Summit County

Akron
Domestic violence/assault

Jamell T. Fardan, 35, of Delia Avenue, was charged April 8 with domestic violence after police responded to reports of a man beating a woman's head against the pavement. Witnesses reported seeing the man punch, push and kick the woman.

Kevin Priuett, 40, of West Long Street, was charged April 8 with domestic violence and domestic violence-menacing. He was accused of grabbing a woman and threatening to kill her and her family. He told her to write a suicide note, reports said.

Justin A. Neer, 26, was charged April 8 with felonious assault. Neer is accused of grabbing a man around the neck and placing him in a ''sleeper hold,'' choking him until he lost consciousness. He also is accused of slamming the man's head into the concrete, causing serious injuries.

Rodney L. Tallman, 37, of Ravenswood Street, was charged April 6 with domestic violence and domestic violence/menacing. He is accused of threatening to kill his brother, police said.

Anthony Peoples, 35, of Pine Knolls Drive, was charged April 4 with domestic violence/threat or force and disrupting public services. Peoples is accused of grabbing his mother, who is blind and a double amputee, and threatening to kill her because she wouldn't give him money. According to the report, when the woman tried to call police, he ripped the phone out of the wall; she alerted Lifeline, who called police.

A 14-year-old Cleveland Street boy was charged with domestic violence/threat or force. The report said the boy violated house arrest and, when his mother brought him home, he refused to listen to her and said he would kill her if she called police.

Lamont D. Clemmons, 58, of Cole Avenue, was charged April 3 with domestic violence/threat or force. He is accused of threatening to beat a woman.

Thefts

A woman walked into Duke & Duchess, 215 East Ave., on April 12 and demanded money from the clerk. Police were told that when the clerk refused, the woman said she wasn't joking and didn't want to hurt her, then left in a vehicle with no money.

Dawn M. Berghone, 42, of Excelsior Avenue, was charged April 10 with theft. Berghone, an employee at Taco Bell, 1467 S. Arlington St., was accused of ringing up cash orders as credit-card transactions to steal money.

According to police, a driver pulled up to a man near Crosby Street and Rhodes Avenue on April 9 and asked the man if he wanted to buy drugs. When the man refused, the driver got out of the vehicle, hit the victim in the head with a gun and took his necklace, reports said.

Mitzi M. Wade-Cunningham, 41, of Rhodes Avenue, was charged April 9 with receiving stolen property/auto, drug abuse/crack, possession of drug paraphernalia and drug abuse/marijuana. She is accused of driving a stolen Ford F-150 and having crack cocaine, crack pipes, marijuana and a push rod in her possession. Her passenger, Nelbert V. Smith, 44, of North Howard Street, was charged with receiving stolen property-auto.

Michael R. Alkire, 22, of Kenmore Boulevard, was charged April 5 with breaking and entering. Alkire is accused of breaking into a Kenmore Boulevard business on Dec. 29 by crawling through a broken window, taking $10 from the register and lying to police when he was questioned.

A robbery was reported April 2 at First American Cash Advance, 1509 S. Arlington St. Police were told a man entered the business, pointed a gun at an employee and demanded money, then pushed the employee into the bathroom before he left with a bag of money.

Miscellaneous

Stephen S. Elseman, 25, of Congo Avenue, was charged April 12 with illegal assembly of chemicals, illegal manufacturing of methamphetamine and possession of criminal tools. Police were given consent to search the residence and found a full meth lab in a bedroom, reports said. Elseman's young daughter was in the residence, police said.

Robert M. Krzywicki, 30, was charged April 12 with disorderly conduct. Krzywicki is accused of throwing a pitcher of beer at another patron at Angelina's Restaurant, 1548 Home Ave. He told police he did it on a ''dare,'' reports said.

Curtis Brunson, 30, of Ira Avenue, was charged April 10 with trafficking in crack cocaine and drug abuse-crack cocaine. Brunson is accused of selling crack to an undercover officer.

