CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A jury has convicted a rogue Amish group in a series of violent hair-cutting attacks on other members of the Amish community. Nearly 20 men, including Bishop Sam Mullet, were convicted of committing a hate crime and conspiracy. The hate crime conviction carries a minimum prison sentence of 20 years in jail. After a […]
AKRON, Ohio - Jimmy Dimora and a local contractor knew each other for years and were friends long before Dimora’s rise to political power, argued Dimora’s defense team Thursday afternoon in federal court. The contractor, Ferris Kleem, was questioned several times on re-cross examination by defense counsel Andrea Whitaker about the length of the friendship. Kleem implied it was not that long of a time period. Then Dimora’s defense counsel, Andrea Whitaker read part of the plea agreement between Kleem and the FBI.
CLEVELAND – A Cuyahoga County jury found a Cleveland woman guilty of assaulting several people with her car during McDonald’s hiring day. Prosecutor Bill Mason said 23-year-old Stacey Matthews will be sentenced at a later date for six counts of felonious assault. Cleveland police said that on April 19, Matthews and 24-year-old Cedrica Johnson, of […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Jury selection started Monday morning for the women involved in a McDonald’s melee. Stacey Matthews and Cedrica Johnson are indicted on charges of felonious assault and assault. On April 19th, Matthews recruited Johnson to help her confront two teenage girls, both of whom were waiting in line to interview for a […]
LOS ANGELES — UPDATE: 4:18 p.m. — Dr. Conrad Murray, the former personal physician of Michael Jackson, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop’s 2009 death. California jurors delivered their verdict to a stone-faced Murray on Monday after deliberating for ten hours. The jury of seven men and five women concluded […]
STEUBENVILLE, OH (WOIO) – The strange beard-cutting crime in Holmes County heads to a grand jury. All five men appeared in a Holmes County Municipal Court. The men are accused of breaking into homes of Amish families and cutting the victims’ beards and hair. The men – who are all part of the “Bergholz Clan – are […]
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 […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Strangler Anthony Sowell was sentenced to death Friday by Judge Dick Ambrose, upholding the jury’s recommendation. Wednesday, jurors recommended the death penalty for Anthony Sowell, the man responsible for the murders of 11 Northeast Ohio women. The victims’ bodies were found in and around Sowell’s home on Imperial Avenue back in 2009. Sowell […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Jurors have recommended the death penalty for convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell. Sowell showed zero emotion as he learned he would be sent to death row for the mass murder of eleven women. Jurors deliberated a total of seven hours before reaching a decision. Sowell will be officially sentenced Friday at […]