City prosecutor's delay gets charges thrown out

WARREN — Charges have been dismissed against a city woman whose arrest in October 2004 for allegedly hitting a police officer led to a federal lawsuit against the City of Warren and several of its police officers.

Warren Municipal Court Judge Terry F. Ivanchak dismissed charges against Terra Brown of Atlantic Street Northeast Tuesday, Warren Prosecutor Nick Graham said. Graham said the reason was because the judge ruled that the time allowed by law for the prosecution to bring the case to trial had expired.

Graham adding that the charges can’t be refiled.

Patrol Officer Doug Hipple has testified that he arrested Brown after she hit him several times after Hipple arrested her son, Regis Allgood, 14, on a disorderly conduct charge. Hipple and Officer Nick Carney arrested the boy after they say he swore at Hipple.

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