Lee E. Hardy Jr., 39, Springfield Lake Boulevard, was charged April 7 with rape and kidnapping. Hardy is accused of driving a woman around for several hours, refusing to take her home, then taking her to his residence where she was raped.

Barberton
Arrests

Brian Tschantz, 38, of West Tuscarawas Avenue, was charged April 15 with complicity to commit assault and a 15-year-old was charged with assault.

Benjamin Keys, 19, of Newell Court, was charged April 12 with assault. He is accused of slapping the mother of his child while at her Jefferson Avenue residence.

Kenneth P. Price, 42, of Hermann Street, was charged April 11 with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. He is accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl, beginning when she was 15.

Breaking and entering

Someone broke into Glass Surface Systems, 24 Brown St., between April 11 and 14. A Dell computer and accessories were stolen.

Tennis balls and two ball hoppers were stolen during a break-in at the tennis court shed at Barberton High School between April 11 and 14.

Copley Township
Arrests

Michael Schoen, 38, of Medina, was charged April 10 with disorderly conduct. Police answering a call of a burglary said they found Schoen standing outside the door of a Hunt Club Drive apartment. A woman from a nearby apartment told police that Schoen, who was reportedly intoxicated, thought he was knocking on her door. Schoen was summoned to Barberton Municipal Court and released in the woman's custody.

Thomas M. Stoltz, 40, of Copley Road, was arrested April 11 on a warrant for a parole violation. Stoltz was arrested at Econo Lodge, 70 Rothrock Road.

Mark Clem, 42, of Willard, was charged April 12 with criminal trespass, obstructing official business and resisting arrest. Police were called by a Waycross Avenue resident who reported seeing a man trying to enter two cars. When the resident confronted the man, he rode away on a bicycle. Police caught up with Clem, who is accused of struggling to avoid being arrested.

Coventry Township
Arrests

A 17-year-old boy was summoned to Summit County Juvenile Court on April 7 after a student suffered an eye injury during a confrontation at Coventry High School on Manchester Road.

Ryan Pugh, 26, of Glenmount Avenue, was booked at the Summit County Jail on April 7 and charged with receiving stolen property. He was taken into custody at a West Waterloo Road gas station/convenience store.

Cuyahoga Falls
Miscellaneous

A Lynn Drive resident told police April 11 that someone had harmed her Doberman pinscher by poking it with a sharp stick. The dog lost a tooth, reports said.

Joshua L. Stalling, 20, of 25th Street, was charged April 8 with domestic violence. Stalling was accused of pushing his girlfriend against a wall, pointing a BB rifle at her and saying he was going to shoot her.

Fairlawn
Arrests

Frank Schaefer, 38, of Mayfield Heights, was charged April 8 with theft. He is accused of stealing two shirts and two pairs of shorts, valued at more than $300, from Dillard's Summit Mall store by hiding the merchandise in his wheelchair.

Theft

A catalytic converter was removed from a KinderCare bus parked in the school's parking lot at 4050 Embassy Parkway between April 12 and 14.

A 51-year-old woman reported that after leaving her car in a parking lot at 3340 W. Market St. on April 11, a woman approached her, touched her arm and said, ''I'm not going to hurt you. Just give me your purse.'' When the victim refused, the woman said, ''I'm sorry,'' got back into her car and left.

Fifteen pair of sunglasses were taken from LensCrafters, 3265 W. Market St., on April 11. A sales representative said she noticed the glasses missing after four women left the store.

Vandalism

An apartment in the 2800 block of Riviera Drive was vandalized between April 12 and 14. According to a report, all the windows were broken, light switches were pushed into the wall, the toilet was broken into pieces, a bathroom cabinet was destroyed, waterlines were damaged and there was standing water in the apartment.

Green
Arrests

Janice Mallory, 41, of Southwood Drive, was booked on a domestic violence charge after a man said he was bitten on the hand as he tried to leave the house during an argument.

