Man pleads guilty, gets 6-year sentence

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Jerome F. Prieto, 32, of Kendis Circle, Youngstown, pleaded guilty to five charges and received a six-year prison term Thursday for crashing into a Liberty police car and injuring an officer during a pursuit in September.

Prieto pleaded guilty in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court to failure to comply with the orders of a police officer, improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle, carrying a concealed weapon, being a felon in possession of a firearm and vehicular assault.

The pursuit began in Weathersfield Township when police pulled Prieto over and he immediately fled. He then sped through Liberty and slammed into Liberty officer Chad McGarry’s police car at the intersection of Logan Way Avenue and Tibbetts Wick Road.

McGarry was ejected from his vehicle, injuring him. Police later arrested Prieto in Hubbard.