CLEVELAND – Mayor Frank Jackson expects the use of deadly force and high-speed chase investigation to take months, while noting if protocol was followed he will fully support officers. But if they violated the rules, there will be consequences. The investigation into if the shooting was justified is being handled by East Cleveland police, because […]
CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Sheriff Bob Reid and East Cleveland Police Chief Ralph Spotts held a brief news conference Monday afternoon on the high-speed chase turned deadly shooting on Thursday. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation will be lead on the investigation, Reid said. East Cleveland police and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s […]
PARMA, Ohio – Fire investigators have ruled the cause of the blaze at the landmark Parma Theater as arson. The theater, which opened in 1936 on Ridge Road, caught on fire around 5 p.m. Friday. Within the hour, firefighters had the blaze out and contained it to the lobby. [PHOTO GALLERY: Parma Theater fire 5.wews.com/fmpOn] […]
MACEDONIA, Ohio – Several police departments in Summit County and the region are searching for a team of thieves who are apparently disabling alarm systems and stealing from Best Buy stores. The two men and one woman have been captured on surveillance cameras at multiple Best Buy stores in Macedonia and Copley. Police said the […]
OLMSTED TOWNSHIP, Ohio – Police are investigating the theft of five church bells from St. Innocent Orthodox Church. Father Bulter says the bells were stolen between 12:30 p.m and 7 p.m. Sunday from the church located at 8526 Usher Road. According to Fr. Butler, someone stole the bells, which were embedded in a wooded frame […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Police are investigating the deaths of three people found shot in the head. It happened near East 183rd and St. Clair at an auto shop. The owner of Imperial Auto Sales opened the shop around 10 a.m. and discovered the bodies. The victims are two women and one man. 19 […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (RNN) – Pennsylvania State University senior leaders were more concerned with saving the university’s reputation than with protecting Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual abuse victims, according to a report released Thursday. Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted of 45 counts of child sex abuse on June 22. The team, […]
WASHINGTON — It’s a provocative question: Did Kellie Williams, who played Steve Urkel’s girlfriend Laura Winslow on the TV sit-com “Family Matters” in the late 1980s and ’90s, give a $25,000 kickback in the scheme that sent former D.C. Council Chairman Harry Thomas Jr. to federal prison? That’s what Washington City Paper‘s Loose Lips thinks […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Another twist in the battle over Internet gambling. Last week, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason filed indictments and ordered Internet gambling businesses to close after a statewide investigation. Ten people have been charged in the case. On Monday, some business owners filed a motion with Cuyahoga County court trying to get a […]
WARREN, OH (WOIO) – The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), along with the Warren Police Department, served eight search warrants Wednesday in Trumbull County involving suspected criminal activity. The Warren Police Department asked for BCI’s help investigating numerous massage parlors in the city. “This is a multifaceted investigation, which involves allegations of illegal […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A Summit County Sheriff’s Deputy has been fired amid an internal investigation. Deputy Dominic Martucci was busted for making inmates dance the robot and the worm to music from R&B singer Usher in exchange for privileges such as microwave use. The internal investigation was launched on April 10th. Martucci’s actions were […]
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) - New court documents just filed in the Cuyahoga County corruption scandal. In the motion, prosecutors respond to Jimmy Dimora's lawyers request to have him released from jail pending appeal. In their reasons for keeping him locked up, there are hints of other crimes. The filing refers to a sealed government claim that Dimora tried to fix 8 more court cases. And that his wife, Lori, took phone messages from people wanting Dimora's help in getting cases fixed.