Woman who crashed into Austintown cop’s cruiser gets prison term

YOUNGSTOWN — Adrien Foutz, the 22-year-old Girard woman who rear-ended the cruiser driven by Austintown Patrolman Ross Linert in November, is going to prison.

The crash caused a fire that critically injured the officer. Today, Foutz pleaded no contest to aggravated vehicular assault in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. Judge John M. Durkin found her guilty and sentenced her to two years in prison.

Foutz, who is seven months pregnant, will report to the county jail June 27 to begin her sentence.

Judge Durkin, saying he was honoring the wishes of Linert and his wife, Brenda, agreed to consider releasing Foutz from prison after she serves 18 months if Foutz behaves there.

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