Man chased by Youngstown cops leads them to suspected marijuana plants

YOUNGSTOWN — A man being chased by police Thursday from an East Boston Avenue home where officers were serving a search warrant led them to a nearby garden that had 55 marijuana plants, reports said.

Police found the plants at a home in the 500 block of East Philadelphia Avenue just after 5 p.m while chasing Michael Ratliff,, 34, on foot, reports said.

Reports said Marcus Carbon, 36, was in the garden with the plants but he refused to secure a dog he had with him, reports said.

When asked his name, reports said Carbon told police "I have many names," and when they asked him where he was from, he said "Atlantis."

Carbon's wife told police who he was, reports said. She said they lived separately in the same home along with their five children and whatever Carbon did was his own business.

Carbon faces charges of obstruction of official business and possession of marijuana. Ratliff was also taken into custody, as were two other people who were in the East Boston Avenue house. Inside that home police found four children ages 3 to 11 as well as 48 pills and two stolen .45-caliber semiautomatic handguns and small amounts of crack cocaine and marijuana.