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(WOIO) – Prosecutors in the trial for the so-called Amish beard bandits continue to call witnesses. The trial for more than a dozen members of a break-away Amish group is playing out in a Cleveland Federal Court in front of the Amish community. The 16 men face federal hate crime charges for a series of […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The North Ridgeville man accused of bringing a backpack full of weapons into the Crocker Park movie theatre earlier this month went before a judge Thursday morning. Scott A. Smith faces 21 counts, including carrying a concealed weapon and having weapons under disability. The 37-year-old married father came to the courtroom […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Salvation Army residents are complaining about bed bugs. The Salvation Army’s Harbor Light Building is located on Prospect Avenue downtown. Residents say it is hard to get a good night’s sleep, “Man, there were so many bed bugs…you pull your sheet off the mattress and you’re going to see them crawling […]

From TMZ The 56-year-old alleged burglar who got his a** whooped by LL Cool J last week just appeared in court … finally revealing his bruises from his painful…

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – Michael Forlani, charged along with Jimmy Dimora in the county corruption investigation, will change his plea in Federal Court on Thursday. He had previously pleaded not guilty to bribing Dimora in order to win business for his company, Doan Pyramid Electric. He faces charges of conspiracy and racketeering, among others. […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Motorists should be aware of the likelihood of a sharp rise in gasoline prices in the next few days and through the weekend in Cleveland. “I expect stations to have increased prices as much as 10-35 cents per gallon by the conclusion of the weekend with some stations starting to raise […]

(WOIO) – The Canton woman raped, beaten, and set on fire, has died. The vicious attack happened this past weekend in Muskingum County. She has now been identified as Celeste Fronsman, 29. Sheriffs deputies say Fronsman died at 2:22 p.m. Tuesday at Columbus University Hospital. An autopsy will be conducted and the investigation continues. Police […]

On land, by sea and in the air, they are all coming to Cleveland starting Monday Aug. 27 through Labor Day weekend. The U.S. Navy…

MACEDONIA, Ohio – Several police departments in Summit County and the region are searching for a team of thieves who are apparently disabling alarm systems and stealing from Best Buy stores. The two men and one woman have been captured on surveillance cameras at multiple Best Buy stores in Macedonia and Copley. Police said the […]

OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Police are investigating the theft of five church bells from St. Innocent Orthodox Church. Father Bulter says the bells were stolen between 12:30 p.m and 7 p.m. Sunday from the church located at 8526 Usher Road. According to Fr. Butler, someone stole the bells, which were embedded in a wooded frame […]

CLEVELAND – Cleveland firefighters are investigating a possible fire at Key Tower in downtown Cleveland. At about 2:15 p.m. Monday, a dispatcher with the Cleveland Fire Department said fire crews are on the way to the scene. A woman who works on the second floor of the 57-story building told NewsChannel5 she saw smoke coming […]

People between the ages of 15 and 24 are most likely to be targeted by gun violence as opposed to other forms of violence. From 1976 to 2005, 77 percent of homicide victims ages 15-17 died from gun-related injuries. Is a gun like a virus, a car, tobacco or alcohol? Is this yet one more […]