YOUNGSTOWN — Dominic N. Mashorda, 28, of Creed Street in Struthers, was indicted this week on charges of failure to comply with the order of a police officer, obstructing official business, drug possession and misdemeanor possessing drug abuse instruments.

He’s charged in an April 18 incident in which Youngstown police said he fled from them at high speeds. If convicted, Mashorda could get several years in prison.

The chase began at 2:22 p.m. when officers spotted Mashorda’s vehicle southbound on Glenwood Avenue at Lake Drive with a heavily tinted window, which is illegal. The officers then activated lights and siren, according to a police report.

The vehicle fled onto Volney Road, passing Mineral Springs, Cohasset and West Warren avenues. At the intersection of Volney Road and Old Furnace, the vehicle traveled into a front yard, turned around and went south on Volney Road.

The vehicle went on West Warren Avenue and crossed over Glenwood Avenue, disregarding the traffic signal “with complete disregard to human life,” the report states. The vehicle then made a south turn on Overland, then west on Marion and north on Edwards Street at a high speed.

While traveling on Edwards, Mashorda “disregarded every traffic-control device (stop signs) with disregard to human life,” the report continued.

Officers lost sight of the vehicle, but another officer later saw it on Edwards Street at High Street and resumed the chase. While the vehicle was on Tod Avenue at Irving, it became immobile, the report states. Mashorda, who was the driver, ran on foot, but was arrested a short distance away.

Three passengers were in the car. Officers found a bottle of prescription drugs in the car and a used hypodermic needle. One of the passengers was taken to the Trumbull County line in Liberty because of a warrant on an alleged parole violation. The two other passengers were released.

DRUG CHARGES

Three men also were indicted on lots of drug and other charges after law enforcement served a search warrant on a home on Cleveland Street on the South Side April 21.

Officers announced their presence, resulting in Joe Jackson, 24, of Cooper Street, and Raymond L. Johnson Jr., 31, of East Judson Avenue, fleeing out the back door but being captured by officers nearby. Also arrested was Mario Townsend, 36, of LaClede Street.

The operation was carried out by the Youngstown Police Department and the Ohio State Highway Patrol as part of the Impact Initiative that is focused on areas of the city that have experienced elevated levels of crime related to narcotics and gun violence.

The initiative will run through the spring, summer and early fall and will include the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, Ohio Adult Parole Authority and the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office, officials announced at an April 13 news conference at the Youngstown Police Department.

Officers with the Youngstown Police Department Neighborhood Response unit were among the Youngstown officers who were part of the initiative that involved a search warrant issued by Judge Carla Baldwin of municipal court.

Townsend was among three people who were in the backyard at the time officers arrived. The three did not try to run. Three others were discovered in the stairwell to the basement of the home. Townsend advised officers at the scene that he was concealing cocaine, fentanyl and Oxycodone in his body, leading to some of his charges.

Indictments handed down in the case Thursday are:

• Jackson, cocaine possession with a firearm specification and two specifications of forfeiture of money in a drug case and a specification of forfeiture of property, tampering with evidence, misdemeanor drug possession with two specifications of forfeiture of money in a drug case and a specification of forfeiture of property, misdemeanor obstructing official business and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia with two specifications of forfeiture of money in a drug case and a specification of forfeiture of property;

• Johnson, cocaine possession with a firearm specification, two specifications of forfeiture of money in a drug case and specification of forfeiture of property; having weapons while not allowed; fentanyl related compound possession with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case, firearm specification and specification of forfeiture of property; two counts of aggravated drug possession with a firearm specification and specification of property; and two misdemeanor counts of drug possession with specifications of forfeiture of money in a drug case and specifications of forfeiture of property; misdemeanor obstructing official business; and misdemeanor illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia with specifications of forfeiture of money on a drug case and forfeiture of property;

• Townsend, having weapons while not allowed, aggravated drug possession with a firearm specification, two specifications of forfeiture of money in a drug case and a specification of forfeiture of property; cocaine possession with a firearm specification and specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case; fentanyl related compound possession with a firearm specification and specification forfeiture of money in a drug case.

OTHERS INDICTED

In other grand jury indictments:

• Joaquin Peralta, 55, Mahoning County jail, four counts of rape, three counts of sexual battery and three counts of gross sexual imposition;

• Tanner Kirkwood, 18, Leeper, Pa., two counts of felonious assault;

• Troy X. Adkins, 44, Mahoning County jail, domestic violence;

• Benjamin D. Reynolds, 20, South Glenellen Avenue, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle;

• Jermaine A. Ladson, 32, Mathews Road, Boardman, two counts of domestic violence and two counts of misdemeanor child endangering;

• Nicholas A. Elmo, 32, Kirk Road, cocaine possession;

• Daquan R. Lake, 24, West Florida Avenue, aggravated drug possession, controlled substances possession and fentanyl related compound possession, all with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case;

• Phillip Lawrence, 42, West Ravenwood Avenue, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and two misdemeanor counts of operating a motor vehicle impaired;

• Christopher A. Pope, 42, Salt Springs Road, having weapons while not allowed and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle;

• Joseph E. Grove, 36, East Auburndale Avenue, escape;

• Casey A. Bukovinski, 47, last known address Weaver Road, Conneaut, escape;

• Michael J. Mims, 36, Glenwood Avenue, failure to fulfill violent offender database duties;

• Gary P. Brainerd Jr., 54, Westminster Avenue, aggravated drug possession and illegal use or possession of drug paraphernalia.