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Cops arrest two in traffic stop
By Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN
Police found 50 pills on a man who was a passenger in a car they pulled over Wednesday evening for having no license plate light on the South Side; they also arrested the driver, who has several open suspensions on his driver’s license.
Officers on patrol noticed a car driven by 44-year-old Stephen Hogan of Youngstown without the light about 8:45 p.m. on Ferndale Avenue near Hillman Street and pulled it over, reports said.
Reports said officers discovered that Hogan has 19 open suspensions on his license, and he was taken out of the car to be arrested. Reports said officers asked the passenger, 47-year-old Harold Reid of Youngstown, to get out as well because they were going to tow the car.
Reports said that as Reid got out of the car, a crack pipe fell out and he kicked it, reports said. He then was put under arrest for possession of drug paraphernalia and was searched after he was handcuffed.
As he was searched, police found two more crack pipes and a bottle with 50 pills in it, reports said. Reports said Reid told officers the pants he was wearing were not his.
Hogan was taken to the Mahoning County jail on a charge of possession of drugs and a drug-paraphernalia charge.
Court records show Hogan has a variety of charges dating back to at least 1995 and three convictions for driving while under the influence. He also has been arrested for driving with a suspended license in Boardman, Austintown and Youngstown, according to court records.
Although the police report said he had 19 suspensions on his license, a records check by municipal court shows at least eight convictions for driving under suspension for Hogan, with the first in 1995 and the last one before Wednesday’s arrest being Dec. 30, 2013, in Mahoning County Court in Austintown.
Reid was cited and released Wednesday and arraigned on misdemeanor drug charges Thursday.