CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – It’s no secret there’s a heroin problem in Northeast Ohio. The question is, what do we do about it? The Cleveland City Council Public Safety Committee meeting Wednesday was filled with judges, prosecutors, police chiefs, health care professionals and more. More people died last year in Cuyahoga County from heroin […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland City Council, Mayor Jackson and other community leaders will unveil a billboard campaign aimed at prescription drug abuse on Wednesday, April 2 at 1:30 p.m. at the corner of Carnegie and East 14th Street. City leaders want to bring attention to the fact that prescription drug abuse is a […]
You remember 90s R&B group Next, right? Well, if you do, I’m sure you’ve already heard that one of their members was accused of beating…
Raphael Brown, member of 90′s R&B group Next (pictured left), was accused of kicking his pregnant wife and attacking their daughter. His wife, Juliette Gil-Brown, filed for a restraining order, according to TMZ, where she claims on multiple occasions he hit and shoved her, grabbed her by the neck, punched her in the mouth and kicked […]
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – The owner of an emaciated boxer found wandering the streets of Garfield Heights during a snow storm has managed to avoid her first court appearance. Navada Williams was scheduled for an arraignment on Wednesday morning, but instead, Williams has faxed in a not guilty plea. Her next court hearing will be a pre-trial, […]
(RNN) – The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., founder of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, KS, has died at age 84. He recently has been in hospice care at a Shawnee County, KS, facility. “The death of Fred Phelps’ body, a man who preached a plain faithful doctrine to an ever darkening world, is […]
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Charges have been filed against the owner of an emaciated boxer found wandering the streets of Garfield Heights during a snow storm. Friday, Navada Williams was charged with animal cruelty, animal abandonment and filing a false police report. Animal Warden Ed Jamison says Williams actually tried to call the dog in as a “stray.” […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Some University of Akron fraternity brothers appeared in court Friday accused in a case of severe hazing. 23-year-old Steven Pitts, 21-year-old Rinaldo Darius Allen, Jr., 22-year-old Jlani Pryce, 24-year-old Chuancey St. Clair Gilliam, 22-year-old Traevon Leak and 23-year-old Clive Ennin are charged with assault and hazing. The men are active Alpha Phi […]
The father is currently held on bond up to $10,000 after police pulled him off of his son. HOUSTON – A father is facing charges after accusations that he beat his son at the boy’s middle school. Christopher Levy has been charged with injury to a child. Investigators said Levy pulled the boy […]
Ishiyah McGhee, 30 (pictured left), Janine McGhee, 39 (pictured center), and Moriyah McGhee, 32 (pictured right), are accused of attacking a 14-year-old girl in Deltona, Fla., and leaving her bloodied as a form of discipline for being suspended from school. The women are facing charges of child abuse for allegedly kicking and choking the teen girl […]
Kenyan pastor Rev. Njohi has raised not only a few eyebrows but red flags with his unorthodox suggestion of having his female congregants remove their bras and underwear before coming to church, so that Christ can freely enter their bodies with his spirit, according to The Kenyan Daily Post. SEE ALSO: Diversity Wins Big At […]
Richie Incognito (L) and Jonathan Martin *NFL investigator Ted Wells’ report on the Miami Dolphins’ bullying scandal concluded that Richie Incognito, John Jerry and Mike Pouncey engaged in a pattern of harassment directed at not only Jonathan Martin, but also another young Dolphins offensive lineman and an assistant trainer. Wells was retained by commissioner Roger […]