Youngstown chase ends in failure to comply, obstructing business, resisting arrest charges
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What started off as a simple traffic stop for missing a stop sign escalated into an extensive car chase, where a man on drugs was caught by a K9 unit.
A man was caught by a Youngstown police officer and his partner, a dog named Spawn, after failing to stop for a traffic stop, according to police reports. The suspect was driving his silver Ford Escape on East Marion Avenue when drove past a stop sign, police said.
Reports indicated the police officer used his overhead lights, siren and radio to stop the suspect for a traffic stop, but the man completely ignored the officer and went on driving while increasing speed. The officer pursued the suspect through the highway and later onto Mahoning Avenue until the suspect made a sharp u-turn onto Marshall Street going the wrong way, according to a police report.
The report states that the suspect was nearly hit by oncoming traffic for driving the wrong way. The suspect then seemed to want to go up the Interstate 680 ramp, but exited his car without parking it and attempted to run away.
The officer told the suspect multiple times to stop, and afterward deployed his canine partner. The dog latched onto the suspect’s arm and the officer was able to make an arrest.
The suspect was promptly taken to Mercy Health for a medical evaluation and reports indicated that he reported that he had taken crack prior to driving and was hallucinating.
The suspect was cleared by doctors and transported to the Mahoning County Justice Center. His car, which had hit a pole due to not being parked when he exited, was towed by Youngstown police.
Officers had discovered a plastic bag with a white substance on the passenger’s seat floor boards and several unopened bottles of women’s cosmetics in the suspect’s car.
He is being accused of failing to comply with police, obstructing official business and resisting arrest.
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