Days Inn: Meth Explosion
      Holiday Inn: Unwanted Guests
      Red Roof Inn: Looking For 15-Year-Old Girl (Found At Holiday Inn)
      Boardman Inn: Man Stabbed
     
      BY JOHN A. DARNELL JR.
      associate editor
      A 39-year-old North Brockway Ave., Youngstown man was lodged into the Mahoning County Jail last week after some suspected meth he was cooking blew-up in a room sometime around 9:00 a.m. at the Days Inn, 7393 South Ave. on Thurs., Mar. 11.
      Justin Robert Bowman, 39, was charged with aggravated arson, possession of chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine, tampering with evidence and inducing panic.
      The Boardman Fire Department was called to the inn after a fire alarm activated. Lt. Joel Wharry, of the BFD, then called Boardman police to the scene to check for a possible meth law in room #127.
      Wharry told police a man staying in room #127 told him that he was cooking food on a hot plate when it caught fire.
      Plt. Steve Dubos then interviewed the man, identified as Bowman, who told the police officer “Man, I had a hot plate in there, the plastic under it melted. I freaked-out and it started smoking, so I put the hot plate under water. It steamed-up real bad, and now it’s everywhere.”
      However, Sgt. Glenn Patton, of the BPD, said fire department personnel were unable to locate a cook plate in room #127, or any burnt food.
      Footage from video surveillance cameras obtained by Boardman police showed Bowman enter room #127 about 8:30 a.m. and about an hour later, “smoke is seen coming out from under the door and the fire alarm begins to go off.”
      Police said Bowman, who claimed to be a student at Kent State, is then captured on an exterior surveillance camera exiting the inn and carrying a large, black plastic bag.
      The bag was later located by Lt. Wharry and Ptl. Mike Dado, and Sgt. Mike Hughes, head of the BPD’s Narcotics Enforcement Unit (NEU) “identified the presence of chemicals used in the manufacture of methamphetamine,” Sgt. Patton said.
      Owner of the inn, identified as Munawar Chaudry, told police when he entered room #127, “fumes smelled like starter fluid.”
      Sgt. Hughes said he determined “while cooking the methamphetamine, an explosion curred that caused smoke in the hallway, leading to the fire alarm activation and eventual evacuation of the inn.”
      Sgt. Hughes also learned during the incident, the Mahoning County Childrens Services came to the Days Inn to check on the welfare of a 1-year-old child staying there. Once the child’s presence was confirmed, the possession of chemicals charge was enhanced to a felony-2 crime.
      Sgt. Patton said once Bowman was placed into handcuffs, he began to complain of chest pain and he was taken to Mercy Health (under police guard) for an evaluation.
      Once released from the hospital, Bowman was booked and taken to jail where he was lodged without bail.
      Holiday Inn
      On May 7, near midnight, police were called to the Holiday Inn, 7410 South Ave., after they were told the occupants of room #501 had tampered with a fire alarm. The front desk manager asked police to help with evicting the guests in that room.
      When hotel management, accompanied by police, entered the room, no one was inside.
      Ptl. Daryn Tallman said in plain view on a dresser was a credit card in the name of Monica Robles. On the credit card was a white powder residue, Officer Tallman said, adding there was also possible remnants of some type of ecstasy pills.
      Police learned a man who used the name of Michael Roddy had rented the room and he had paid for an additional night so a female could stay there.
      About 40 minutes after police arrived, Robles, 23, showed-up at the hotel to get her belongings out of room #501, Officer Tallman said.
      Red Roof Inn
      About 11:00 p.m. on May 3, police were called to the Red Roof Inn, 1051 Tiffany South Blvd., in response to a reported fight, that included a claim a female jumped over the front counter.
      While investigating that claim, police located a group of individuals at a nearby convenience store, Country Fair on South Ave., where they spoke to 34-year-old Naqkeei McRae, of Braddock, Pa.
      McRae denied jumping over the counter at the Red Roof Inn, but said she and other family members went to the inn looking for her 15-year-old daughter.
      McRae told police her daughter had her hair done on the east side of Youngstown, then apparently left the hair dresser and went to the Red Roof Inn.
      McRae told police she and family members “saw” the 15-year-old girl, Cheelo, at the inn.
      “She ran from them (mother and family members) and would not talk to them,” McRae told Ptl. Angelo Pasquale.
      Police said they contacted a man by the name of Kelvin Monseraat, who was able to call Cheelo, who was then located at the Holiday Inn on South Ave.
      “Cheelo stated that she didn’t run away...(and) she went to the Red Roof Inn with her cousin, whom she could not identify,” Officer Pasquale said.
      Boardman Inn
      On Thurs., May 13, about 11:30 p.m., three Boardman police officers were sent to the Boardman Inn, 7109 Market St., after the manager of the business, Teja Patel, said he was monitoring an altercation on a surveillance video.
      Police learned that Deletaire White, 38, of 293 North Martha Ave., Akron, Oh. and Christopher Terrence Israel Waller, 20, of 412 Wirt St., Youngstown, Oh., had been involved in a physical altercation. Waller told police his hand was sore from duking White in the face, but he refused medical attention,
      While investigating the assault, police learned that Waller was wanted on a warrant issued out of Liberty Township. He was taken to the Mahoning County Jail where his custody was released to the Liberty Police Department.
      Boardman Inn
      On Fri., May 14 about 12:45 p.m., police were called to the Boardman Inn for a reported stabbing where the victim was reported to be Michael Mazorra, 29, of 448 Richland Ave., Youngstown, Oh. Police interviewed 29-year-old Hali Delgado, of 50 Westminster Ave., Austintown, who told Ptl Evan Beil she and Mazorra were arguing. “She stated that Mazorra was beating her up, so she grabbed a knife and was swinging it around,” Officer Beil said. Delgado was charged with felonious assault and domestic violence. Police said that Mazorra had been stabbed in the stomach and back, and had a cut behind his left ear.