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Todd Casten, 47, of Ravenna Township was arrested early Monday morning after he allegedly drove his car into a Portage County Sheriff's cruiser... in reverse.

He was drunk... allegedly.

According to the press release from the Portage County Sheriff's Office, at about 1:20 Monday morning, one of his deputies was parked at the Circle K in Blackhorse, Ravenna Township, when he noticed Casten acting peculiarly. When he pulled out of the parking lot, Casten drove his car off the road, into a ditch. That's when the deputy turned on his emergency lights and attempted to stop Caten, who put his car in reverse and hit the gas, ramming into the deputy's cruiser. Casten then pulled away, trying to flee, but the deputy followed him, calling for backup. Not too far from the Circle K, on Spring Street, Casten stopped his car, and attempted to run, fighting with deputies in the process. 

He was eventually arrested, charged with felony assault on an officer, failure to comply, resisting, and... his 10th OVI. 

He's reportedly still being held in the Portage County Jail. 

A Newton Falls man is charged with attempted murder in the assault of a man in Ravenna Township.

The Portage County Sheriff's Office says 47 year-old David Smith, with a last known address in Newton Falls, was arrested today/Friday without incident.

He's charged with the October 2015 assault of 24 year-old Quortney Tolliver in Ravenna Township. Tolliver was found with massive head trauma.

The Portage County Grand Jury handed down four indictments against Smith, including attempted murder, felonious assault, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary.

He's being held on no bond in the Portage County Jail, and his arraignment will be Monday afternoon

(Portage County Sheriff's Office, news release) Portage County Sheriff David W. Doak announced today the arrest of David M. Smith, age 47, with a last known address of 613 Ridge Road, Newton Falls, Ohio. Smith was taken into custody today without incident.

On October 16, 2015 Deputies responded to an incident that had occurred at 2615 SR 59, Lot 49 in Ravenna Township, Portage County. This was the residence of Quortney Tolliver, age 24. Tolliver was found to have been assaulted and was suffering from massive trauma to the head. Since that time there has been an ongoing investigation into who was responsible for this. Smith was identified as a person of interest. This investigation was presented to the Portage County Grand Jury who issued indictments against Smith for the following:

ATTEMPTED MURDER 1st degree felony (2 counts)
FELONIOUS ASSAULT 2ND degree felony (1 count)
AGGRAVATED ROBBERY 1st degree felony (1 count)
AGGRAVATED BURGLARY 1st degree felony (1 count)

Smith is currently being held at the Portage County Jail with no bond. Smith will be arraigned on Monday, April 4, 2016 at 1:15 PM.

Sheriff Doak would like to thank the Newton Falls Police Department for their assistance in taking this subject into custody.

Smith does have a extensive criminal history and is currently on parole. Smith does have prior convictions for Aggravated Robbery, Attempted Robbery, Attempted Aggravated Vehicular Felonious Assault, and Assault.