NEW YORK — Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on capital punishment on Thursday, saying courts need to slow down appeals processes to consider DNA evidence that could potentially prove a defendant is innocent. Clinton’s comments came less than 24 hours after the state of Georgia executed Troy Davis, a man convicted of shooting an […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment charging Anthony O. Calabrese III and Sanford Prudoff with crimes related to the ongoing Cuyahoga County corruption investigation, federal law enforcement officials said. Calabrese, 39, of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was named in 12 counts for crimes including: racketeering; conspiracy to commit mail fraud […]
ATLANTA — Georgia’s pardons board rejected a last-ditch clemency plea from death row inmate Troy Davis on Tuesday despite high-profile support from figures including the pope and a former FBI director for the claim that he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer in 1989. Davis is scheduled to die Wednesday by injection for […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police were called to the Marathon Gas Station on Woodland Ave near E. 55th for shots fired just after 3AM on Sunday. Once on scene, police saw a crowd of people and found the victim, who had multiple gunshot wounds. EMS transported the victim, identified as James Gray, to MetroHealth […]
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OH (WOIO) – – Willoughby Hills Police now say the death of 23-year-old Elizabeth Tatum is suspicious and her husband Jermaine is a suspect. Police also say Jermaine is considered armed and dangerous. Jermaine and the couples 18-month-old son have not been seen since Monday. Elizabeth was found dead in their Willoughby Towers […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A campus controversy at the University of Akron after a school official sent an e-mail to students, but it only went to some of them. The e-mail was sent out after a rash of crime around the University. The official claimed he wanted to keep students safe, but all it did was […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – So many people taking advantage of the great weather here, but are thugs using the weather to their advantage? Detectives in Akron are investigating seven robberies that occurred Monday night. The robbery spree started around 10:30 and ended around 12:30 Tuesday morning. In all of the robberies, the victims were out […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A west side woman escaped an arson fire thanks to some quick thinking neighbors and a pet. The fire started around 2:00 AM at a home on W. 41st and Hyde. Neighbors heard Judy Schmidt’s dog barking, saw her home in flames and pounded on the door to wake her up. Thanks to those […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – – A 19-year-old remains in fair condition at MetroHealth Medical Center after being shot in the chest by Cleveland Police. The officer-involved shooting happened around 9:30PM Wednesday at 12021 Imperial Avenue. Police responded to the infamous street for a large fight involving weapons. When officers arrived, they saw a big crowd. […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A website is trying to make a quick buck off convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell. Serialkillersink.net is pushing little bags of soil from Sowell’s Imperial Avenue home in Cleveland. The cost is $25 bucks per bag. The man who runs the site says he obtained the dirt from a recent trip to […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police and EMS were called to Glenville Plaza on St. Clair Monday afternoon after a man walked into a store there saying he’d been shot. Witnesses tell 19 Action News they don’t know why the man had been shot, they say he was covered in blood and pleading with them to […]
A 2-year-old boy was beaten to death for wetting his pants and his mother’s boyfriend has been charged with his murder in Georgia. Cops in Georgia arrived at the mom’s home where they found the toddler unconscious and struggling to breathe. His mom was at work and the child was in the care of his […]