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Man accused in two Cleveland murders found guilty
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cuyahoga County grand jury found the man accused in two separate Cleveland murders guilty. According to Cleveland police, Malik Blackwell fatally shot Timothy Nash, 61, on Jan. 23, 2023. Nash was found dead on E. 61st Street. And, on April 7, 2023, police said Blackwell...
Cleveland man robbed at gunpoint while pumping gas at Brook Park Shell station
BROOK PARK, Ohio -- A Cleveland man, 32, was robbed at gunpoint at about 3:15 p.m. May 4 while pumping gas at Shell, 13030 Brookpark Road. The victim said a boy approached him and demanded the keys to his 2006 Toyota Corolla. The victim hesitated, then heard a voice behind...
Ohio 3-year-old’s suspected killer claims she’s killed before
CLEVELAND — The suspect accused of killing a 3-year-old boy outside a grocery store in Ohio told police three months ago that she had killed a woman in California, and she said she would kill again, according to court records. However, Bionca Ellis remained free to roam the streets...
Downtown Cleveland shooting suspects indicted for murder by grand jury
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cuyahoga County grand jury has indicted three men for a deadly shooting that killed two people and injured two others in Downtown Cleveland late last month. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutors Office said on May 26, around 3 a.m., 27-year-old Mark Hardy, 23-year-old Kenneth Patterson, along...
Cleveland man killed on city’s East Side
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Cleveland man was killed Tuesday on the city’s East Side. The victim was identified by the office of the Cuyahoga County medical examiner as Antonio Bradford, 37. Bradford was found in the 3600 block of Martin Luther King Drive. Authorities did not say how...
Police officer driving Mayor Bibb broke emergency response policy, says chief
According to a statement by Cleveland Police Chief Annie Todd, the officer driving Mayor Justin Bibb during Thursday's crash activated his lights outside of the emergency response driving policy.
Walmart employees help themselves to cash from customer’s wallet: South Euclid Police Blotter
A woman reported June 3 that she could not find her wallet and believed she last had it when leaving Walmart the previous night. Officers reviewed surveillance video from the store and determined that the woman had left the wallet in her motorized shopping cart. Two employees took it when...
Prosecutors drop case against Cleveland man who spent time in prison for shooting that his brother confessed to committing
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County prosecutors on Thursday dropped all charges against a man whose 2011 attempted murder conviction was overturned after his brother confessed multiple times to the shooting. Octavius Williams will not face a second trial after spending eight years in prison for the shooting. Williams, now 31,...
Cleveland woman agrees to spend life in prison after pleading guilty to murdering her 3-year-old son
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cleveland woman pleaded guilty this week to killing her 3-year-old son last year. Timmeka Eggleton, 31, admitted to charges of murder, felonious assault and child endangering in the death of Curtis Wither. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan will sentence Eggleton on July 22.
Ohio mom pleads guilty to taking son’s life after he was taken from foster parents and returned to her
An Ohio mother has pleaded guilty to killing her 3-year-old son months after a judge took him from his foster parents’ care and returned the minor to her. The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Timmeka Eggleton, is said to have killed her son Curtis in 2023, PEOPLE reported. She ultimately pleaded guilty to murder, felonious assault...
Cleveland convicted killer wanted again, considered armed and dangerous
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -This week’s Cuyahoga’s Most Wanted features a Cleveland man who’s already served time for killing a person and is now wanted on major drug charges. According to Crime Stoppers of Cuyahoga County, in 2005 Dionte Harris shot his victim multiple times which lead to...
Garfield Heights teachers resigning after being injured, tormented by students
GARFIELD HEIGHTS, Ohio (WOIO) - Teachers at Garfield Heights schools say the fights and violence there have gotten so out of control, they’re afraid to show up to work. One teacher says after being constantly tormented ― and even assaulted by students ― she’s leaving the district. She’s not alone.
Court hearing for Cleveland dad accused of killing 27-day-old baby
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland dad accused of killing his 27-day-old baby boy was scheduled to have a hearing Thursday in front of Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Saffold; however, it was continued until June 20. In May, Deondre Hairston pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. He...
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