CLEVELAND – 75 Cleveland patrol officers have been found in violation of departmental rules and regulations for their roles in a deadly November chase. Disciplinary hearings for the officers will begin immediately, according to McGrath. 19 officers face charges that could lead to a suspension of 10 days or more, he said.  Those officers will be […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland police are on the scene after a police chase ends in a multi vehicle accident on the city’s east side. This happened just before 9:00 a.m. Monday at East 79th and Kinsman Avenue. Officers were chasing a stolen truck when it crashed at the intersection. Officers tell 19 Action News […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The City of Cleveland held their Gun Buy-Back Saturday at Public Safety Central located at 2001 Payne Avenue. “No questions asked.  We just want to get the guns off the street” said Sgt. Sammy Morris of the Cleveland Police Department. Officers packed several crates full of guns just within the first […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Police officers were punished for a deadly police chase in Cleveland earlier this week.  One supervisor was fired, two more demoted and 9 facing suspension. Mayor Frank Jackson reacted to the punishment Friday. “You have two people who were shot 20-something times a piece and it’s as if it never happened,” […]

Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath said one supervisor has been fired and two have been demoted as a result of disciplinary hearings in the aftermath of the deadly Cleveland police chase. Sergeant Michael Donegan was terminated Tuesday because he, as a sector supervisor, took himself out of the pursuit, parked his car and failed to […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – With the Cleveland marathon about a month away organizers are now taking another look at security. The explosions in Boston are already affecting plans for the May marathon. The Cleveland Marathon draws tens of thousands of people from all over the world. So what if it draws people with bad intentions? Cleveland police are […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – 19 Action News has learned Cleveland police have quietly made changes to their use of force policy, but the chief’s office says this is not related to last fall’s police chase. In November, dozens of police cars chased a driver and his passenger and fired 137 shots–killing them both. The chief’s […]

http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/oh_cuyahoga/airport-employee-parking-lot-shooting-under-investigation CLEVELAND – Police responded to the Riveredge Parking Lot, a remote employee parking lot of the Cleveland Hopkins Airport, at around 11:28 Sunday morning after several shots were heard coming from within the lot. Sergeant Sammy Morris of the Cleveland Police Department confirmed they are investigating a murder/suicide that involves a husband and wife, […]

http://www.newsnet5.com/subindex/weather/school_closings CLEVELAND – Two suspects are dead after a high-speed chase through Cleveland ended with gunfire Thursday night. The chase started at about 10:30 p.m. in downtown on St. Clair Avenue. It ended in the back parking lot of Heritage Middle School on Terrace Avenue in East Cleveland. According to police, the suspects fired shots […]

  http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/cleveland_metro/triple-shooting-on-clevelands-east-side-on-fullerton-avenue-and-spafford-place CLEVELAND – Cleveland police are investigating a triple shooting that happened around 4:50 p.m. Sunday on Fullerton Avenue and Spafford Road. When officers arrived, they found two men and one woman with gunshot wounds. EMS took all three to a local hospital. A preliminary investigation by Cleveland police reveals two men in a […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Good news for taking back your streets. We’ve learned the City of Cleveland is getting grant money to bring 25 laid-off officers back to work. The police union president Steve Loomis tells us it will allow the city to pay those officers for three more years. We expect to hear more […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Still no arrests in the murder of a 27-year-old man on Cleveland’s east side. The fatal shooting happened around 6PM Tuesday in the 3800 block of East 144th. Police tell 19 Action News Dwane C. Parker was in a car on East 144th when he jumped out and fired several shots into a […]