Woman resentenced in theft of police car and other charges

YOUNGSTOWN -- A woman who stole a police car has been resentenced to 41/2 years in prison.
Judge R. Scott Krichbaum of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence Wednesday on Kimberly A. Kalasky, 24, of Youngstown, after the 7th District Court of Appeals sent the case back to him for resentencing.
The appellate court ruled that the judge imposed Kalasky's original six-year prison sentence under provisions of state law the Ohio Supreme Court declared unconstitutional while Kalasky's appeal was pending.
Kalasky's new sentence consists of two years on the robbery charge, one year on failure to comply with the order or signal of police, and six months on each of three counts of assault on peace officers to be served consecutively for a total of 41/2 years. The sentence was agreed upon by the prosecution and defense and is nonappealable. City police had gone to Kalasky's home July 15, 2005, regarding stolen checks. They said that when she wouldn't cooperate, they arrested her on an obstruction of justice charge.
Prosecutors said Kalasky used a knife to cut through the partition between the back and front seats of a city cruiser, tried to stab an officer with the knife, stole the cruiser and led police on a chase over Interstates 680, 80, and 76 before being apprehended in an Austintown roadblock.
The assault charges stemmed from three Austintown police officers' nearly being struck by the cruiser she was driving.