COLUMBUS — State Representative John Becker (R-Union Township) announced Friday that he has introduced House Bill 244, legislation that provides prosecutors with the option of pursuing the death penalty for certain sex-related crimes. “In light of the Ariel Castro kidnapping case of three young women in Cleveland, I wanted to give prosecutors the option to […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In less than one hour, Ariel Castro’s Seymour Avenue house was reduced to a pile of rubble. As the last part of the house fell to the ground, a church on the corner of Seymour rang its bells to mark the demolition and healing for the survivors. Family members say the women […]
CLEVELAND – Family members returned to Ariel Castro’s home on Monday collecting personal items named in Castro’s plea deal. Ariel’s son Anthony Castro arrived to Seymour Avenue home late Monday morning flanked by his father’s attorney Craig Weintraub. During sentencing, Judge Michael Russo determined clothing and other assorted items would be distributed amongst family […]
CLEVELAND – Photos of kidnapping survivors Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight show the progress they have made just in three months. Berry, DeJesus and Knight were found alive on May 6 in Ariel Castro’s Seymour Avenue house in Cleveland. Castro was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole […]
CLEVELAND – The defense attorney for admitted kidnapper Ariel Castro called Thursday’s sentencing hearing “gratuitous and unnecessary.” Attorney Craig Weintraub spoke with the media shortly after his client was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus a thousand years. He said Castro was not surprised by his sentence because of managed […]
CLEVELAND — Cuyahoga County Sheriff Frank Bova says Ariel Castro will be transferred from Cleveland to the Lorain Correctional Institution Friday afternoon. The transfer comes one day after Castro was sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years in prison for abducting three women and holding them captive in his Seymour Avenue home for a […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Michelle Knight returned to Ariel Castro’s Seymour Avenue home on Friday morning. Knight arrived with a small group, and remained outside of the home. She also spoke with neighbors and thanked them for their help in the May 6 rescue. Amanda Berry and her father went to the house on Tuesday, and her father thanked […]
CLEVELAND – After a day full photos and descriptions of life for three women held captive for a decade, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty proudly stated: “The nightmare on Seymour Avenue is over.” Ariel Castro, who pleaded guilty to 937 counts including rape and kidnapping, was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison without […]
CLEVELAND – Ariel Castro told a full courtroom at his sentencing that he is not a monster and that his house, with his victims, had harmony. He addressed the court for nearly 15 minutes before being officially sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. In his often rambling account of his life and […]
BREAKING NEWS: The judge in the Ariel Castro case has imposed consecutive sentences on 937 charges against him, including life in prison. Michelle Knight, one of the three women Castro admitted to kidnapping and torturing in his Cleveland home, said Thursday in court: “You took 11 years of my life away. I went through 11 […]
CLEVELAND — The Second District Community Relations Committee posted on its Facebook page this afternoon a handwritten thank you note that Cleveland Police Second District officers say is from Michelle Knight. She is one of three women rescued from a home on Seymour Avenue on May 6 after being held captive for more than a decade by […]
CLEVELAND – The hip-hop star who met Cleveland kidnapping victim, Amanda Berry, spoke to CNN about his encounter. Berry was invited on stage with Nelly at the annual music festival, Roverfest. She didn’t speak, but she smiled and waved to the crowd. “What stuck with me the most, first of all, that she had a […]