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Shaker Heights, OH

SHAKER HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Shaker Heights City Council has recently agreed to add another flock safety camera in the city. These cameras read license plates and send data to a national crime information center. Shaker Heights police call them “invaluable” since they went up last year. “We...

Shaker Heights expand safety cameras to spot and stop crime

Cleveland, OH

BRATENAHL, Ohio (WOIO) - A Bratenahl police chase of a stolen vehicle ended in Cleveland early Tuesday morning. Police say a stolen 2021 Ram truck passed a police car on I-90 around 3:30 a.m.. The truck was traveling well over 100 miles per hour at the time, officials say. Officers...

Bratenahl police chase ends in Cleveland after truck crashes into porch

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Three people were arrested after a shooting Monday night. Police say they found a 16-year-old boy with an apparent gunshot wound when they responded to a call in the 800 block of Brown Street around 7:15 p.m.. Officers responded to the Royal Queens Party Center where...

Teen boy shot in Akron at reported gambling house

Parma, OH

PARMA, Ohio (WOIO) - The FBI Violent Crime Task Force is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a man who allegedly robbed a Parma credit union Tuesday. According to the FBI Violent Crime Task Force, at approximately 12:45 p.m., a man robbed the Credit Union of Ohio located at 5341 Pearl Road and then fled the area on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Credit union in Parma robbed

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland teenager who confessed to carjacking several young women in Little Italy at gunpoint and even shooting one woman was sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Cassandra Collier-Williams Wednesday to 21 years in prison. Derrelle Travis, 15, was tried as an adult...

Sentencing for Cleveland 15-year-old who pleaded guilty to a string of violent crimes

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An 8-year-old boy is recovering after being hit by a car outside his home in Akron. The child’s mother shared the family’s security camera footage with 19 News, showing the moment her son was hit while trying to cross Battles Avenue on May 27.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: 8-year-old boy recovering after being hit by car outside Akron home

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A 17-tear-old boy and an 18-year-old boy were injured after shots were fired during a large party in Akron Sunday evening. Akron police said the 17-year-old was shot and the 18-year-old was run over by a car. According to officers, the party was being held...

2 teens hurt when shots were fired at an Akron party

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two men are wanted for vandalizing a Dollar General store last month. Cleveland police said the crime happened at the store located in the 9200 block of Madison Ave. on May 23 around 11:30 a.m. This is in the city’s Cudell neighborhood. Police said the...

2 men vandalize Dollar General on Cleveland’s West Side

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The driver wanted for causing a fatal hit and run accident on Sunday evening is now in custody. The accident happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of St. Clair Ave. Police said the 64-year-old victim was walking south across the street, not in a...

Driver arrested for deadly hit and run accident in Cleveland

Rocky River, OH

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WOIO) - A Rocky River principal was placed on administrative leave after the school system says it was approached by Rocky River police. An email sent to district parents from Superintendent Michael Shoaf Tuesday explained the school’s understanding of the situation. The email says Kensington Intermediate...

Rocky River principal placed on leave, involved in police investigation

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Northeast Ohio firefighter is recovering at Metro Health Rehabilitation Institute after police say he was hit by drunk driver on May 12 in Oakwood Village. Everyday, Ghadi Cole, 44, has speech, physical and occupational therapy. “Therapy is grueling, it’s hard, it’s hard to watch,” said...

‘He wants to go home’: Northeast Ohio firefighter badly hurt in crash works to recover

Canton, OH

STARK COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Canton woman is under arrest for allegedly starting a fire in the basement of the Canton YWCA. Firefighters were called out to the building in the 200 block of 6th St. NE around 12:20 p.m. on Monday. Crews were able to quickly extinguish the...

Canton woman arrested for arson at the YWCA

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Support has begun to pour in from the community for gun violence victim, Alaya Brown. Brown was 2-years-old when someone shot her in the head during a drive-by shooting outside her grandma’s house in Cleveland’s Union-Miles neighborhood. The shooting left Brown paralyzed. The now...