Burglary

Someone entered an East Nimisila Road house, according to an April 4 report, and took a Playstation 3, two controllers and a game worth a total of $639.

Theft

A Massillon Road man reported April 9 that he discovered 20 100-ounce silver bars, worth a total of $35,400, were stolen from his basement, where they had been stored.

Forgery

A Jacquelyn Drive man told investigators April 7 that his checkbook was missing and a check for $7,200 was forged and cashed at an area bank by someone else.

Hudson
Theft

A burglary was reported April 9 in the 1900 block of Hines Hill Road. Two TVs, a laptop, a computer monitor, a bicycle, a suit, a diamond necklace and $300 were taken.

Lakemore
Arrest

Stephen Gale, 39, of Third Street, was jailed on charges of domestic violence and felonious assault April 8, a day after a woman said she was trying to recover her vehicle at Pawnee Boulevard and Oneida Avenue when she was assaulted by the suspect, who was using her car as a weapon.

New Franklin
Theft

A Wilcor Drive resident told police April 2 that about 600 checks were taken when someone ransacked the home over a one-week period.

Norton
Breaking and entering

Snacks and drinks were taken during a break-in at the Barberton Sports Complex, 3399 Barber Road, between April 10 and 14.

Telecommunications harassment

A Gardner Boulevard man reported April 13 that he received two phone calls from men who were obviously intoxicated. The callers asked to speak with the man's 8-year-old daughter. One of the callers told the man he was trying to find out who at that phone number was talking to his girlfriend. An officer called the number left on the victim's caller ID, but no one returned the call.

Theft

A Loyal Oak Drive man reported someone used his bank card to withdraw nearly $1,000 without his permission between March 17 and April 11.

Springfield Township
Arrest

James Coon, 42, of East Waterloo Road, was booked at the Summit jail on a domestic violence charge, accused of grabbing a teen by the throat and shoving her at the residence.

Thefts

A Samuel Road man reported April 7 that when he went to put money in his home safe, he discovered that $1,340 had been taken.

Police are investigating a report by a Lakemore man that he won $1,800 in credits at a Canton Road business in February and was told he would receive prizes for the winnings. However, he said that as of April 4, he had received only a $200 bike.

Two catalytic converters worth a total of $800 were cut off two trucks at a Canton Road business April 3.

Stow
Drunk driving

James M. Hayden Jr., 26, of Allerton Road, Kent, was charged April 11 with operating a vehicle under the influence and crossing marked lanes.

James H. Jefferson, 55, of Crown Pointe Drive, was charged April 11 with operating a vehicle under the influence and crossing marked lanes.

Alejandro Ortiz, 22, of Bridgewater Parkway, was charged April 6 with operating a vehicle under the influence and having no operator's license.

Jayme L. Calnon, 29, of Oakwood Drive, Cuyahoga Falls, was charged April 5 with operating a vehicle under the influence, crossing marked lanes and weaving.

Miscellaneous

Michael A. Kudrin, 46, of Progress Park Drive, was charged April 10 with violating a civil protection order and resisting arrest.

A 17-year-old Stow boy was robbed April 9 after he left his vehicle. Someone approached him from behind and slammed his head into the door frame, knocking the boy unconscious. The robber took his ATM card, $40 and two gift cards.

Charles D. Kleintop, 19, of Third Street, Cuyahoga Falls, was charged April 9 with burglary.

Travis M. Shaffer, 25, of Stow Road, was charged April 5 with domestic violence and resisting arrest.

Tallmadge
Alcohol/drug offenses

Jonathan C. Hillyard, 31, of Crosby Street, was charged April 13 with operating a vehicle under the influence and possession of drugs. Hillyard is accused of having a Clonazepam tablet in his pocket.

