Zero tolerance means numerous charges

'Yes, officers, I have some crack cocaine inside an Altoids can,' one person said.
YOUNGSTOWN -- Take a "SIP" of this.
The mayor's zero-tolerance effort to fight crime, now dubbed Special Interdiction Patrol, or SIP, had police out on icy roads enforcing traffic laws and serving warrants.
In addition, the Ohio State Highway Patrol has allocated several troopers to patrol within the city limits with a goal of reducing urban fatalities, said Mayor Jay Williams. The goal, he said, is consistent with the city's proactive efforts to help create a safer community.
Troopers will focus on U.S. and state routes within the city. This will allow city officers to focus more sharply on the residential neighborhoods and businesses within the city.
The joint effort will last until early March and serve as a trial period to evaluate the collaboration, the mayor said. He expects future joint efforts will occur this year.
Here's what city police reports show happened for a 12-hour period from Valentine's Day afternoon to early Thursday:
At 1:21 a.m. Thursday, a snow-obstructed license plate led to the arrest of Sara A. Fulton, 27, of Westmont Avenue, Austintown, on charges of drug-abuse cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia. The driver of the car stopped on Williamson Avenue was issued a traffic citation. Reports show that, when asked about weapons or narcotics, Fulton, the passenger, told police: "Yes, officers, I have some crack cocaine inside an Altoids can in my left front pants pocket and there's a crack pipe on the passenger seat where I was sitting with a crack rock loaded inside it."
The driver of a van that cruised through a red light on South Avenue at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday was pulled over by a detective. Willie B. Foy, 35, of Shady Run Road was charged with driving under suspension and running the light and given a court summons.
An obstructed temporary tag on a car at Mahoning Avenue and Meridian Road seen by police at 7:12 p.m. Wednesday led to charges against the driver and his passenger, and the car was towed away. Garry L. Conrad II, 29, of Clay Street was charged with driving under suspension and obstructed tag and given a court summons. His passenger, Frank J. Tate Jr., 36, of Steel Street was charged with possession of powdered cocaine, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia (scale). The drugs and scale were found inside a bag, police said. Tate also was served with a warrant issued in July 2006 for his failure to appear in Mahoning County Area Court in Boardman for a probation violation hearing in a 2005 driving-under-suspension case. He also was served with a warrant issued in July 2006 by a Youngstown municipal judge for his failure to appear in a 2001 assault case. He was booked into the Mahoning County jail pending arraignment.
Missing plateNo front license plate on a car traveling on Market Street caught the attention of police at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. The driver, James Edmonds, 43, of West Chalmers, was charged with driving under suspension and given a court summons.
A car stopped at Lansdowne Boulevard and McGuffey Road -- impeding the flow of traffic and with an obstructed license plate -- took off instead of pulling over in response to cruiser lights and siren at 4:55 p.m. Wednesday. Police pursued the car, which ran the stop sign at Stewart Avenue, and then spun out on Bennington Avenue. The driver tried to run but collapsed. Police said that Dymond D. Ortello, 21, of South Bruce Street told them he ran because he's handicapped (gunshot wound to leg that requires him to use a walker) and scared to go to jail. Ortello was charged with driving under suspension and failure to comply with a police order and taken to jail. Ortello was also wanted on a warrant out of Campbell Municipal Court.
A driver who failed to signal a turn was stopped on Steel Street by police at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday. Terence Rager, 27, of Roxbury Avenue was charged with driving under suspension and given a court summons. The car's owner, a passenger, took control of the vehicle.
No valid licenseA check of the license plate on a burgundy Buick Riviera that resembled one on the active stolen list revealed that the car wasn't hot but the owner didn't have a valid license. With that knowledge, police stopped the car on Albert Street at 4:05 p.m. Wednesday. The owner wasn't in the car, but the driver, Chantell Daniel, 32, of Grandview Avenue, didn't have a valid license, either. He was charged with driving under suspension and given a court summons.
Police went to Robert E. Clark's Sunshine Avenue home at 3:37 p.m. Wednesday and took him into custody. Clark, 25, was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in municipal court in a speeding case.
At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, police visited David G. Pope, 62, at his Cassius Avenue home. Pope was wanted on warrants for failure to appear in municipal court on charges of failure to reinstate his license, expired plates and fictitious plates. Because of numerous medical conditions, Pope was not taken to jail but was told to be in court Thursday.
At 1 p.m. Wednesday, police picked up Damion Sly at his East Laclede Avenue home. Sly, 27, was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear in municipal court on a no-operator's-license case.