CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) –
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s office has been appointed as special prosecutor to investigate the death of 37-year-old Tanisha Anderson, who died in police custody on Nov. 12, 2014 after struggling with officers trying to take her for a psychiatric evaluation.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty said he asked DeWine to take over the case after investigators from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department informed prosecutors of facts that created a conflict of interest for the prosecutor’s office. Originally, the sheriff’s department was asked by the prosecutor’s office to conduct an investigation into the case on June 19, 2015.
