Summit County

Akron
Thefts

Joseph E. Grove, 21, was charged Feb. 22 with aggravated robbery and aggravated menacing. Grove is accused of entering a Sumner Street residence to ask the victim to return a safe and then pulled out a handgun and demanded money.

Doug L. Snyder Jr., 20, of Georgia, was charged Feb. 20 with felony theft. Snyder was accused of taking a computer and a DVD player from his mother's home and selling them for $80.

William J. Bond, 21, and Susan L. Carpenter, 39, both of Champlain Street, and William Fleming, 66, of Ogden Avenue, were charged Feb. 19 with breaking and entering and vandalism. Police responded to a report on Champlain of siding being removed from a house. Fleming was accused of driving the truck to haul the siding away.

Phillip R. Hunt, 30, of Hillman Road, and Robert Waggoner, 26, of Fleming Drive, were charged Feb. 16 with receiving stolen property. Police said they had a stolen HDTV valued at $5,000.

Dearre B. Mosley, 18, of Seventh Street, was charged Feb. 18 with burglary, receiving stolen property and misrepresenting ID. Mosley and an accomplice are accused of breaking into a Safer Plaza residence and taking a TV, DVD player and TV stand, in addition to other items. Mosley had a warrant on file for receiving stolen property, reports said.

Domestic violence/assault

Mark A. Hart, 44, of Lindsay Avenue, was charged Feb. 21 with domestic violence. Hart was accused of striking a woman in the head and face and knocking her to the ground.

Kevin C. Vinson, 37, of Crestview Avenue, was charged Feb. 19 with domestic violence. Vinson is accused of beating a woman in the face and breaking her finger, then following the car the victim was riding in, pulling her from the car and beating her with his fists.

Henry G. McAllister, 28, of Botnick Plaza, was charged Feb. 18 with domestic violence and having an open container in a motor vehicle. McAllister is accused of punching his girlfriend several times on Feb. 5 while in the parking lot of the Grant Street BP station, causing injuries. On Feb. 18, police said, they saw him at East Exchange and Spicer streets, where he tried to flee.

Charles A. Workman III, 27, of Mull Avenue, was charged Feb. 18 with assault on a police officer. Police said Workman refused to be put in a cruiser and bit an officer on the finger.

Andre K. Lee, 20, of Inman Street, was charged Feb. 19 with two counts of domestic violence, resisting arrest, criminal damaging and disrupting public services. Police responded to an incomplete 911 call and found that Lee allegedly had pulled the phone out of the wall and hit a woman in the face several times. The report said Lee tried to hit the victim's mother with a hammer when she tried to protect her daughter. As police were leaving, Lee returned to the residence and threw a brick through a window, reports said. When police returned, the report said, they struggled with him in the garage before he was arrested.

Miscellaneous

A man reportedly entered an 18th Street residence Feb. 17, robbed a woman at knife point and raped her.

Christopher Beck, 18, of Alphada Avenue, and Joseph W. Phillips Jr., 19, of Yorkshire Drive, were charged Feb. 21 with vandalism. The two are accused of entering a Brittain Road apartment building and turning on a fire hose, leaving the water to run in the stairwell. They were seen on video surveillance, reports said.

James S. Walker, 22, of Copley Road, was charged Feb. 20 with carrying a concealed weapon, having weapons illegally, obstructing official business and falsification. When police responded to a large fight on Hillwood, Walker reportedly ran. Officers followed his footprints in the snow and recovered a gun they said Walker had dropped along his path.

Jayson T. Kostelenski, 35, of Lovers Lane, was charged Feb. 18 with trafficking in drugs, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of criminal tools. David R. Behrens, 31, of Cleveland, was charged with trafficking in drugs and possession of methamphetamine.

Barberton
Arrests

Heather N. Rennie, 24, of 24th Street Northwest, was charged Feb. 26 with theft from the elderly.

Richard Laparo, 38, of East Tuscarawas Avenue, was charged Feb. 26 with domestic violence. He is accused of punching his mother in the arm at his apartment.

Leroy Lawson Jr., 41, of Tallmadge, was charged Feb. 26 with violating a protection order. He is accused of calling and threatening a Princeton Avenue woman in violation of a court order.

Disseminating matter harmful to juveniles

A Kentucky Place mother reported Feb. 25 that she found a picture of a man's penis on her 15-year-old daughter's cellular phone. She told police she suspects the picture came from a California man with whom her daughter has been chatting. She said the man knows her daughter's age, and has asked the teen to ''talk dirty to him,'' according to a report of the incident.

