Officers were called to the Royal Oaks Apartments on March 28 after a man reported that his boss assaulted him. The worker was taken to the hospital; the boss was charged with assault.
Medina County
Brunswick
Disturbance
Officers were called to an apartment on Beverly Hills Drive on March 31 after a woman told police her former boyfriend had stopped there to pick up some of his items. Once inside the apartment, the woman reported that he put a knife to his throat and threatened to kill himself.
Medina
Trespassing
Officers were called to a Liberty Street business April 3 after two homeless people were found sleeping inside a van. They were asked to move on.
Medina Township
Theft
A Medina Road business reported March 31 that someone stole the rims and tires, worth $6,500, off a Cadillac Escalade.
Montville Township
Theft
A homeowner on Riverrock Way reported April 1 that two vehicles had been broken into. Spare change and toilet paper was taken from one vehicle. About $15 and four to five tins of chewing tobacco was taken from the other vehicle.
Wadsworth
Arrests
A 26-year-old New York man was charged April 1 with forgery, identity theft and possession of criminal tools. A 25-year-old accomplice was charged with complicity to commit forgery and identity fraud. They are accused of trying to cash a fraudulent check at Chase Bank, 750 High St.
Identity theft
A 58-year-old Hollybrier Drive man reported March 30 someone used his personal information to file a federal tax return.
Stark County
Jackson Township
Arrests
A homeless man, 33, was stopped by a loss prevention officer and customer at the Walmart store on Mega Street Northwest after he passed all points of purchase without paying for $887 worth of merchandise. Police charged him with theft, falsification, possession of criminal tools and obstructing official business.
Charges of two counts of breaking and entering plus grand theft were lodged against a Rob Street Northwest man, 19, on March 24 after police said he admitted to involvement in two break-ins each in both Jackson and Lawrence townships.
Police said an Akron woman, 18, of Hancock Avenue admitted to a loss prevention officer at hhGregg on Dressler Road Northwest on March 24 that she knowingly gave away a laptop computer and iPad, total value $1,160, to an unknown person. She was jailed on a charge of felony theft.
On March 22, an Akron man, 27, of Minson Way was arrested at the Summit County Jail on Jackson warrants for two counts each of felony forgery and identity fraud and two counts of theft by deception.
Vandalism
Two outside drinking fountains, total value $1,000, were pulled from a wall at the township’s Fisher Park on Lake O’ Springs Avenue Northwest, according to a March 17 police report.
Thefts
A Canton woman told police March 21 that $540 was stolen from her car while parked at the Golden Corral on Dressler Road Northwest.
A Schario Road Northwest resident said March 20 that someone used her credit card to make purchases totaling $1,900.
A Carrollton woman, who said she left her $550 cellphone and case at Cici’s Pizza on Belden Village Street Northwest on March 16, was told when she returned to the restaurant that the phone had been given to another female.
Lake Township
Arrests
Charges of felony domestic violence, assault and resisting arrest were filed against a Middlebranch Avenue Northeast man, 49, on March 26 after he was accused of pushing another person down, causing injury, and then locking himself in the house. He was found hiding in the attack, a Stark sheriff’s deputy reported.
A Laurel Ridge Street man, 23, was jailed on two counts of domestic violence March 24 after the victims said he choked and threatened to kill a woman and then tried to run over a son.
Lawrence Township
Arrest
A Lockage Road man, 51, was jailed March 23 on charges of felonious assault and domestic violence after his wife said he pushed her and threatened to shoot her. Officers confiscated all his firearms, a report stated.
Plain Township
Arrests
Accused of punching his girlfriend in the face and pushing her down several times during an argument, a Maple Avenue Northeast man, 23, was jailed on a charge of domestic violence March 24.
Charges of felony receiving stolen property, carrying a concealed weapon, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle and resisting arrest were lodged against an Akron man, 20, of Grace Avenue when arrested in the 3600 block of Martindale Road by a sheriff’s deputy responding to a loud-music call.
Uniontown
Arrests
Police jailed an Edison Street Northwest man, 22, on a charge of felony theft March 26 after he was found in a Cleveland Avenue Northwest apartment. He is accused of stealing a laptop computer and tools, total value over $1,000, and selling the items to pawn shops.
Warrants accusing a Plain Avenue Northeast man, 22, of felony charges of receiving stolen property and forgery plus obstructing official business resulted in his jailing March 21.
A threatening comment made toward his girlfriend led to the March 20 arrest of a 31st Street Northeast man March 20.
Drone found
On March 10, a resident brought to Uniontown police a video camera-equipped drone airplane, which he said he found in his cornfield. Police said they found the owner by viewing the video and obtaining the owner’s vehicle license registration as the drone flew over his house before going out of control and crashing. The plane was returned to the Desert Street owner’s wife March 26, police said.
Fraud
A 22-year-old man who placed an ad online in hopes of getting a tutoring job told police March 21 that he received a check for $1,950 from a client who said to cash the check and forward $1,740 to a nanny in Vancouver, Wash. The money was to be used for the student’s books. The tutor learned from the bank after cashing the check that the transaction was a scam.
Wayne County
Wayne Sheriff
Arrests
A Millersburg woman, 22, was arrested March 27 on charges of tampering with evidence and possession of drugs during a traffic stop at Buckeye and South streets, Wooster.
A Barberton man of the 400 block of Van Street was charged March 28 with aggravated possession of drugs and possession of hydrocodone.
Breaking and entering
Copper items worth $715 were reported stolen March 27 from ABE Auto Parts, 1080 S. Honeytown Road, Wooster Township.
Burglary
A diamond tennis bracelet worth $1,000 and $100 in cash were reported taken March 29 from a residence in the 15300 block of Rittman Road, Chippewa Township.
Fraud
A food stamp card was reported used to pay rent March 29 at a residence in the 10300 block of East Lincoln Way, East Union Township.
Theft
Tools worth $6,730 were reported missing from a truck March 29 at Wenger Pipeline Construction, 63 N. Kurzen Road, Sugar Creek Township.
Wooster
Arrests
A Rittman man, 27, and a Rittman woman, 28, were arrested March 29 on charges of theft after police said they took electronics and tools valued at $1,031 from Walmart, 3883 Burbank Road.
A Wooster man, 20, was arrested March 30 on charges of possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia, possession of heroin and possession of marijuana at a residence in the 2500 block of Cleveland Road.
Burglary
The handle of a door was reported broken March 29 at a residence in the 300 block of Spink Street but nothing was taken.
Domestic violence
A 39-year-old Wooster woman reported March 28 that she was injured during a fight with a man, 42, at a residence in the 500 block of Spring Street.
A 20-year woman reported March 27 that her ex-boyfriend broke the front door of her residence in the 1000 block of East University Street.
Shooting
A 29-year-old man reported March 31 that he was shot twice in the leg by a man whom he knew at Schellin Park, off South Bever Street. The victim was treated at Wooster Community Hospital.
Theft
A 1993 Ford worth $1,000 was reported stolen March 27 from East Bowman and Spink streets.