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Criminal Law Keyed to Capers
City of Maple Heights v. Ephraim
Citation:
178 Ohio App.3d 439 (2018)Facts
When police arrived on the scene, they saw a car driven by Ephraim’s son in the intersection of the street, with all four of its doors open. The occupants of the car shut their doors and drove away when they saw the police car. When the son failed to signal a lane change, the police activated their overhead lights in order to make a traffic stop. The son rapidly accelerated in an attempt to flee from the police. He drove through three stop signs before losing control of the car and sideswiping a tree. The officers stopped their car and tried to apprehend the occupants. The son fled on foot despite an officer’s orders for him to stop. The officers apprehended him and took him face-down to the ground. The son resisted their attempts to handcuff him by moving his hands beneath and towards the waistband of his pants. After handcuffing him, the officers searched him and found a loaded .25 caliber semi-automatic handgun in a front pocket of his pants. The city charged Ephraim under the city ordinance.
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