Alfred Coward gets 15-month prison term

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who pleaded guilty to charges he led police on a chase in June was sentenced to 15 months in prison in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court.

Judge Lou D’Apolito upheld a recommendation by attorneys in the case of Alfred Coward, 48, who pleaded guilty to charges failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer and possession of cocaine.

Coward was charged after police tried to pull him over June 22 and instead he led them on a chase down Hillman Street on the South Side before crashing his car, running at least six stop signs and driving at almost double the speed limit for the two-minute chase, which lasted 13 city blocks.