Police: Man exposed himself while shopping

YANKEE LAKE — A Pymatuning Township man police say on May 3 showed his genitals to a store cashier in Yankee Lake was charged Thursday with public indecency, police said.

David W. Hardin, 19, of 3264 N. Hermitage Road, at about 6 p.m. walked into Yankee Lake Party Center, 1800 Route 7, with his genitals exposed, police said.

He shopped in the store and bought two bags of chips from a female cashier while continuing to expose himself, police said. The entire incident was watched by an off-duty Hartford patrolman who helped Brookfield police identify Hardin, they added.

Man accused of raping woman near his home

PYMATUNING TOWNSHIP — A Pymatuning Township man charged with raping a 20-year-old woman on March 8 was arrested Friday at a Hempfield Township home, police said.

Craig A. Totten Jr., 20, of 90 W. 10th St., is accused of raping the woman in another home on West 10th St., police said Monday.

Man broke into police cruiser, cops say

MASURY — A Masury man was charged Friday after he broke into a Brookfield police cruiser and turned on the lights and siren, police said.

Erik Szelest, 24, of 8097 Warren-Sharon Road, had to be electronically shocked by police at about 12:45 p.m. and forcibly removed from the cruiser after refusing orders to exit it, police said.

Police were on a medical call in the area when Szelest broke into the cruiser, they said.

Szelest was charged with criminal trespass, resisting arrest and also picked up on a breaking and entering charge in connection with an May 6 incident in the 1300 block of Broadway Road, Masury, police said. He was taken to Trumbull County Jail, police added.