Jerry Leggett, 36, and Jeffrey A. Guilliams, 35, of Winston Street, Akron, were charged April 11 with illegal assembly of chemicals for the manufacture of methamphetamine and aggravated possession of drugs. Police said they were given consent to search a vehicle during a traffic stop and found a baggie with meth, a straw, six plastic bags containing pseudoephedrine, two bottles with suspected ephedrine and items commonly used in a meth lab.

Domestic violence

Milko M. Encarnacion, 39, of Northeast Avenue, was charged April 7 with domestic violence. He is accused of pushing his daughter down.

Medina County

Medina
Arrests

Two teens were arrested after police received reports of two females brandishing a gun at CenterPointe Plaza, 1156 N. Court St., on April 15. The girls, ages 16 and 17, were charged with delinquency by reason of inducing panic.

Jeremy T. Hatchett, 30, of Springbrook Drive, was charged April 14 with felony drug possession. Hatchett was charged after police with a search warrant said they found cocaine.

Wadsworth
Identity theft

A 65-year-old Amy Way man reported April 14 that someone tried to use his personal information to obtain a credit card.

Misuse of credit card

A 66-year-old High Street man reported April 14 that someone used his credit card without permission.

Telecommunications harassment

A 23-year-old Meadowcreek Drive woman reported April 14 that she is receiving threats through her MySpace.com page. She reported she does not know who is sending the messages.

Theft

Catalytic converters were cut from four cars parked in a lot at 710 High St. between April 8 and 11.

Portage County

Brimfield Township
Miscellaneous

Andy W. Serva, 47, of Old Forge Road, Mogadore, was charged April 6 with operating a vehicle under the influence. Serva is accused of going through two yards, crashing into a fence and hitting a boat on a trailer in the 1500 block of Old Forge.

Police said Drano bombs were found April 6 on the deck of a Glen Park Drive residence.

Kent
Alcohol/drug offenses

Tariq A. Alam, 18, of Hudson Road, was charged April 12 with trafficking in marijuana and possession of criminal tools. Police said Alam consented to a search during a traffic stop and they found about 153 grams of marijuana and digital scales.

Anthony W. Galb, 19, of North Canton, was charged April 11 with operating a vehicle under the influence and driving left of center.

Michael T. Weiss, 27, of Spaulding Drive, was charged April 9 with operating a vehicle under the influence. He refused a breath test, reports said.

John R. Elrod, 38, of Berna Road, Akron, was charged April 7 with operating a vehicle under the influence. He refused a breath test, reports said.

Miscellaneous

Carly M. O'Connor, 20, of Algonquin Place, was charged April 13 with three counts of felonious assault, disorderly conduct/intoxication, prohibitions and resisting arrest. O'Connor is accused of assaulting three officers at the Kent Police
Department.

Dorothy M. Dalton, 64, of South Water Street, was charged April 8 with two counts of theft. Dalton was accused of shoplifting at Rite Aid and Fashion Bug.

Ravenna
Miscellaneous

Izeah A. Lindsey, 21, of Cleveland, was charged April 11 with assault.

Clarence L. Lutz III, 28, of Walnut Street, was charged April 8 with domestic violence.

Kent R. Keller, 41, of Fairview Circle, was charged April 13 with operating a vehicle under the influence, refusing a breath test and driving under suspension.

Portage sheriff
Warrant arrests

Travis J. Drum, 21, of East School Street, Kent, was charged April 12 with gross sexual imposition, sexual imposition and sexual battery.

Troy A. Muron, 43, of Mantua, was charged April 12 with assault on a law officer, obstructing business and resisting arrest.

Streetsboro
Miscellaneous

A Wellman Road woman was charged April 1 with domestic violence. She is accused of beating her teenage daughter. The woman told police that she did so because her daughter was having sexual relations with her 17-year-old boyfriend.

Police were called to Frost Road April 1 about a dispute with a neighbor. One neighbor had painted a smiley face on a shared gravel driveway, reports said. The neighbor complained that a couch had been placed on his property and not removed.

