Austintown OVI suspect has attempted assault conviction

Mersades Moats

A 24-year-old woman arrested in Austintown last week for resisting arrest has been transferred from the Mahoning County Jail to the Trumbull County Jail.

Mersades Moats of Austintown was arrested Thursday after township police say she ran a red light at Mahoning Avenue and Raccoon Road while shouting at police and honking her SUV's horn.

Police said when she pulled over near Idaho Road; Moats kept yelling and had to be pulled out of her SUV by officers, whom she allegedly attempted to hit with her arms.

Moats also allegedly kicked the window of the police cruiser and was combative with deputies as she was being booked into jail on charges of OVI, resisting arrest, and running a red light.

The following day she was transferred to Trumbull County, where she is on probation after pleading guilty in August to two counts of attempted felonious assault.

Those charges stem from a September 2021 incident where Moats was accused of running into three people with her car following an argument in Warren.

Officers say one victim had tire tread marks on her arm and said she couldn't feel her arms and legs.

Another victim had a back injury, scraped his arm, and was limping. A third victim refused medical treatment.

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