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Man picks up additional charges while out on bond
By Joe Gorman
YOUNGSTOWN
A man facing pending weapons and drug charges in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court was arrested late Monday on additional gun and weapon charges after a car he was driving on the West Side was pulled over for making an improper turn.
Reports said officers pulled over the car about 11:25 p.m. in the 2600 block of Tyrell Avenue, and they found out Maurice Clinkscale, 23, of Gypsy Lane, did not have a driver’s license.
Clinkscale gave police permission to search him and officers found a bag of suspected cocaine and two painkillers. In the car, officers found a loaded .40-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun and a loaded magazine of ammunition right next to the gun.
A passenger, Mychael Bentley, 30, of Catalina Drive, was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia after officers found a crack pipe in his sock.
Reports said Clinkscale had an aggravated-robbery conviction in 2011, and he has a case pending in common pleas court.
In his pending case, he faces charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and possession of drugs. He was indicted in March but failed to show up and was arrested on a warrant shortly after. He had a $25,000 bond reinstated May 15.
He was arrested Jan. 20 after a vehicle chase in the 2500 block of Fifth Avenue. Reports said police tried to pull over a car Clinkscale was driving on Dearborn Avenue for speeding but instead he led an officer on a chase through several North Side streets before a supervisor called off the chase.
A couple of minutes later, however, officers spotted the car on Selma Avenue with the doors open. Police set up a perimeter and found Clinkscale behind a garage on Fifth Avenue. Reports said Clinkscale had three bags of suspected heroin on him and inside the car, they found 65 rounds of 9mm ammunition. Police retraced his steps and found a semiautomatic handgun, also on Fifth Avenue.