Woman gets prison time for trying to hit 3 people with car

YOUNGSTOWN — A woman accused of trying to run down another woman and two city police officers last summer will spend five years in prison.

Charlotte Moreland, 42, entered guilty pleas in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court today to a second-degree felony count of felonious assault and to two first-degree felony assault charges and was sentenced immediately by Judge Maureen Sweeney.

Moreland was found competent last month to stand trial on the charges, and her pleas averted jury selection, which was set to begin for her case today.

Reports said Moreland tried to run the woman down and crashed into her car on purpose after they got into a fight at a nearby club July 22, 2012.

Reports said the woman was still in the car and her door was open and was bent back when Moreland’s car hit it.

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