Man wishes death on cops during arrest

YOUNGSTOWN — A man was arrested early today after police said he threatened a woman and told three police officers he hoped they would die.

Jonathan Chism, 27, is in the Mahoning County jail on felony charges of domestic violence and obstructing official business after his arraignment Monday before Magistrate Anthony Sertick. His bond was set at $25,000.

Reports said officers were called to a home in the 400 block of West Glenaven Avenue about 1:50 a.m. on a report of a man threatening to throw a woman out of a window. When they arrived, they found Chism arguing with a woman in the kitchen.

Reports said Chism refused several commands to move away from the woman, including two when an officer pulled his electronic stun weapon, before he finally moved away.

The woman told police Chism came home drunk about 1:20 a.m. and pounded on the door to be let in, but the woman told him to return when he was sober, reports said.

Reports said he kicked in the door, which hit a 10-year-old child in the face, and the woman went upstairs. But Chism followed her, and at one point grabbed her by the neck before she went back downstairs, which was where the two were when police arrived.

Reports said Chism was handcuffed but repeatedly was able to slip the cuffs from his back to the front, despite repeated warnings to stop. Reports said he also told officers he “knows why pigs are getting killed,” and that he wished the three officers who were there would die.

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