Wanted Parma man arrested after leading Brook Park, Cleveland police on foot chase

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Garfield Heights man has been arrested involving a slaying on the city’s West Side on Wednesday, police said. Mycah L. Smith, 23, was charged with aggravated murder in Cleveland Municipal Court. His bond was set at $1 million. Smith is accused of fatally shooting Anthony Castrero, 44, of Cleveland in the thigh on Wednesday, police said.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Authorities say they believe two men fatally shot each other after an argument Friday in the city’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood. Clinton Davis, 65, and Shauntee McCoy, 43, both of Cleveland, shot each other in the chest about 5:45 p.m., according to police and the office of the Cuyahoga County medical examiner.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – No arrests have been made involving a slaying Thursday on the city’s East Side. Javon Davis, 29, of Cleveland was shot to death about 6:20 p.m., according to police and the office of the Cuyahoga County medical examiner. Davis suffered from multiple gunshots to the head and body.

A warrant for criminal damaging was issued against a 22-year-old Beachwood woman Jan. 31 after she knocked over a statue when leaving the home of her child’s father. The head of the statue broke off from the body as a result. The incident was captured on home surveillance video.

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- More than a week after a drunken Cleveland woman crashed her 2017 Chrysler Pacifica into a Ridge Road building in Brooklyn, a business owner is picking up the pieces in hopes of rebuilding. The business, which was damaged Jan. 27, is Ortiz Art Drafts & Design LLC.

Police were called to a trailer park at 6:02 p.m. regarding two evicted former residents seen on the property. The couple was told they had 10 days to remove their belongings from the trailer or they would face trespassing charges. Drugs: Marks Road. A Valley City woman was cited for...

Police stopped a driver Jan. 17 for having license plates on his car that belonged to a different vehicle. The 60-year-old Grafton man was arrested on an outstanding warrant, and suspected cocaine was seized. Failure to comply: Interstate 90. A driver led police on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds of...

AKRON, Ohio — A woman reportedly being followed by a man who was threatening to shoot her found safety inside a small tobacco shop in the North Hill neighborhood when workers locked the doors to prevent the man from getting inside. According to police, officers were called to Bill’s...

Police responded to a traffic crash involving a car and a train at 8 p.m. Feb. 2. A driver was cited for driving across a railroad crossing while warning lights were engaged. There were no injuries reported in the crash. Several railroad crossings in the city were closed while the...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — An estimated 88 pounds of suspected fentanyl and other drugs have been seized by a Cleveland FBI task force, enough to kill 20 million people, according to authorities. “The sheer volume of drugs recovered during this seizure is astounding,” FBI Cleveland special agent-in-charge Gregory Nelsen said...

On Jan. 29, officers responded to an accident blocking the road. A woman attempted to drive on the curb to get around an officer’s cruiser and nearly hit it. She stopped and was arrested on a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence. OVI: U.S. 20. During...

AKRON, Ohio — A Summit County jury on Monday convicted a man of fatally shooting a 15-year-old boy who was killed while trying to protect his pregnant sister, authorities say. D’Lawrence Scott, 20, was found guilty of two counts of murder, improper discharging a firearm at a habitation, and...

A woman reported at 10 p.m. Feb. 4 that an unknown man was ringing her doorbell. Responding officers discovered that the man was seeking help after his vehicle ran out of gas. They assisted him as needed. Harassing communication: Woodstock Road. A resident reported Jan. 29 that her sister, of...

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio – OVI: Lorain Road. An officer at 10:56 p.m. on Jan. 20 spotted a westbound pickup truck with a dim rear license plate light strike the curb and then veer to the left and cross lane markings while westbound on Lorain Road near Barton Road. The...

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A Home Depot employee called police Jan. 5 to report that a man who had rented a $19,916 excavator and trailer from the store and was to return it Dec. 12 had not done so. There was no further information at the time of the report. Drugs: Pearl Road. A...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Attempted grand theft: Plover Street. An officer at 12:24 a.m. on Jan. 22 pulled up on an attempted grand theft of a motor vehicle in progress on Plover Street, according to a police event report. The officer spotted a man dressed entirely in black and wearing a ski mask. The vehicle carrying the suspects took off once they spotted the officer. The officer gave chase, and the suspects drove eastbound on Madison Avenue. The officer broke off the pursuit as the suspects neared W. 117th Street. The vehicles’ speeds exceeded 50 mph in moderate traffic, according to the police event report. The suspects’ vehicle had been reported as stolen out of Cleveland. It was last seen headed southbound on W. 117th Street.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Criminal charges filed in the last week against two 14-year-old Cleveland boys underscore the scourge of thefts targeting certain Kia and Hyundai cars that social media unlocked last summer. One boy is charged with receiving stolen property after prosecutors accused him of possessing more than two...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Two people were shot dead Friday night in the city’s Old Brooklyn neighborhood, police said. The shooting happened on Crestline Avenue near West 16th Street, Cleveland police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said.

WESTLAKE, Ohio – Drug trafficking: I-90 Officers at 1 p.m. on Jan. 24 stopped a vehicle on I-90 eastbound at the Rocky River line for equipment and license violations and discovered drugs and weapons inside. The officers noted signs of drug use in the vehicle, and the driver admitted...