A 16-year-old boy was charged April 2 with trespass and voyeurism after a Pike Parkway resident reportedly caught him looking through a bedroom window. The resident detained the boy until police arrived.

Police responded April 7 to the city park about a break-in. The door to the women's restroom had been kicked and pried open and feces were on the ceiling.

Stark County

Jackson Township
Arrests

Cheryl Taylor, 36, of 39th Street Southwest, Canton, was booked at the Stark County Jail on April 12 on a felony theft charge. She is accused of calling a Jackson Township pharmacy with a prescription as if she were from a physician's office. She was arrested for attempting to pick up the drug.

John Sepos, 20, of Yale Avenue Northwest, Canton, was handed a Jackson Township warrant charging him with forgery. Sheriff's deputies served the warrant while Sepos was in jail on other charges.

Jason James, 32, of Saratoga Road, Stow, was booked at the Stark County Jail on April 10 by Jackson police on a warrant accusing him of passing bad checks.

Christine Neff, 38, of Traphagen Street Northwest, was booked at the Stark jail April 8 on an assault charge after she was accused of striking a man in the face.

James Ginter, 44, of Toni Street, Alliance, was stopped by Canton police and turned over to Jackson authorities on a forgery warrant. He was taken to the Stark jail.

Sabrina Russ, 30, of Greenfield Road Southwest, Canton, and Jeffrey Bird, 42, of Lisbon Street, East Canton, were jailed in Stark on drug charges, including felony trafficking in drugs, after Jackson police questioned them at an Everhard Road Northwest apartment April 5.

Teri Garko, 33, of Woodlawn Avenue Northwest, was booked at the Stark County Jail on April 3 by Jackson police on a warrant for felonious assault following an initial arrest by Canton police.

Douglas Thurman, 42, of Dunmore Avenue Northwest, was arrested at his home April 3 and booked at the Stark jail after being accused of injuring a woman at the house by throwing her against a door.

Theft

Several tools and other items worth a total of $970 were stolen April 7 from a building at a Wales Avenue Northwest cemetery.

North Canton
Arrests

Jordan Emerich, 18, of Georgetown Road Northeast, Canton, was charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor theft April 7 after a break-in at a Peach Street Northeast home. He was taken into custody by Canton police and booked by a North Canton officer at the Stark County Jail.

Tonya Campbell, 28, of 17th Street Southwest, Canton, was jailed in Stark April 7 on a Feb. 21 warrant on charges of receiving stolen property and on a Feb. 11 warrant on charges of forgery and receiving stolen property.

Bethany Shores, 24, of Lupe Avenue Northwest, was booked at the Stark County Jail April 6 on a domestic violence charge. Shores is accused of striking two people at the residence.

Theft

A Carlton Avenue Southeast resident told police April 2 that a man who agreed to do maintenance work took $1,250 but never did the work.

Plain Township
Arrest

Michael Shahan, 26, of 44th Street Northeast, was booked at the Stark County Jail on April 13 on a domestic violence charge. He is accused of threatening to kill a relative.

Uniontown
Arrests

Ryan Dent, 21, of Edison Street, was booked at the Stark jail on an assault charge April 7, three days after a Hartville girl, 14, said she suffered facial injuries while visiting an Edison Street friend's house.

Roberto Walker, 54, of 20th Street, Canton, was booked at the Stark County Jail on April 6. He is accused of receiving stolen property, possession of criminal tools and drug paraphernalia. According to a report, a Uniontown officer stopped Walker's vehicle coming out of a Cleveland Avenue Northwest excavating company lot and found $500 worth of copper pipe allegedly taken from the business.

Assault

A Woodland Road mother reported April 4 that her daughter, 16, suffered bumps on her head and bruises on an arm when kicked at Lake High School the previous day.

Theft

A Moonglo Street Northwest resident told police April 7 that her ATM card had been used to withdraw $982 from her bank account.