CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A Cleveland Police Officer has been suspended after being charged by North Olmsted Police with a misdemeanor and a felony. Patrol Officer Tashalee Norris, 34, was relieved from duty and suspended without pay “pending the adjudication of the criminal charges.” Police told 19 News that security caught Norris scanning some, but […]

Ethan Couch was involved in a DUI crash that killed four people in 2013.   Ethan Couch, the Texas teenager who avoided jail time after killing four people in a DUI crash due to his defense team’s “affluenza” argument — that stated the rich kid’s parents were to blame for spoiling him — is wanted […]

Nearly a year after Ferguson, Mo. teenager Michael Brown Jr. was fatally shot by former police officerDarren Wilson, the Justice Department is confirming that police response to the traumatized community antagonized crowds, incited fear, and violated free speech. While Brown’s death sparked protests nationwide, demonstrations in Ferguson were often the ones that ended with police releasing tear […]

A Duluth High School senior has been suspended for one year and won’t graduate on time for hugging a teacher last month. Sam McNair, 17, was suspended last week when a school hearing officer found he violated the Gwinnett County Public Schools’ rules on sexual harassment. “Something so innocent can be perceived as something totally […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The man convicted of threatening to kill police officers was a no show at his court-ordered public punishment on Monday morning. In March, Judge Pinkey Carr ordered Richard Dameron to serve jail time and when the time was up, he was to stand outside the 2nd District Police Station with a sign apologizing for […]

(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 […]

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was thrown off the House floor Wednesday after wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in protest of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida. "Racial profiling has to stop," Rush said as he peeled off his suit jacket to reveal a hoodie underneath, at which point he pulled the hood over his head and replaced his glasses with sunglasses. "Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum."

CANTON, Ohio - A Canton police office who was caught on camera making death threats, yelling and screaming at people he pulled over during traffic stops faces a disciplinary hearing Thursday at 1 p.m. at Canton City Hall. Officer Daniel Harless could lose his job at the hearing, according to Canton Police Chief Dean McKimm. An internal affairs investigation concluded that Harless violated three department rules and regulations during three traffic stops where he was caught on camera berating citizens Investigators say Harless violated rules related to deportment, cooperation with the public and treatment of persons in custody.

CLEVELAND – All of the lanes on Intestate 90 westbound at Dead Man’s Curve have been closed following an accident, Cleveland police said. ODOT said it is asking drivers to avoid the area or use caution because of the rollover crash. Cleveland police are on the scene. NewsChannel5’s crew at the location said traffic is […]