City man kicks his way to more charges after North Side fight

YOUNGSTOWN — A man arrested on two traffic warrants following a fight on the North Side Monday afternoon broke a tail light in a police cruiser, reports said.

Officers were called to a home in the 2900 block of Dearborn Street about 5:35 p.m. for a report of a fight and when they arrived they found Richard Barta, 42, in front of the house, smelling heavily of alcohol and yelling at officers.

Police did a records check and found that Barta had warrants from municipal court in 2008 and 2011 on several traffic charges and he was taken into custody, reports said.

Reports said as Barta was in the cruiser, he yelled at others and called police "pigs."

On the way to the Mahoning County jail reports said he was kicking in the back seat of the cruiser and he broke a taillight that was in the rear window of the cruiser.

At the jail, corrections officers had to place Barta in leg shackles because he would not stop kicking and also a hood so he could not spit on anyone, reports said.