Motorcyclist charged with OVI

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

Police charged a Palmer Avenue man with operating a vehicle impaired and child endangering after he crashed his motorcycle on South Avenue, injuring himself and a 17-year-old passenger.

Police reports said John Grzejka, 36, was warned Tuesday evening to stay off his motorcycle because he was too drunk to drive.

Grzejka is in St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital on a police hold after he was found about 1:15 a.m. Wednesday in a South Avenue parking lot bloodied and bruised from crashing the motorcycle.

Reports said officers responded to a fight earlier in the evening at Grzejka’s home involving Grzejka and another person. Officers asked Grzejka if he could go somewhere else to calm the situation down.

Reports said Grzejka told police he would drive somewhere, but officers told him he was too drunk to drive. His girlfriend came and drove him someplace else, reports said.

Reports said police were called back to his home at 12:40 a.m., and officers again warned Grzejka not to ride his motorcycle.

He crashed it about a half-hour later, reports said. The report did not have information on the teen’s injuries.