Trooper honored for off-duty actions saving woman

An Ohio State Highway Patrolman from the Southington post has been honored for helping a woman fight off an attacker while off duty in northern Trumbull County Oct. 10.

Trooper Jason Bonar was riding his motorcycle on Custer Orangeville Road in Hartford Township near the entrance to Sharon Speedway when he spotted what appeared to be a bicycle accident up ahead.

As he got closer, Trooper Bonar saw a man walk onto the road from an adjacent field. Seconds later, a woman came from the edge of the field, yelling that the man had tried to rape her.

The woman’s pants were pulled down, her shirt was grass-stained, and her bicycle helmet was broken and askew.

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