Police arrest East Side man on felonious-assault charge

YOUNGSTOWN — An East Side man is in Mahoning County jail on a felonious-assault charge after reports said he kicked and spit on a police officer about 12:05 p.m. Wednesday on Sunshine Avenue.

Officers were called there by the sister of 21-year-old Franklin Hearns, who wanted her brother arrested for an alleged domestic-violence incident against her on Monday.

Hearns was put in a cruiser and started kicking the back seat, reports said. He was moved to another cruiser, where he kicked an officer twice in the leg and once in the chest, then spit on the back of the officer’s head through the partition, reports said.

He is expected to be arraigned Friday in Youngstown Municipal Court.