Boardman man faces OVI charge

BOARDMAN — A township man faces an impaired-driving charge after he allegedly drove into the front yard of a Brookfield Avenue residence.

Brian Zidian, 44, of Ewing Road, is charged with operating a vehicle while impaired. The charge recently was filed for the Jan. 16 incident, for which police allege that Zidian backed into someone’s yard, side-swiped a tree and then backed into the front of the house while drunk.

When police arrived on the scene, according to a report, they found his truck stuck in some mud and Zidian “staggering” onto the front porch. He reportedly insisted to officers multiple times that he was at his Ewing Road home.

Zidian previously was convicted of an impaired-driving offense in 2002.