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A court complaint says the suspect became violent after asking the woman for her phone number.

      CLEVELAND – A Cleveland police officer was arrested over the weekend for allegedly assaulting a woman and holding her against her will. Cleveland police say officer Mister Jackson was arrested Saturday in the 2000 block of Tate Avenue. According to court documents, Jackson is accused of bitting a woman in her chest […]

Surveillance video has been released of a skin-crawling, anxiety-causing abduction. On January 14, a woman pulled up to the Wells Fargo ATM around 3 a.m.…

22-year-old Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was abducted in Philadelphia by an undentified man on Sunday at 9:40 p.m. in Germantown after she left a party for her…

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – A Strongsville mother is warning other parents after two men, who may have been posing as police officers, offered her 11-year-old daughter a ride to school. The mom asked NewsChannel5 to protect her identity and the name of her daughter, but said, “It’s a big deal. Nobody should be asking children to […]

AKRON, OH (WOIO) – After a five hour manhunt, officers were able to locate a two-year-old girl that was abducted by her relatives from her driveway on Lake Street. The child was found on Pressler Road in Springfield Township around 1AM Tuesday morning, and returned to her mother. Officers arrested the baby’s aunt, Bianca Martin, 21, and […]

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio - Police in East Cleveland have issued an Amber Alert for a toddler who was taken without permission during a parental visit. The alert was issued Wednesday just before 5 p.m. Police said 2-year-old Cameron Walker was taken without permission during a supervised visit with his mother.

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A possible break in the terrifying case of a teen nearly abducted by a man on Cleveland’s west side Wednesday morning. 19 Action News has learned Cleveland Police seized a vehicle near the West Side market late Wednesday. That vehicle may have been involved. It was towed, and detectives will check […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – An attempted kidnapping on Cleveland’s west side early Wednesday morning. It happened at 7:30AM in the 3600 block of Denison Avenue. The 15-year-old victim was walking on Denison when an unknown man driving a dark navy blue van tried to force the victim into the van. “I was walking to school […]