AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Akron Police say wanted fugitive, Phillip Pope, 24 turned himself in around 6:00 p.m. Thursday night. Pope was charged with Aggravated Murder and booked into the Summit County Jail. Shortly before 10:00 p.m. in the evening on November 28, Pope used a handgun and shot Will A. Lamon, 21, of Akron, while he was […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland police have made an arrest after discovering an east side warehouse filled with marijuana plants. Cops say Gregory Scott, Cleveland, turned himself in. He was arrested at the Third District for Violation of State Drug Law. Scott is now charged with cultivation of marijuana. Tuesday at 2:44 a.m., Third District Officers responded to East 24th […]
(WOIO) – An extradition hearing for murder suspect Nathan Summerfield was held Friday morning in Medina County. Summerfield, who is accused of killing ex-girlfriend Lynn Jackenheimer while vacationing in North Carolina, waived extradition. He will now be transported back to North Carolina to face charges. Summerfield was arrested at a Medina County hotel on Wednesday morning after […]
(WOIO) – Fugitive murder suspect Nathan Summerfield was arrested at a Medina County hotel on Wednesday morning. Summerfield was the center of a nationwide manhunt conducted by U.S. Marshals, and was taken into custody around 9:30 a.m. at the Wadsworth Legacy Inn on High Street. According to the U.S. Marshal, Summerfield had been staying at […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Twelve defendants have been indicted in a major drug trafficking conspiracy in which large shipments of cocaine were flown by private chartered airplanes from Texas to Cleveland, federal law enforcement officials announced today. At least 24 kilograms of cocaine and $157,500 in cash were seized as part of the investigation. The […]
KENT, OH (WOIO) – A Kent State student is accused of making threats to the university campus. 19-year-old William Koberna is charged with inducing panic and aggravating menacing related to a Tweet in which he threatened violence. He allegedly said he planned to “shoot up” the campus. Koberna recently lived in Kent, but currently resides in Brunswick. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A horrifying crash at a Cleveland street festival. The driver plowed through a barricade and into a crowd of people. Mitchell Andelmo was killed, and four others were injured. Police quickly arrested the driver, a man police say was drunk behind the wheel. The accident happened at West 117th and Clifton […]
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – One person has been arrested from an overnight standoff in Garfield Heights. The SWAT team was called to the apparent shooting and standoff on Grace Avenue near East 104th Street overnight. Police tell 19 Action News they received a call for someone breaking into a home. During the 9-1-1 call, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – An arrest has been made in the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl in Cleveland. A man was arrested on Silk Avenue in the First District Friday at 3 p.m. No word on the man’s identity at this time. Wednesday at 7:40 a.m. on West 154th Street, the suspect followed the victim […]
GEAUGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – The student gunman who admitted to fatally shooting three students and wounding two others at Chardon High School will be tried as an adult. The decision was made during a morning hearing for T.J. Lane. During the hearing, Lane admitted to the shooting, and said he shot the victims in […]
Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law has been at the center of the Trayvon Martin case because former neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, 28, claims that he acted in self-defense and, under the law, he had every right to meet force with force. SEE ALSO: Will Trayvon Swing Florida’s Vote? The nation watched as Zimmerman […]
EUCLID, OH (WOIO) – A standoff ends peacefully, three hours after it began. And, Euclid Police Officers say two burglary suspects are now in custody. The SWAT team was called to a home on East 193rd around 11 a-m Monday. A neighbor saw two suspicious people around the home and called police. When officers arrived, they were able […]