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WARREN -- A Trumbull County grand jury issued dozens of indictments Thursday, including one involving a Warren man who allegedly fled from police from Warren to North Jackson.
Freddie T. Washington, 20, was indicted Thursday on a felony charge of failure to comply with an order or signal of a police officer and a misdemeanor charge of failure to stop after an accident. If Washington were to be convicted of the felony, he could get about three years in prison.
Warren police said the incident began with officers trying to pull over a car for dark window tint at Front Street and Nevada Avenue SW that matched the description of a vehicle that had been involved in gunfire hitting a house, according to a Warren police report.
The car did not pull over in the 7:15 p.m. episode and fled east on Market Street with another officer and his trainee assisting. Speeds of 90 mph were attained near Austin Avenue SW. Then the car slowed to about 25 mph and tried to cut between two cars at the Tod Avenue intersection and struck another vehicle, disabling the right passenger tire, but the vehicle continued south on Tod with speeds about 65 mph near Oak Street. The vehicle turned onto Palmyra Avenue. It then accelerated to 80 mph as sparks flew from the damaged passenger tire.
The vehicle was reaching 100 mph as it continued south on Tod Avenue in light traffic. As the cruiser and fleeing vehicle approached Salt Springs Road in Lordstown, two Lordstown officers were seen blocking traffic and then joining the pursuit as flames came from the rear of the fleeing car near New Road, the report states.
With the car on fire, the driver slowed, and the occupants fled on foot. Washington, the driver, fled into a cornfield. A passenger, 20, from Kent and Warren, also fled. He does not appear to have been charged. Two other passengers did not run and were detained at 3062 S. Salem-Warren Road in North Jackson. There is no indication they were charged.
Flames were coming from a wheel well, so an officer used his fire extinguisher on the flames. The officer found and took possession of a cellphone from the car. Additional officers arrived and took Washington and the passenger who fled into custody. The car “caught fire,” and the Jackson Township Fire Department extinguished the flames, the report states.
OTHERS
All of the defendants in Thursday's grand jury list will be arraigned by the judge assigned to their case during the judge's weekly criminal day in the next two weeks. The others are:
* Shawn Currence, 38, Front Street SW, Warren, aggravated possession of drugs.
* Gene A. Grant Jr., 20, Kent, aggravated possession of drugs.
* Orbell Cochrane, 21, Peace Avenue NW, Warren, domestic violence, strangulation, domestic violence and aggravated menacing.
* Danielle Jo Jacobs, 32, Trumbull Avenue SE, Warren, possession of cocaine.
* Steven D. L. Thomas Jr., 29, Kenilworth Avenue SE, Warren, failure to comply with order/signal of police officer.
* Tyrone M. Jennings, 42, Overland Avenue, Youngstown, theft, burglary, retaliation, intimidation, criminal damage/endangering and four counts menacing by stalking.
* Dorian S. Williamson, 52, Deerfield Avenue, Warren, possession of cocaine with a major drug offender specification and two forfeiture specifications, two counts having weapons while under disability with forfeiture specifications and three counts trafficking in cocaine.
* Edward R. Cook, 36, Housel Craft Road, Cortland, improperly furnishing firearms to a minor.
* Justin T. Sudimak, 39, Dickson Street, Youngstown, possession of fentanyl-related compound and aggravated possession of drugs.
* Justin L. Rush, 37, Seifert Lewis Road, Hubbard, two counts having weapons while under disability, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property.
* Matthew A. Shreve, 24, Sylvan Street, Warren, aggravated possession of drugs and illegal use/possession of drug paraphernalia.
* Alma J. Clark, 51, Nash Avenue, Niles, possession of cocaine and illegal use/possession of drug paraphernalia.
* Christopher A. Doll, 40, Grant Street, Niles, theft.
* Brandi Blanton, 47, Warren, two counts receiving stolen property.
* Brandon M. Haun, 32, Logan Avenue, Warren, having weapons while under disability, improperly discharge of firearm and aggravated menacing.
* Ryan A. Pequignot, 40, state Route 46, North Bloomfield, aggravated possession of drugs.
* Atara R. Broadus, 41, Tod Avenue NW, Warren, passing bad checks.
* Corey A. Reese Jr., 21, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and tampering with evidence.
* Jason L. Womack, 41, East Avondale Avenue, Youngstown, receiving stolen property.
* Hayden C. Foster, 26, North Road, Warren, two counts OVI with forfeiture specifications.
* Destinee L. Karafa, 32, Morrell Ray Road, Bristolville, theft from person in a protected class.
* Brian K. Mason, 40, Sheridan Avenue NE, Warren, domestic violence.