Youngstown woman gets one-year prison term for assault on cop

YOUNGSTOWN — One of six women charged with injuring a Youngstown police officer during a fight will spend a year in prison.

Briyanna Littlejohn, 21, of Eastway Drive, appeared today before Judge John M. Durkin of Mahoning County Common Pleas Court for sentencing.

She previously had pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault and aggravated riot.

The charges against Littlejohn stem from an altercation between two carloads of women in March 2011.

Youngstown Police Officer Bridget Quinn responded to the call for a disturbance and was injured breaking up the fight.

Quinn said she arrived at the location to find several woman standing outside of two cars engaged in a verbal altercation. She said she tried to separate the women, but Briyanna Littlejohn tried to attack one of the other women, leading to a melee.

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