Four teens allegedly break into barn, release horse in Boardman
According to a police report from Boardman Police Department, four teenagers have been booked on felony breaking and entering charges.
The incident allegedly occured on July 23 when a homeowner arrived back to her property, located on Mathews Road in Boardman, around 8:30 a.m. to see four teenagers allegedly run from a barn on the property.
The homeowner alleges in the report that the four suspects let the horse inside her barn go as she had found the boards used to secure the horse in its stall had been moved.
When officers arrived, she described the four teenagers she saw run from the barn, and a K-9 officer was called to the scene to try and track the suspects.
Although the K-9 on scene lost the scent of the suspects, two other officers that responded to the scene saw what appeared to be four teenagers in the area of Cook Avenue and Evans Avenue.
After further investigation by officers, it was determined that the four teenagers were allegedly related to the incident at the barn and were arrested.
The homeowner also alleged in the report that she believes that some of the members of this group was responsible for a different incident where all of her livestock had been let loose from her barn a week prior.
Two 14-year-old males, one 13-year-old female and one 12-year-old male were arrested.
According to the report, the two 14-year-old males and the one 13-year-old female were all booked and taken to the juvenile jail in relation to this alleged incident.
The 12-year-old male was charged in relation to the alleged incident, but was not taken to the juvenile jail.
One of the 14-year-old males received two counts of breaking and entering (F5). Additionally, the 13-year-old female received two counts of breaking and entering (F5).
Both the other 14-year-old male and the 12-year-old male received one count of breaking and entering (F5).