Theft

A Glenn Street woman reported Feb. 26 that her grandson's father took her car Feb. 5 and has not returned it. She said he is not returning phone calls.

Bath Township
Identity theft

An Idlebrook Drive woman reported Feb. 19 that her ex-sister-in-law used her FirstMerit Bank account without her permission to make $11,000 in payments to a credit-card company. The woman told police the bank canceled an additional four payments scheduled for withdrawal from the account.

Copley Township
Arrests

William A. Dorsey Jr., 37, of Jacoby Road, was charged Feb. 20 with domestic violence and criminal damaging. He is accused of ramming his vehicle into his girlfriend's vehicle while she was inside.

Assault

A 43-year-old Maryland man was found on the ground, bleeding from the head, in the parking lot of Steak and Shake, 152 Flight Memorial Drive, on Feb. 21. Witnesses told police the man and another man got out of a cab and the second man punched the injured man. Police said they interviewed the injured man at Akron General Medical Center and he said he had been assaulted by a friend but would not file charges.

Coventry Township
Arrest

James Lilly, 38, of Kingsley Drive, was booked at the Summit County Jail on a domestic violence charge Feb.21 after being accused of kicking another male in the side during an argument.

Thefts

A Boston Avenue woman reported Feb. 18 that her daughter's clarinet, valued at $800, had been stolen from Erwine Middle School.

An Organ Avenue woman said a digital video recorder and a Wii game system, worth a total of $750, were taken from a sport utility van parked at the residence.

Cuyahoga Falls
Thefts

A catalytic converter was reported stolen Feb. 22 from a vehicle at Fischer Foreign Cars, 4520 State Road.

Brian E. Meholick, 28, of Brooklawn Drive, Norton, was charged Feb. 21 with theft. According to a police report, he tried to take four PlayStation 2 games valued at $179.96 from Target, 449 Howe Ave.

Two catalytic converters valued at $1,800 were reported stolen Feb. 19 from vehicles at Senneco Glass, 1730 Newberry St.

A $30,000 Pontiac G-6 was reported stolen Feb. 19 from the Hertz Rental parking lot on State Road.

Drug offenses

A 16-year-old boy from Goodyear Boulevard in Akron was charged Feb. 21 with aggravated drug trafficking after he was accused of giving eight Adderall pills to another student at Schnee Learning Center, 2222 Issaquah St.

A 17-year-old North Main Street boy was charged Feb. 20 with drug abuse, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and assault on an officer. According to police, the boy had a generic Xanax tablet, was swearing and causing a commotion, violently resisted his arrest and punched an officer in the shoulder.

Fairlawn
Arrests

Nicole Shoenfelt, 23, of Lexington, was charged Feb. 22 with theft. She is accused of stealing nearly $600 worth of merchandise from Macy's Summit Mall store.

Green
Arrests

Timothy Smith, 51, of Aldis Drive, was booked at the Summit Jail on domestic violence Feb. 21 after a woman said he struck her in the face at the residence.

Michael Ernst, 23, of Woodland Drive, was taken to the Summit County jail on a felony domestic violence charge Feb. 16, and William Ernst, 59, was booked for misdemeanor domestic violence as the result of an alleged pushing match involving the pair.

Thad Castillo, 26, of Glen Eagles Drive, was jailed Feb. 16 after a woman said he grabbed her by the face while at the residence.

Identity theft

A Green resident said Feb. 12 that someone obtained a bank credit-card number in the victim's name and charged $1,079 in cash withdrawals.

Hudson
Miscellaneous

Matthew S. Foster, 38, of Norton Road, Stow, was charged Feb. 20 with operating a vehicle under the influence, carrying a concealed weapon, driving under a suspended license and crossing marked lanes.

Brian J. Crombie, 19, of West Streetsboro Street, was charged Feb. 19 with domestic violence.

A Uniontown woman told police Feb. 18 that $45,000 worth of jewelry had been stolen from her.

Lakemore
Arrest

A Springfield Lake Drive youth, 15, was arrested by police and taken to the Summit County juvenile correction center in Akron, accused of taking two speakers, an amplifier and a speaker box from the house without his mother's permission.

Norton
Arrests

Calvin F. Cody, 50, of 31st Street Northwest, was charged Feb. 23 with domestic violence. Cody's 54-year-old girlfriend told police Cody woke her up and began beating her.

