CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - A bar fight in downtown Cleveland turned deadly Sunday morning. According to Cleveland Police, a fight broke out at Tavo Martini Loft located on Rockwell Avenue and E. 9th Street around 2:20 a.m. for a male shot. Officers arrived on scene and were directed to a man in a restroom with a gunshot wound to his stomach.
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The Cleveland Division of Police Homicide Unit is investigating the dragging death of 16-year-old Rosaura L. Oquendo. It happened Sunday night at 10:30PM on West 81st Street. First District zone cars responded for a female dragged by a vehicle. Once on scene, officers located the unresponsive victim. EMS was notified, responded to the scene and conveyed the victim to MetroHealth Medical Center where she expired from her injuries.
GENEVA, Ohio - A Geneva woman is dead following a murder-suicide Sunday night in Ashtabula County. At about 11 p.m. Sunday, Jason David Dubois, 40, went to his ex-girlfriend’s mobile home and hid underneath of it until she arrived, according to Ashtabula County Sheriff William Johnson.
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio – The 17-year-old boy police were looking to question in the shooting death of another teenager in East Cleveland last week has been taken into custody. Police located Dewon Lee in Maple Heights Friday. Officers said he was hiding out with friends, all of whom are younger than 18 years old. Investigators […]
47 year old Jerome Isaac was arrested on murder and arson charges in the death of 73-year-old Deloris Gillespie. Cops say Isaac walked into a police precinct overnight and told authorities he had started a fire. Doris Gillespie burned to death in the elevator Saturday, police said. Isaac was waiting for her when the elevator […]
NOBLE COUNTY, OH (WOIO) - The 16-year-old Summit County teen accused in the Craigslist murder plot was in court Thursday morning. The judge ruled Brogan Rafferty will be tried as an adult. Juvenile Court could of only held Rafferty until he turned 21 if the case was heard there, and he was judged delinquent by reason of aggravated murder. Rafferty and 52-year-old Richard Beasley are accused of luring men to a farm in Noble County through a Craigslist ad that promised work.
More than two years after Cleveland authorities discovered a real House of Horrors, the home of Anthony Sowell will be torn down Tuesday. Demolition of the home at 12205 Imperial Ave. will begin at 7 a.m. The remains of 11 women were found in 2009. A spokeswoman for the city of Cleveland said that the […]
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH (WOIO) – Cleveland Heights Police still looking for the person who shot and killed a 16-year-old boy over the weekend. The fatal shooting happened Saturday night around 11:45PM at Lee Road and Superior. Officers were called to the area for shots fired. When they arrived, they found 16-year-old Artwon Oliver shot in […]
AKRON, Ohio – A multi-agency investigation is under way after a body was found in Akron Friday morning, and the FBI said it may be linked to the craigslist job ad case. The Cleveland office of the FBI said investigators are awaiting the identification of the person found by the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office. […]
AKRON, Ohio – The man who was driving under the influence during an Akron crash that killed two women pleaded guilty to charges on Tuesday. James Woodruff, 28, agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced to nine years in prison by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Mary Margaret Rowlands. Police said speed and alcohol […]
CANTON, OH (WOIO) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking information regarding the disappearance of Timothy Kern, who is from the Canton-area. Kern was last seen early on the morning of Sunday, November 13th in the Plain Township area of Stark County. Kern advised family members he was meeting with a prospective employer that […]
STOW, OH (WOIO) – A 16-year-old high school student arrested in connection with a Craigslist killing has been charged with one count of attempted murder and one count of complicity to attempted murder. Brogan Rafferty is a student at Stow-Munroe Falls High School, and remains in police custody. A 52-year-old man is also in police […]