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Two arrested while filming traffic stop

Women charged with disorderly conduct and hindering movement

WARREN — A woman and her daughter, arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and intoxication Thursday afternoon, say they were doing nothing but recording Howland police during a traffic stop of two black males.

Cassandra L. Peters, 38, 7740 Thompson Sharpsville NE, Burghill, and Kylie N. Peters, 19, same address, are scheduled to appear before Warren Municipal Judge Terry Ivanchak to be arraigned at 9 a.m. Wednesday on disorderly conduct and hindering movement charges.

Cassandra Peters told police about leaving St. Joseph Warren Hospital shortly before 6 p.m., when the women noticed four to five Howland police cars surrounding a car containing two black males.

She stopped her vehicle and began recording on her phone what was happening.

Shortly after 6 p.m., a Warren police car pulled behind the Peters’ 2016 Dodge Journey and another vehicle, being driven by Markisha Parker, 41, 1801 Kernan Blvd., Jacksonville, Fla.

The Warren police officer initially stopped at Parker’s car, asking her why she was at the scene, according to a police report.

“You know why I stopped,” she said, according to the police report.

Parker was ordered out of her vehicle, handcuffed and placed in the back of a police car.

A second Warren police officer was at the Peters vehicle, telling them they could not block traffic to record a traffic stop, according to the police report. Cassandra Peters then told her daughter, Kylie, to move her vehicle up the road, while she continued recording the traffic stop.

A Howland police officer told the Warren officers it was Cassandra Peters that had driven the vehicle and was causing a problem, according to the police report.

Cassandra Peters was then handcuffed and placed in the rear of a police car. When she yelled for her daughter to get the cellphone, officers warned the younger Peters not to approach the police vehicle, according to the report.

When she got out of the vehicle and approached them, Kylie Peters also was handcuffed and placed in a police vehicle.

Cassandra Peters said the officers searched her vehicle and then had it towed.

Eli Peters, Cassandra’s husband, who was not at the scene, later went to Mays Towing to get the impounded vehicle at a cost of $130.

“I never did anything like that (recording a traffic stop) before,” Cassandra Peters told the Tribune Chronicle. “But with everything going on I thought it was a good idea. It is not a black and white thing. I was going to make sure the police was doing the right thing.”

Parker, who had children in her vehicle, was given a summons and released. She was arraigned on Friday.

The Peters women, according to the police report, were taken to Trumbull County jail because they were creating a problem, blocking a lane of traffic, potentially creating a hazardous situation for the officers, according to the police report.

Once at the jail, Kylie Peters was advised if she calmed down, they would be released without posting a bond after they were booked; she did calm down.

The Peters insist they were not intoxicated and were not disrespectful to the officers.

rsmith@tribtoday.com

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