Breaking and entering

A Copley man reported Feb. 24 that he saw a man try to force open a rear door at Bishop Buick on Cleveland-Massillon Road. He said that when he approached, the man fled.

Burglary

Nothing appeared to be missing after a burglary at a home in the 4400 block of Johnson Road on Feb. 22. The intruder broke a side door to enter the house.

Theft

The manager of Circle K, 3899 Eastern Road, reported to police Feb. 18 that she suspects an employee of stealing nearly $900 from the cash register since Feb. 1. The case is under investigation.

Springfield Township
Theft

An Archmere Drive resident told police Feb. 15 that he had paid a South Arlington Road roofing and construction company $15,600 to install siding and windows at his home, but he hadn't been able to contact the contractor since the payment was made two weeks earlier.

Burglary

A Jackson Boulevard man reported that four firearms and a hunting bow, worth a total of $1,450, were missing from his home Feb. 14.

Stow
Drunk driving

Amy L. Edwards, 42, of Young Road, was charged Feb. 21 with operating a vehicle under the influence.

Michael L. Follen, 49, was charged Feb. 20 with operating a vehicle under the influence, having an open container in a motor vehicle and speeding.

Lauren M. Seever, 19, of Issaquah Street, Cuyahoga Falls, was charged Feb. 17 with operating a vehicle under the influence and crossing marked lanes.

Kimberly D. Gaugh, 24, of Cherry Street, Kent, was charged Feb. 17 with operating a vehicle under the influence, weaving, crossing marked lanes and possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Brian M. Kalbaugh, 25, of Wyndham Ridge Drive, was charged Feb. 17 with operating a vehicle under the influence and crossing marked lanes.

Miscellaneous

A 15-year-old Williamson Road boy was charged Feb. 19 with trafficking in drugs, disorderly conduct and tobacco violations. He was accused of providing five tablets of Lorazepam to another student at Stow-Munroe Falls High School. A Munroe Falls boy, 16, was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. He had a marijuana pipe, reports said.

Charles E. McDaniel, 51, whose last known address was Spaulding Street, Akron, was charged Feb. 17 with robbery and resisting arrest. McDaniel is accused of taking $92.13 worth of merchandise from Wal-Mart without paying. He had a knife in his pocket, reports said.

Tallmadge
Miscellaneous

A catalytic converter was reported stolen Feb. 24 from an AT&T work van parked at 83 West Ave.

Medina County

Medina
Arrests

Dustin C. Niemann, 21, of Lafayette Road, was charged Feb. 26 with obstructing official business and a noise violation. He is accused of interfering with a police investigation into loud music coming from his home.

Fred C. Smith, 60, of Ridge Road, was charged Feb. 25 with domestic violence. Police responding to a report of three men pushing and shoving each other in the street arrested Smith.

David T. Fowler, 29, of South Court Street, was charged Feb. 21 with violating a protection order. He is accused of having contact with a protected person at Kmart, 1105 N. Court St., in violation of a court order.

Ryan S. Novick, 23, of Springbrook Drive, was charged Feb. 20 with threatening domestic violence. He is accused of threatening his girlfriend in their home.

Theft

Giant Eagle, 870 N. Court St., lost $760 when a man used quick-change techniques to con a cashier out of money on Feb. 22.

Wadsworth
Arrests

Kim P. Young II, 31, of Cuyahoga Falls, was charged Feb. 22 with unlawful restraint. He is accused of illegally holding his girlfriend at her Chestnut Street home.

Rodney Hartman, 50, of Broad Street, was charged Feb. 22 with domestic violence. His wife told police Hartman was violent and ''throwing things around.''

Katherine M. Weekley, 21, of Plum Creek Drive, was charged Feb. 20 with theft. She is accused of shoplifting two tank tops from Kohl's, 1119 Williams Reserve Blvd. Weekley reportedly told an officer she has several similar tank tops at home and wanted to have all of the available colors. The tops were $12 each. Police said Weekley was carrying $16.

Theft

Tools were stolen from a home in the 100 block of Chestnut Street between Feb. 3 and 22.

Portage County

Kent
Drunk driving

Nicole M. Smith, 27, of Bristol Lane, Streetsboro, was charged Feb. 23 with operating a vehicle under the influence, refusing a breath test, possessing marijuana and possessing drug paraphernalia.

Eric A. Esposito, 22, of Stratford Drive, was charged Feb. 24 with operating a vehicle under the influence and crossing marked lanes.

