WARREN — A Youngstown man received a total sentence of 42 months in prison Monday in connection to a chase and subsequent crash May 25, 2021, involving a Hubbard city police cruiser, in which an officer suffered a broken kneecap.

Charles Pickard, 21, of Bassett Lane, was given consecutive prison terms by Trumbull County Common Pleas Judge Ronald J. Rice.

Pickard, who was the driver of a pickup truck being chased by authorities May 25, pleaded guilty Oct. 7 to felony charges of vehicular assault and failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer. Rice ordered that consecutive sentences were necessary to protect the public from a dangerous defendant who presented a high risk of recidivism.

At the time, Brookfield police Chief Dan Faustino said the charges against Pickard were related to a traffic stop in which Pickard’s pickup truck fled from police at Bedford Road near U.S. Route 62 in Brookfield.

A Hubbard city police officer, Eric Mallory, was hurt after the fleeing pickup truck crashed into his police cruiser at the Flying J truck plaza off state Routes 62 and 7 in Hubbard.

Mallory is recovering from his injury, prosecutors said. As part of the plea deal, Pickard forfeited $2,724 as restitution to the Hubbard Police Department.

The Hubbard police cruiser was reported totaled.