A Medina County man who ran from police after a traffic stop outside of Ashland on Monday was caught and jailed late Tuesday, according to a news release issued by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Joseph D. Harbaugh, 19, of Homerville, was in the Medina County Jail on Thursday, charged involuntary manslaughter and corrupting another with drugs, according to Medina County Court of Common Pleas records.
A sealed indictment, filed Feb. 9, said Harbaugh caused the death of a person on Nov. 19 after selling them drugs. A $100,000 cash or surety bond was set on Feb. 10, according to court records.
Deputies from the Medina County Sheriff’s Office found Harbaugh at a house in Guilford Township on Tuesday around 4:30 p.m., according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s news release.
He was taken into custody without further incident.
Separate charges related to fleeing officers are pending an investigation, the news release stated.
Authorities said Harbaugh fled on foot into woods after a traffic stop along U.S. 42 just outside of Ashland. He was the passenger in a red 2007 Ford Focus.
The driver, Michael A. Nutter Jr., 40, of Wooster, stayed in the car.
Police later learned Nutter has active misdemeanor warrants for his arrest through the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office. His driver’s license was also suspended.
After searching the immediate area, authorities expanded the search into Medina County at a house in Homerville. Officers did not find Harbaugh at the time.
