Youngstown man charged with kicking police officer in head

YOUNGSTOWN — Thomas Welsh, 28, of Alexander Street, is in the Mahoning County jail on $25,000 bond after he is accused of kicking a police officer in the head early Saturday morning.

Reports said officers were called to Welsh’s home, where a woman said Welsh had punched her several times and kicked her after they had went out drinking.

Officers managed to handcuff Welsh, but he refused to get into a police car, reports said. Reports said several officers tried to get him inside the back of a cruiser and during the struggle he kicked one of them in the head.

He was arraigned in municipal court today on charges of assault on a police officer and resisting arrest.