PORTAGE COUNTY, Ohio (WJW) — Two women were arrested following a vehicle pursuit involving Portage County deputies and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Troopers initiated the pursuit on I-76 in Rootstown Township on Jan. 16, according to a post on the Portage County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page. It did not state why the vehicle was being pursued.
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According to the sheriff’s office, the vehicle continued eastbound on I-76 before it exited onto S.R. 225 in Palmyra Township.
As it was going northbound in the 4800 block of S.R. 225, a Portage County deputy executed a Precision Immobilization Technique (P.I.T.) on the vehicle which then veered into a ditch.
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Jessica Irons, 44, of Streetsboro and Elisabeth Coffield, 39, of Akron were taken into custody and later taken to the Portage County Jail.
According to police, Irons had an outstanding felony warrant. Narcotics were also located in the vehicle, police said…