Boardman police investigating three theft reports

Boardman police are investigating three theft reports from April 7-9, two of which were possibly pulled off by juveniles.

At 7:41 p.m. Sunday, officers were dispatched to the 6000 block of Applewood Boulevard to investigate a juvenile whose mother accused him of stealing her laptop from her home office. The mother wanted the youth taken to the Juvenile Justice Center, but they would not take him, the report stated. The youth did not deny taking the laptop.

About three hours later, the officers returned to the residents and the mother accused the son of taking her wallet from her purse. The wallet had two bank debit cards, three credit cards and $80 in cash. The woman said she last saw her wallet about noon. She said her son had entered the office where her purse was located about 3:30 p.m., but security cameras inside the office could not reveal whether or not he had taken the wallet. The son denied to police officers that he took the wallet.

The son was not arrested, the report stated.

Theft of vodka bottle investigated

About 6:30 p.m. Sunday, officers were advised by a manager at the Marc’s store at 7121 Tiffany Boulevard that a 17-year-old male took a $3 bottle of vodka off the shelve and concealed it in his pants and tried to run out of the front doors of the store. The teen ran from security until he was apprehended in the parking lot.

However, the bottle of vodka was not found on his person, the report stated. The vodka was discarded somewhere inside the store, the report stated, but officers were not able to locate it.

The store manager declined to pursue theft charges against the teen, the report stated, but asked that he be given a criminal trespass warning. The teen was later released into the custody of his father, the report stated.

Theft of Apple MacBook Pro investigated

At 3:43 a.m. early Monday, officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of Sequoya Drive to investigate a report of a theft of an Apple MacBook Pro that was stolen from a vehicle parked in the driveway of the home.

The female victim claimed the silver 13-inch computer was inside a black case and taken from her black Jeep Grand Cherokee on March 28. The computer was valued at about $1,600. She said the vehicle possibly was unlocked.

The victim told officers on March 31, she received a suspicious log-in notification on her Facebook account, which made her believe the MacBook was stolen. In tracking the email history of the account, the MacBook was traced to several locations, including a neighbor’s residence.

The neighbor later told officers he is a retired food delivery driver and denied taking the MacBook.

Finally, on April 9 about 5:15 p.m., Boardman officers were sent to the Park Center in regards to a report of two juveniles breaking into a vehicle parked outside of the 5665 South Avenue business.

An employee told an officer that his 2022 Mazda CX-5 was entered while he was working inside. Another employee told officers she was in a north facing room inside the Park Center when she saw two males about 15 to 16 years old, both wearing shorts and t-shirts riding a bike coming from the Cook Avenue/Moyer Avenue area towards the business. She then observed the two teens get inside the Mazda. The employee yelled out the window at the youths, and they fled, the report stated.

When the employees went outside they found one of the teens left their black bicycles laying against the Park Center sign.

No property was taken from the Mazda, the report stated.