He was armed with a loaded stolen gun and, police believe, he was driving drunk or on drugs. Police were alerted by a woman who said he was following her.

NORTH CANTON After a woman called police to report a man was following her, officers pulled over his car, seized a loaded stolen gun with ammunition and arrested the driver, according to Stark County Jail records.

Nicholas J. Niedenthal, 33, of 2018 Morris Ave. NE in Canton, was arrested at 4:13 a.m. Monday in the 100 block of Clearmount Avenue SE where he had pulled into a driveway, Stark County Jail records show.

According to records, the woman called police to report a car was following her from U.S. Route 62 exit at Interstate 77. A North Canton Police officer spotted both vehicles heading west on East Maple Street.

Niedenthal saw the police cruiser and then "turned down a side street and into a driveway," at which point the officer stopped to approach him, the jail records show. The officer determined he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and arrested him.

An resulting search turned up two .380-caliber rounds of ammunition in Niedenthal's hoodie pocket and a stolen loaded gun in the vehicle.

Niedenthal was still on probation from his 2017 conviction on a felony drug trafficking charge in Summit County and is not permitted to have a weapon, according to court records.

But the officer did not take Niedenthal straight to jail. Instead, he was taken to Aultman Hospital to be evaluated for an injury that occurred prior to the arrest.

Details about that injury and the incident that resulted in it were not listed.

From Aultman, he was taken to jail where he was booked on charges of having weapons under disability, receiving stolen property, improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and OVI.

Niedenthal remained behind bars Tuesday, held without bond pending court hearings.

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