Liggens arrested after police ram his car; paramedic kicked in face

YOUNGSTOWN

Police say they found two guns late Sunday evening where a chase began on the North Side that only ended after a Campbell police officer rammed the suspect’s car.

Brandon Liggens, 36, of Youngstown, is in the Mahoning County jail and is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in municipal court on charges of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, endangering children, felonious assault on a police officer, assault on a health care professional, driving under suspension and several other traffic charges.

Reports said Liggens was arrested after a Campbell police cruiser rammed the car he was driving at Albert Street and Victor Avenue. And that came after Liggens rammed a cruiser driven by Youngstown Police Detective Sgt. Ed Kenney on McCartney Road as Kenney was trying to block traffic to keep other vehicles away from the chase, the report says.

After Kenney’s cruiser was hit, the Campbell officer radioed his supervisor for permission to ram the vehicle Liggens was driving to stop it, reports said. Kenney was not injured.

When the car was pulled over, officers had to break a window to unlock the door, reports said. Liggens had to be pulled out and he would not allow officers to handcuff him so he was stunned with an electronic stun weapon, reports said. Reports said Liggens was placed in an ambulance and kicked a paramedic in the face while he was inside.

Read more of what happened in Tuesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.