CLEVELAND HEIGHTS — The man police believe killed a young mother was issued $1 million bond in court Monday. The U.S Marshal’s fugitive task force arrested Yaphet Bradley around 6:30 Friday. He was held in jail over the weekend. Prosecutors said in court that Bradley killed Miram Johnson and then stuffed her body into a garbage […]
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – A Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services case worker who was involved in Aniya Day-Garrett’s case has received threats to her physical safety and well-being, according to a county spokesperson. The case worker, Tawana James, received at least one threat to her physical safety through Facebook. She has been told […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A protest was held Monday outside Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services. Protesters said the group was standing up for all children who have been murdered while social workers were handling their cases. Some of the people are holding signs for 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett. She was killed on March 11. Around 11:30 […]
EUCLID, OH (WOIO) – The signs of abuse were reported but the system still failed to protect 4-year-old Aniya Day-Garrett. Aniya Day-Garrett, 4, died on March 11, 2018 after her parents called 9-1-1 from their Lake Shore Drive apartment. The child, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, suffered blunt impacts to the head trauma […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Jurors who took six hours to convict a Cleveland man last week of abducting, raping and killing a 14-year-old girl have now decided he should be executed. After another five hours of deliberations, the same jury voted unanimously Friday Christopher Whitaker should receive the death penalty for the murder of Alianna DeFreeze. He […]
New allegations claim Dennis’ last days were riddled with abuse. In the wake of Temptations’ frontman Dennis Edwards death, new abuse allegations have emerged against his wife, St. Louis Dispatch reports. The 74-year-old died February 1st after complications with meningitis, but adult protective services investigators claim he was physically assaulted before his death by his wife, Brenda. Details […]
CLEVELAND– The family of murder victim Robert Godwin Sr. filed a lawsuit against Facebook earlier this month. Police said Steve Stephens, 37, shot and killed Godwin on East 93rd Street in Cleveland on Easter Sunday. Stephens recorded the crime and posted video of it on his Facebook page. In a series of other live videos, […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Police are investigating a deadly shooting after two people were found fatally shot in a car Monday morning on the city’s east side. According to Cleveland police, the incident was reported just after 9 a.m. in front of the building located in the 9700 block of Kennedy Avenue. Police and paramedics […]
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland police officer involved in a fatal shooting outside The Corner Alley Saturday night has been identified, police sources tell the FOX 8 I-Team. Sources say the officer is Sgt. Dean Graziolli, who was off-duty at the time, working security at the bar. Graziolli reportedly shot and killed a suspect outside The Corner […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the wrongful death jury verdict on behalf of the estate of Kenneth Smith against Cleveland Police Officer Roger Jones. Smith, a 20-year-old rising hip hop artist, was unarmed and surrendering when he was shot in the head outside of a stopped vehicle […]
LAS VEGAS (KTNV) – The Clark County Coroner confirmed on December 21 that Las Vegas massacre gunman Stephen Paddock died from a gunshot wound to the head. His death was ruled a suicide. The Coroner also released the cause and manner of death for each of the 58 victims. In each case, the cause was related […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland police received a call from Pakistan from a man named Scott Rodriguez on Monday regarding a report of a missing 5-year-old boy, Jordan Rodriguez. Police responded to the home in question on Monday, located at 1361 West 80th St., and found nothing. Police returned to the home Tuesday and found human remains […]