Youngstown man charged with striking police officer with car has lengthy criminal record

YOUNGSTOWN — A city man who was shot by a city officer while allegedly trying to run the officer down with his car, already has several felony cases pending in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Jesse Cooper, 39, of West Ravenwood Avenue, has been charged with felonious assault, a charge that could send him to prison, for 10 years, after police say he tried to run down a patrolman on the West Side on Sunday. The officer fired several shots hitting Cooper at least once. Cooper is still recuperating in the hospital.

Police are not releasing the officer’s name pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation.

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