Friday, June 26, 2015
City cop escapes injury from motorist
YOUNGSTOWN
Reports said a Canfield man almost ran over a city police officer working a traffic detail at Market Street and Falls Avenue about 5:20 p.m. Wednesday.
Lt. William Ross was walking back to his cruiser after pulling a car over when a car driven by Scott Bowden, 30, of Glenview Road, swerved. Ross pressed himself against the side of his cruiser and the car passed him. Ross and others then tried to pull Bowden over but he did not stop until he got to Hughes Street.
Reports said Bowden said he knew he almost hit an officer and was throwing drugs out of the car and swallowing some. Police took Bowden into custody but he would not be accepted into the Mahoning County jail until he was treated at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital for the drugs. Bowden was booked on charges of felonious assault, possession of drugs and also a warrant for failure to appear in municipal court.
Four drug arrests
YOUNGSTOWN
Police arrested four people and found cash and two handguns Wednesday as the vice squad served search warrants.
At a 307 E. Dewey Ave. home about 4:55 p.m., taken into custody was Randall Clay Culler, 35, of Boardman, on charges of possession of drugs/cocaine and possession of drug paraphernalia; Johnny Aponte, 25, on charges of possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of drugs/marijuana; and Jesse Aponte, 23, on charges of possession of drugs/marijuana and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Inside the home police found a loaded .38-caliber revolver, four marijuana plants, a digital scale and $140 cash.
At a 2223 Oakwood Ave. home about 6:25 p.m., taken into custody on charges of possession of drug abuse instruments and possession of drugs/cocaine was Jason Goodspeed, 31. Inside police found crack cocaine, a marijuana pipe, a loaded .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun, $80 in cash and 10 counterfeit $20 bills.
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