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LIBERTY -- Liberty police were taken on another chase Friday as an ATV driver managed to evade them.
According to a police report, two officers were patrolling the areas of Belmont Avenue and Euclid Boulevard when one saw a person on an ATV cross the road and stop in front of a dumpster on the north side of a smoke shop.
The report states the officer attempted to stop the driver for suspicious activity and operating an ATV on the road, and the driver stopped, waved and said he was driving home. However, the driver took off and led officers on a short pursuit after they tried boxing him in, as he swerved into yards and disregarded police sirens, the report states.
The ATV drove through the Jewish Community Center parking lot on Gypsy Lane and into the property of Gypsy Manor Apartments, where the pursuit was terminated, but the Youngstown Police Department was told to be on the lookout.
The report states officers traced the ATV's route and found the driver again near Granada Avenue, but did not engage in another pursuit, adding that a return trip to the original scene showed nothing evidence-worthy.
A bystander told officers the ATV was seen southbound on Belmont minutes after the pursuit was terminated.