CLEVELAND – New attorneys for convicted killer Anthony Sowell filed a 242-page appeal , blaming his previous counsel for the death sentence. Sowell, who in 2011 was convicted of killing 11 women and leaving their bodies around his Imperial Avenue home on Cleveland’s east side, was sentenced to death. During the mitigation phase of the […]
(CNN) — Singer Chris Brown tested positive for marijuana use and will have a probation violation hearing on Novermber 1, a judge ordered Monday. Brown is on five years probation for a 2009 assault on his then-girlfriend, singer Rihanna. The positive test occurred in Virginia, Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg indicated during Monday’s hearing. She […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – Sentencing for Jimmy Dimora is now underway inside an Akron Federal Courtroom. Dimora is wearing an orange jumpsuit in Judge Sara Lioi’s courtroom. He was brought into the courthouse in a wheelchair, but entered the courtroom using a walker. Dimora agreed to final forfeiture order, and it has been signed by Judge […]
Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law has been at the center of the Trayvon Martin case because former neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, 28, claims that he acted in self-defense and, under the law, he had every right to meet force with force. SEE ALSO: Will Trayvon Swing Florida’s Vote? The nation watched as Zimmerman […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The mom who threw her dead 5-year-old’s body in a trash can received three years in prison Thursday for tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. India Parker showed no emotions in court during her sentencing. The child’s grandparents and the prosecution wanted a max sentence, which she received, but […]
AKRON, Ohio – Craigslist murder suspect Richard Beasley may not have to head south to face charges in the murders of three people and the attempted murder of a fourth person. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh announced Monday that her office will prosecute Beasley in the case. Beasley remains in a Summit County jail […]
SEVEN HILLS, OH (WOIO) – – The Seven Hills man accused of killing and burying a homeless man in his backyard pleaded guilty to murder Wednesday. In addition to his plea, Frank Dienes agreed to a sentence of life in prison. He will be eligible for parole in 16 years. Dienes was charged with aggravated murder, tampering […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Court records show attorneys for serial killer Anthony Sowell are already asking for a new trial. The paperwork was filed the same day Sowell was formerly sentenced to death for the mass murder of eleven women. His attorneys base this compliant largely on a news conference that jurors held after they recommended the […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Serial killer Anthony Sowell took the stand in the death penalty phase of his mass murder trial, and apologized for his actions.