CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson delivered a progress report Wednesday on how the city is working to comply with mandates from the Department of Justice. The progress report is part of the settlement between the city and the DOJ that requires the city to file a progress report twice a year on the areas that they have addressed when it […]
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland police officers were out in force Thanksgiving morning. But no arrests were made — just a few deliveries. More than a dozen officers from the second district went house to house bringing holiday meals to shut-ins and others in their community. Turkey and all the fixings were delivered to more than 50 […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland is experiencing a record number of homicides. The City recorded 83 killings up until Sept. 7, then 17 more homicides in the past month. The number of murders hit 100 today versus a 102 total criminal homicides for all of 2014. The latest victim, a 30-year-old Brian Holmes, was killed at 10625 Woodland Avenue Unit B. Officers were […]
CLEVELAND – Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams said in a press conference Friday that he knows what we need to do as a community to stop the violence in the city. He wants people to do something. “I want people to do something,” Williams said fighting back tears. “And if people step out and do […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A baby shot and killed Thursday has been identified. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner confirms the 5-month-old is Aavielle Wakefield. She was shot and killed on Cleveland’s east side, near East 143rd Street and Kinsman Thursday. Cleveland police say the 5-month-old, the little girl’s mother and two other people were in a car when someone fired […]
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio — A Cleveland police officer acquitted of charges in a deadly 2012 police chase and his twin brother were due in Rocky River Municipal Court Thursday morning. Earlier in June, Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo and his twin brother, Mark J. Brelo, entered a not guilty plea to assault charges through their attorneys. Mark Brelo appeared […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Selection Panel for the Community Police Commission appointed by Mayor Frank G. Jackson announced the members of the Community Police CommissionTuesday afternoon. In addition to panel members, Mayor Jackson was joined by U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Dettelbach in the rotunda of Cleveland City Hall. To see all twelve of the members […]
CLEVELAND – Thirteen Cleveland police officers who fired a total of 137 shots during a high-speed car chase ending in the deaths of two unarmed black people could lose their jobs. The City of Cleveland announced Thursday that Michael McGrath, the Director of Public Safety, found cause to bring about administrative charges against each of the […]
CLEVELAND – A judge has granted Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty‘s request to dismiss an indictment in Common Pleas Court against five Cleveland Police supervisors in connection with a 2012 chase that ended in two civilian deaths. The East Cleveland prosecuting attorney filed charges against the officers in June, which the officers appealed on the grounds that […]
CLEVELAND- Activists calling for charges against the two Cleveland police officer involved in the death of Tamir Rice delivered a petition to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office on Thursday. The demonstrators marched from the Free Stamp at Willard Park to the Cuyahoga County Justice Center. Eight months ago, Cleveland police were called to the Cudell […]
CLEVELAND – An underground explosion has been reported in Cleveland Wednesday afternoon. Cleveland State University Police blocked off Euclid Avenue at East 30th Street, but have since re-opened Euclid Avenue. Scorch marks can be seen around the manhole cover. newsnet5.com’s Homa Bash reports a transformer blew up underground. READ MORE: NewsNet5.com Article and First […]
CLEVELAND – The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio has filed a lawsuit against the city of Cleveland on behalf of four people arrested at a protest after the Brelo verdict . According to the Associated Press, the protesters claim they were trapped in an ally and weren’t given a chance to leave. They also […]