Judge sentences city man to five years in prison for assault on police officer

August 4, 2011 at 4:24p.m.

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man will serve five years in prison after his conviction for assaulting a police officer with his car.

Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court imposed the sentence today on Clyde Hudson, 25, of Idlewood Avenue. Hudson will be on parole for five years after he leaves prison.

After a nonjury trial in June, Judge Durkin found Hudson guilty of felonious assault and improperly handling a gun in a motor vehicle.

Jennifer McLaughlin, an assistant county prosecutor, recommended maximum consecutive prison sentences totaling 111⁄2 years.

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