Chase suspect in jail
By MARLY KOSINSKI Tribune ChronicleWARREN - A Niles man accused of leading police on a chase over the weekend that zig-zagged through Trumbull County and damaged two Warren police vehicles is being held at the Trumbull County Jail on a $150,000 bond.
Harley Tibbs, 28, 847 South St., was arraigned Monday in Warren Municipal Court on charges of felony failure to comply and felonious assault on a police officer.
Tibbs was arrested at his home on Sunday. He is due back in court Jan. 5 for a preliminary hearing, court records show.
The chase started in Niles after police there stopped a Chevrolet Blazer about 7:30 p.m. for reckless operation. The driver sped off, narrowly missing running over the foot of the patrolman making the stop, according to police.
Niles police stopped chasing the vehicle after getting the SUV's temporary tag number.
About 8:30 p.m., two Warren police officers parked in the May's Towing lot saw a vehicle matching the description at Niles Road and South Street.
Detective Sgt. Michael Merritt was returning from a call on Fairmount Avenue N.E. in the department's crime scene van and helped the two officers slow down the Blazer, a Warren police report states. The driver, identified as Tibbs, crashed into the back of the police van, and Merritt and Officer Trevor Sumption got out of their vehicles to confront him, according to police.
Tibbs then put the Blazer in reverse - pinning Sumption between the SUV and the police van - then headed north on South Park Avenue, the report states.
Officer David Weber pursued Tibbs on North Park Avenue for about 20 minutes, crossing into Champion and Southington. Tibbs and Weber both crashed into a ditch at Eagle Creek and Braceville Robinson Road in Braceville.
Tibbs then ran into a wooded area with Weber following him, the report states.
After losing sight of Tibbs, Weber went back to the crash scene and talked to the passenger and vehicle owner, Gina Valeriani, who told Weber she had no idea why Tibbs would not stop. According to court records, Tibbs and Valeriani were issued a marriage license in July 2005.
In October, Tibbs was indicted by the grand jury on charges of failure to comply, tampering with coin machines and petty theft.
Howland police reports claim Tibbs broke into seven video gaming machines at the Mayfair Laundromat Aug. 21. The coin boxes of each were removed and discarded into a nearby trash receptacle. Tibbs could be seen on surveillance video taken at the business, police said.
Valeriani, 25, also of the South Street address, was arrested Aug. 27 on a complicity charge in the break-in. The grand jury sent her case back to municipal court as a misdemeanor, court records show.
On Aug. 8, 2006, Tibbs was charged by Bazetta police with forgery, receiving stolen property and misuse of a credit card after he used a stolen credit card taken from a twice-disappearing vehicle. He pleaded guilty March 15, 2007, to a charge of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to nine months in prison, court records show.
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mom24lilmonsters
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01-01-09 10:08 AM
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I agree that everyone makes mistakes but Harley has never learned from them. Maybe we should talk about his Juvie record and how many credit cards he has stolen and how many times he has ran from cops before...Do you think he has learned anything if he is still doing the same shit. If he had cleaned up...I would be the first one to give him credit, but he hasn't. The fact of the matter is, you can say he has changed all you want but, actions speak louder than words.
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mom24lilmonsters
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01-01-09 10:05 AM
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Talk about spelling "friend". I have a college education, I work to support my children. And if her mommy doesn't have them then where were they when she and Harley decided to run from the cops. Maybe they were hanging out with all his cokehead friends, HUH?
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theirfrendHGH
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12-31-08 4:23 PM
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her mom does not take care of her children she helps her out while she goese to collage what are you doing with your life beside worry about everyone else. no one was on drugs that night. he did not almost run over an officer they both are very good parents. every one makes mistakes and then they learn from them .people are mad cause he choise her and not the other *****
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fltrplntman
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12-31-08 4:18 PM
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This is turning into a real life Jerry Springer show...He injured 2 police officers with a vehicle, he fled from the police, more than once, AND he ran and left his "wife" behind. Class act. They had all the rights in the world to use deadly force...but chose not to. Be thankful.
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mom24lilmonsters
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12-31-08 3:36 PM
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yeah that's what I meant...I'm sure your typing is always perfect right? By the way it is alot easier to act like your perfect when you live with mommy and she takes care of your children. But I guess it's better then the state paying for them, after all you did just get out of jail yourself right? And why wouldn't you expect this kinda*****from your husband? You did marry him while he was locked up right? And if drugs weren't envolved, why did he run? Everyone know's he's a crackhead, has been for yrs. Maybe your just blinded by "love", or maybe the crack pipe has been in your hand too, or there's a little to much powder up your nose to see the truth.
