YOUNGSTOWN — James Mrofchak, 54, of Second Street in Campbell, was indicted Thursday by a Mahoning County grand jury on charges of failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, obstructing official business and escape in a Feb. 18 incident in which he allegedly fled from Youngstown police after they tried to pull him over for driving through a stop sign.

A Youngstown police report stated that officers spotted a pickup truck not stopping at a stop sign at Hillman Street and Ravenwood Avenue on the South Side at 4:56 p.m. Officers activated lights and siren, but the truck failed to stop at Ravenwood Avenue and Market Street.

The vehicle proceeded onto Hilton Avenue. The driver yelled “I don’t have any brakes,” as he continued on Hilton “while applying his brakes at times,” the report states. The driver stopped at Erie and Hilton and let a woman out of the truck and then continued on Erie and turned onto Avondale Avenue, disregarding all traffic devices, the report states.

The vehicle continued for a while, again not stopping at stop signs, sometimes traveling in the wrong lane of travel and through yards. Officers could see that the two passenger tires were going flat. It continued on Interstate 680 south toward Boardman and then westbound on East Midlothian Boulevard, then back onto I-680. But then it did a U-turn and went the wrong way on I-680 “for a brief second” before using a turnaround on the highway to travel north on I-680. The truck came to rest on the highway near South Avenue.

At that point, the driver, Mrofchak, fled on foot and jumped the highway median. Officers took him to the ground, but he refused to give officers his hands. Officers struck him in the back until he complied. He was handcuffed and taken into custody. He was taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital by ambulance after he complained of pain, the report states.

Officers found an open container of alcohol in the truck.

If Mrofchak is convicted of the failure to comply with the order or signal of a police officer, he could get several years in prison.

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INDICTMENTS

The following other people were also indicted Thursday:

● Tyrone Benson, 40, State Street, cocaine possession with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case.

● Shaun McCree, 48, State Street, fentanyl-related compound possession with a specification of forfeiture of money in a drug case.

● Dillion T. Williams, 21, Paisley Street, two counts of OVI and one count of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

● Adam Olzak, 28, McCormick Run Road, Salineville, two counts of fentanyl-related compound possession.

● Drake A. Youngblood, 19, Garfield Street, Struthers, grand theft when the property is a firearm or dangerous ordnance.

● Brian James, 24, Cameron Avenue, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

● Christopher M. Lacey, 20, West Delason Avenue, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

● Justin D. Stamp, 43, Amherst Avenue, Boardman, trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present and attempted trespass in a habitation when a person is present or likely to be present.

● Jimmy R. Torres, 40, Pasadena Avenue, aggravated drug possession, drug possession, cocaine possession and fentanyl related compound possession.

● Bruce Cuevas III, 34, Wyandot Lane, cocaine possession and two counts of OVI.

● Karina Bodkins, 29, Rita Street, Austintown, aggravated drug possession.