Juan D. Toro, 19, of Janik Drive, was charged Feb. 24 with operating a vehicle under the influence and driving left of center.

Nicholas V. Aquista, 26, of Chagrin Falls, was charged Feb. 24 with operating a vehicle under the influence, obstructing official business and failure to control. Police said Aquista crashed at South Water and East Erie streets and then tried to run away.

Miscellaneous

A man entered Fifth Third bank on South Water Street Feb. 20 and demanded money. The teller complied and the robber left the bank. He was wearing sunglasses and a coat with the hood up.

Briton P. Woolf, 18, of East Oak Street, was charged Feb. 17 with two counts of domestic violence.

Ravenna
Drunk driving

Carol L. Okresik, 38, of state Route 44, was charged Feb. 20 with operating a vehicle under the influence, refusing a breath test, driving under suspension and crossing lanes of travel.

Jerod W. Criss, 24, of Wise Drive, Rootstown, was charged Feb. 24 with operating a vehicle under the influence, driving under suspension and not having the required lights lighted.

Domestic violence

John A. Yates, 58, of Jefferson Street, was charged Feb. 24 with domestic violence.

Portage sheriff
Warrant arrests

Crane A. Fox, 56, of North Willow Street, Kent, was charged Feb. 22 with two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of vehicular assault, driving under the influence and refusing a breath test.

Thomas R. Morris, 43, of Aurora, was charged Feb. 20 with domestic violence and assault.

Stark County

Canal Fulton
Arrest

Jeffrey Ditch, 21, of Roundtop Circle, was served in the Stark County Jail with a warrant for an undisclosed charge. The warrant was served Feb. 14 by Stark sheriff's deputies after it was received by fax from Canal Fulton police.

Jackson Township
Arrests

Toshiano Harbin, 22, of Lucy Street, Akron, was booked at the Stark County Jail on Feb. 21 on a warrant accusing Harbin of passing bad checks in Jackson Township. Akron police made the arrest on the Jackson Township warrant.

Ronald King, 34, of Parkdale Avenue Northwest, was jailed in Stark County on a charge of domestic violence. He was arrested at a Fulton Drive location.

Theodis Montgomery, 22, of Neal Court Northwest, Canton, was jailed by Jackson police on Feb. 20 on warrants for domestic violence and unlawful restraint. He was apprehended by Canton police, who turned him over to Jackson authorities.

Christopher Gibson, 25, of Parkersburg, W.Va., was jailed in Stark on Feb. 20, accused of striking a man over the head with a bottle and punching him at a Dressler Road Northwest nightspot.

Michael Cain, 35, of South Boulevard Northwest, was jailed Feb. 18 on warrants charging him with misuse of credit cards and possession of drugs, both felonies.

Byron McGee, 27, of Girard Avenue Southeast, Canton, was charged with domestic violence Feb. 17 after a South Boulevard Northwest woman accused him of refusing to leave the home and then throwing her to the floor, unplugging the telephone and removing the battery before leaving.

Robbery

Four unidentified females entered a Westfield Belden Village store Feb. 16 and took jewelry, a belt and clothing, worth a total of $416, and then struck an employee with their car as they fled the mall parking lot.

Thefts

A Northeast Canton woman told Jackson police that she was walking on the Stark State College of Technology campus on Feb. 19 when $900 fell from her back pocket. She said she had taken only a few steps before realizing the problem. But when she turned around, the money was gone.

Someone used a credit-card number issued to a Pond Drive Northwest business to buy several boxes of paper worth $612.

Lake Township
Burglary

A Kent Avenue Northeast man told police Feb. 18 that someone entered his property and stole a motor vehicle and an array of other items worth a total of $23,800.

Plain Township
Arrests

Thomas Marchi, 21, of Ellesmere Avenue Northwest, was booked at the Stark County Jail on a domestic violence charge. He is accused of pushing a woman at his residence during an argument.

Jerome Hampton, 28, of Zinnia Avenue Northeast, was jailed in Stark County on domestic violence Feb. 18 after an argument with his girlfriend.

Robin Kirk, 52, of Chantilly Circle Northwest, was jailed on a domestic violence warrant Feb. 18 after a woman signed a complaint against him.

Mark Gillis, 47, of Linda Street Northwest, was booked on an assault charge after he was accused of punching a paramedic in the face while en route to a hospital for treatment of injuries suffered in a fall at his home.
Burglary

A 30th Street Northeast man said several items worth a total of $560 were taken from his home on Feb. 20.