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TibbsWife
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12-31-08 2:41 PM
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ACCOMPLICE I am sure is what you meant
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TibbsWife
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12-31-08 2:39 PM
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You know how ignorant you sound saying that he should of been shot. Nobody knows the whole story things were blown way out of portion. He is not a violent man. Believe ehat you want though that is why the tapes are being investatgated.
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TibbsWife
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12-31-08 2:37 PM
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NO nobody was on crack or meth. There was no drugs involved with anything that night. There is your scoop man. It was just a series of bad decisions that night.
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LaidOffDrone
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12-31-08 2:03 PM
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lol @ BobDob
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mom24lilmonsters
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12-31-08 9:20 AM
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Ohhh wait...It was her SUV and she was sitting next to him. Doesn't make her an acomlise. Why isn't she sitting next to him now....in jail.
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mom24lilmonsters
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12-30-08 11:06 PM
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Knew him...I just saw him acouple weeks ago. Same old Harley. He was pretty fubared driving around down. Hey didn't he just get out this yr for stealing a car. I don't know you, and maybe you do take very good care of your children but part of being a good parent is making sure they have people they can look up too. How can you raise kids when your in and out of jail. What kinda example is that. Some rolemodels. And were you not also charged in one of his schemes. Were you thinking about your children then? Yeah we all do make mistakes and I'm no angel(and never claimed to be),But I take very good care of my children... I grew up and made the right choices and none off those choices ended with me in jail. I make*****sure that my kids are not subject to (and never will be) to that kind of influences.
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K9Pork
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12-30-08 9:31 PM
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Tibbswife, thanks for setting the record straight. And just so you know, part of your continuing education, court proceedings are "public". Anyone, good, bad & ugly can sit in and hear it all. If someone wants to sit there (nice and quiet) they can and public record IS public record. good luck
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TibbsWife
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12-30-08 9:01 PM
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Mom24lilmonsters, just because you think you know my husband you think you know the whole story. It is not the always the same things he makes mistakes we all do...SO WHAT! Don't worry about our kids we take care of them. He is responsible. Maybe the Harley you knew wasn't. You were not there to know how things went down. I WAS! I seen it. I heard it. I know. They blew everything up of course because of who he is. Relax our kids are fine go worry about your own kids let us do what we do and you go do what you do.
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TibbsWife
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12-30-08 8:49 PM
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Handala, Thank you for being a know it all. No he wasn't at home with me when they got the visual on him. It is MY car not his. He was sitting next to me though in the front seat of MY CAR. I was with the man during the whole thing. I didn't see it on TV I seen it all first hand I know how everything went down. You don't know him to run your mouth about whether or not he is a fine citizen or not. He is a good man we all make mistakes some bigger than others nobody is perfect. So get off your high horse and come back down to real life cause what was said to of happened and reality are 2 completely different things...
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mom24lilmonsters
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12-30-08 6:57 PM
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You don't have to know the whole story to know what happened, exspecially if you know Harley. I do and have for a very long time. And our criminal justice system has been a revolving door for him ever since he was a juvinelle, and always for the same kinda things. You would think by now he would learn a lesson. Once you have kids it's time to grow up and start trying to be a responible adult.
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Handala
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12-30-08 4:34 PM
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TibbsWife, was he at home watching TV with you during the time the Police got HIS car and a visual on him?Is this another case of multiple law enforcement agencies making up charges against a fine citizen!?Hmm?
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TibbsWife
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12-30-08 3:20 PM
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How do you know if that court is a revolving door for someone like him? It is none of your business what he is gonna get. Were you there? Do you even know the whole story. NO! I didn't think so. And just because you watched the news and read the newspaper you know it all you don't. You know thst people are gonna lie when they know that they are in the wrong to. THey couldn't find him with there police dogs out full force. That says slot about the people meant to protect and serve don't you think. They put more time and energy into that than they did to find the man who KILLED my brother in law this year. Like I said that says alot...
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pahootaman
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12-30-08 12:36 PM
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pet peeve moonbeam, pet peeve. Glad to hear you have none.
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Handala
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12-30-08 10:13 AM
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Warren Municipal Court only handles the arraignment of FELONY cases.If FELONS receive a slap on the wrist it comes from the COMMON PLEASE COURT!That is the BIG one on the square!Hmm?
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TomSmith
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12-30-08 8:39 AM
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Why wasn't this dirt bag shot? If he rammed a car and then pinned a cop against a car, they should have opened up on him. I don't get it.
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pahootaman
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12-30-08 8:37 AM
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"Howland police reports claim Tibbs broke into seven video gaming machines at the Mayfair Laundromat " -- They're called arcade machines, Tribune. Queue the "I was scared, so I ran away" defence in 3..2..
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OutsideTheBox
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12-30-08 8:11 AM
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And as this court is a revolving door for someone like Tibbs, don't be surprised when he gets a slap on the wrist and is back out making everyone miserable in no time flat.
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