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Mentor man convicted of killing girlfriend’s puppy, going back to jail
MENTOR, Ohio (WOIO) - The Mentor man who pleaded guilty in December 2021 to killing his girlfriend’s dog was back in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday for a probation violation. Judge Michael Shaughnessy sentenced Phil Savelli to 60 days in jail. According to a spokesperson with...
Cleveland mom, dad plead guilty in death of baby boy
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland mom and dad pleaded guilty in connection with the death of their 27-day-old baby boy. Deondre Hairston died at MetroHealth Medical Center on July 4, 2023. Hairston’s mom, Diamond Caldwell, pleaded guilty to endangering children, obstructing justice. She will be sentenced on June 10....
Drunk driver hits ODOT truck: Independence Police Blotter
A driver was arrested for operating a motor vehicle impaired and failure to maintain reasonable control following a crash at 2 a.m. April 3. The driver said she had left a restaurant where she had consumed two shots of alcohol. She said she overcompensated while re-entering the highway after mistakenly...
Thief grabs employee’s keys from Cleveland business, then steals her car
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A man stole an employee’s car from a business on the city’s West side, after grabbing her car keys off the counter. Cleveland police said the theft happened around 1:45 p.m. at a business in the area of W. 128th Street and Lorain Avenue.
Driver indicted in hit-and-run death of man who had collapsed in Cleveland street
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga County grand jury has indicted a Cleveland man on charges that accuse him of failing to stop after he ran over a man who had collapsed in the street. Michael Compton got out of his car and inspected his driver side after hitting and dragging...
Trial for Cleveland man charged with 2 separate homicides begins Monday
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The jury trial in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas for the Cleveland man who faces charges for two separate murders is set to begin Monday. 23-year-old Malik Blackwell is charged with the homicides, both of which occurred within the span of four months. According...
Delinquent: Eric, 15, was bound over for violent crimes, while another 15-year-old facing near-identical charges remained in the juvenile system
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Eric still hears the screams. At 13, he was accustomed to violence, a victim of physical and sexual abuse who’d been removed from his mother’s house several times by the county. But his grandmother’s shrieks that day linger in his brain. Eric’s father...
2 adults, 1 juvenile arrested in stolen SUV after Parma police chase
PARMA, Ohio (WOIO) - A gun and drugs were found inside a stolen Land Rover SUV after a chase with Parma police officers Tuesday morning. Captain Daniel Ciryak said the chase began at 1:38 a.m. from the Sheetz at W. 130th and Snow Road. The driver of the stolen SUV...
Officer Derbin warned other officers after being shot: I-Team
Police video released to the FOX 8 I TEAM shows Euclid Police officers going to a call for a woman in fear, and you hear her chilling words moments before a gunman ambushed and killed officer Jacob Derbin.
32-year-old Cleveland man missing police ask for help locating him
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cleveland Division of Police is asking for the public’s assistance locating 32-year-old Michael Camacho Arroyo. Camacho-Arroyo was reported missing from 3406 W 47th Street on Monday. He was last seen Sunday around Noon after he left for a walk but has not been seen...
Mother’s Day crash kills motorcyclist in Fairview Park
FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio (WOIO) - A crash in Fairview Park claimed the life of a motorcyclist on Mother’s Day, police confirmed. The accident involving the motorcycle and an SUV happened in the intersection of Lorain Road and West 227th Street at 2:44 p.m. on May 12, the Fairview Park Police Department stated.
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