Lawyer Damario Solomon-Simmons thought he’d seen everything until he visited the trial of ex-Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw. For 10 years, Damario Solomon-Simmons has worked as a civil rights lawyer in Tulsa, Okla., most recently filing a federal lawsuit against Tulsa City Transit on charges of wrongful arrest and extortion. His clients were […]
One of the six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray will head to trial Monday morning, The Baltimore Sun reports. William G. Porter, 26, is charged with manslaughter, second-degree assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment. Porter, like the other officers, has pleaded not guilty to the charges. The officer maintains that he […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland police officer who was charged with obstructing justice, tampering with evidence, intimidation of a witness and bribery has been fired from the department. John Hall, a 19-year police veteran, was indicted on the charges in 2013. He was accused of tipping off a grocer that food stamp fraud investigators were about to serve […]
AKRON, Ohio — The man convicted of killing Akron police Officer Justin Winebrenner choked up while apologizing in court Friday. Kenan Ivery, 36, spoke during his sentencing hearing Friday. A jury must still decide if Ivery should face the death penalty or life in prison in the case. His entire statement is as follows: “First off I would […]
CLEVELAND — The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed charges against the five Cleveland police supervisors in the November 2012 deadly police chase. Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Rick Bell, the lead prosecutor in the police chase case, tells WKYC’s Tom Beres late Friday afternoon that “This motion will streamline and clarify the legal process so […]
He is he force behind the annual celebrity studded celebration of faith called ‘MegaFest’. Bishop T.D. Jakes has become a sort of celebrity in his own right. In fact, Time Magazine once wondered if he might be America’s next Billy Graham. Jakes, who leads a 35,000-member non-denominational Potter’s House mega church in Dallas gives a […]
CLEVELAND — A court of appeals has ruled that the trial of five Cleveland police supervisors should not be moved to East Cleveland, said defense attorney Henry Hilow. Lawyers for all five Cleveland police supervisors charged with dereliction of duty fought the move of their trial from Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to East Cleveland […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – In a letter posted on the city of Cleveland’s Facebook page Wednesday, Mayor Frank Jackson says the city has planned and is prepared for any reactions after the verdict of the CPD Officer Michael Brelo is read. Brelo is charged with voluntary manslaughter in the deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Officer Michael Brelo trial isn’t even over yet and the verdict has yet to be handed down but a group of clergy is asking residents to control their emotions in advanced. Cleveland Pastors want the city to remain calm and in order, regardless of the outcome. “We are aware that […]
Mitchelle Blair tortured her four children before killing two of them and storing their bodies in a freezer, according to an amended petition authorized by the state of Michigan to end her parental rights for the surviving children. The woman, whose children were discovered in an apartment freezer two weeks ago, was removed from a pre-trial hearing […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) –The jury has found former Navy SEAL Christopher Heben NOT GUILTY on charges of falsification and obstruction of official business. Prosecutors believed Heben was lying to Bath Police about being shot by three gunmen. Heben claimed he was shot in the stomach by three black men in the parking lot of the […]
CLEVELAND — Cheers and applause broke out in the courtroom Thursday morning when Judge Nancy Margaret Russo ruled three men convicted in a 1995 murder in East Cleveland should get a new trial. “The three defendants’ motion for a new trial is granted,” Judge Russo said, and family member began clapping. Derrick Wheatt, Laurese Glover and Eugene […]