Community rallies behind 9-year-old Cleveland gun violence victim after theft of $5K wheelchair

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A 37-year-old man pleaded guilty to stabbing a Bedford father and son to death in August 2022. Roger Herring pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated murder. He will be sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Timothy McCormick on June 26. Bedford police...

Man pleads guilty to killing a Bedford dad, son

Medina, OH

MEDINA, Ohio (WOIO) - First responders saved a family’s dog who stuck in the house as flames destroyed a garage and the two cars that were inside, Medina Fire confirmed. MFD said it got the call for the house fire on Ledgewood Drive at 9:52 p.m. on July 2.

Dog saved while fire engulfs Medina garage

SUMMIT COUNT, Ohio (WOIO) - The city of Akron is currently accepting applications for new police officers. According to city officials, their next exam is scheduled for this fall and applications will be accepted through Sept. 8, 2023. “Serving the residents of this city as a police officer is among...

Akron offering $2K sign on bonuses for new police officers

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland police said a 30-year-old man was killed in a shooting Monday and a 33-year-old man is in custody. Officers said the victim was found in the 3800 block of W. 38th St. just before 8 p.m. This is in the city’s Brooklyn Centre neighborhood.

30-year-old man dies in shooting on Cleveland’s West Side

Barberton, OH

BARBERTON, Ohio (WOIO) - In the early morning of June 1, Barberton firefighters responded to a call from a mother-to be just after her water broke. When EMS arrived on the scene on Robinson Avenue, mother, Mariah Foster, was already crowning, according to Barberton Fire Department. Capt. Duane Milford, one...

Barberton Fire Department delivers baby boy

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland fire officials confirmed they are investigating a potential arson attack at an old Cleveland high school. The fire occurred at around 5 p.m. at the old John F. Kennedy High School, located at 17100 Harvard Ave. Officials confirmed nobody was injured in the fire. Lt....

Cleveland Fire: Arson investigation underway at old CMSD high school

Trumbull County, OH

Champion Township, OH

CHAMPION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - A pickup truck crashed into a house, wedging its way between the deck and the roof of the front porch, the Champion Township Fire Department confirmed. The crash happened in the 3000 block of North Park Ext. around 11 a.m. on June 2, according to...

Truck crashes into front porch of Trumbull County house

CHAMPION TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - The driver walked away unscathed after crashing their car into a neighborhood pond, the Champion Township Fire Department confirmed. The accident happened in the 6300 block of Oakhill Drive around 3 p.m. on June 4, CTFD stated. CTFD confirmed paramedics assessed the driver on scene,...

Car dives into Trumbull County neighborhood pond

Richmond Heights, OH

RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - An elderly man has been forced to walk up and down flights of stairs just to get to his doctors appointments. The elevators at his luxury apartment building haven’t worked since Friday. “I don’t want to see nothing happen to them,” said Daughter Nakia...

Broken elevators force Richmond Heights handicapped man up 5 flights of stairs to get to doctor

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office is urging people to stop using illicit drugs or create a harm reduction plan if the person is unable to stop. There were five suspected drug overdose deaths within a 12 hours on June 1. “It’s so unfortunate that...

Cleveland man loses 2nd sibling to drug overdose

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A resident at Rainbow Terrace apartments in Cleveland’s Garden Valley neighborhood said her apartment is infested with mice and mold. Keisha McClure said the conditions are unbearable as she and her children live there. “Mice feces all back here,” McClure said. McClure claimed the...

Cleveland woman claims apartment is infested with mice, mold

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Akron police arrest 3 teens after finding Mercedes stolen during carjacking

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron police said officers arrested three teens early Friday after spotting them inside a vehicle that was stolen during a carjacking. Officers...

Akron police arrest 3 teens after finding Mercedes stolen during carjacking

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