Man gets six months in jail for leading cops on chase

Man gets six months in jail for leading cops on chase

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A Fincastle Lane man was sentenced Friday to six months in the Mahoning County Jail and three years probation for his role in a chase through the South and East sides and Lowellville, Coitsville and Struthers also.

Common Pleas Judge Lou D’Apolito handed down the sentence to Michael Gibson, who had pleaded guilty earlier to charges of attempted assault on a police officer, failure to comply and receiving stolen property.

Police tried to pull over a car Gibson was driving Feb. 12 for too much window tint and instead he led them on a chase that ended on Wilson Avenue, where he tried to run from his car into a patch of nearby woods and was arrested at gunpoint.

Gibson apologized for his actions and said he was ready to take whatever punishment the judge would give him.