Police seek suspects in slaying of Cleveland man in Maple Heights

AKRON, Ohio — A man threatened a manager with a handgun during the robbery of a Family Dollar store in East Akron, police say. The robbery occurred just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the store located on the corner of Archwood Avenue and South Arlington Street. A worker at the store tells police the suspect was seen stuffing electronic merchandise into his pockets.

Police attempted to pull over a driver at 10:03 a.m. Jan. 3 for driving in rainy conditions without headlights, in violation of Ohio law. The man reportedly fled and threw something out the window during the chase, which was later joined by officers from the Cuyahoga Heights Police Department. The driver fled from the truck on foot after crashing into a light pole and a fence at the Rockport Ready Mix facility in Cleveland. Police questioned a female passenger in the truck and began a search of the area for the driver. The man was later apprehended by Greater Cleveland RTA Transit Police officers and was charged with fleeing, driving under suspension and the headlights violation and was taken to the Independence City Jail.

Traveling road rage, Royalton Road: On Jan. 13, a driver called police regarding a road rage incident that began in Cleveland. The BMW convertible driver said he was being tailgated by a white SUV with a “Blue Lives Matter” sticker on the back while getting onto I-71 in Cleveland.

CLEVELAND, Ohio— A Painesville man is facing federal charges after authorities found more than 60 pounds of cocaine and fentanyl inside a storage locker in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood. Ronald Rendon-Luna is accused of possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl. U.S. District Magistrate Judge Thomas Parker...

Shortly after midnight Jan. 14, a caller reported that he had been assaulted at a business. The alleged suspect had left the scene. Police are reviewing video footage. Charges are pending an investigation. Welfare check: West Street. After a woman passed out at 11:52 p.m. Jan. 18, a family member...

I, and many other citizens of Cleveland, commend Cleveland Police Chief Wayne Drummond for his statement Friday regarding the actions of the former police officers of the Memphis police department recently charged with the second-degree murder of Mr. Tyre Nichols. Chief Drummond’s statement, posted on the Cleveland Police Facebook page,...

An officer at 12:18 a.m. Jan. 15 stopped an SUV on Grace Road near Brookpark Road after watching the vehicle driving on the wrong side of the roadway. The officer had spotted the vehicle turning from Columbia Road onto Brookpark Road and heading eastbound in the westbound lane of travel. A median separates the eastbound and westbound lanes.

Drunken driving, York Road: On Jan. 8, police observed a weaving black Buick Encore driving with its high beams on York Road. The problem was due to construction the road only allowed one-way traffic heading westbound. The Encore was heading eastbound causing other drivers to move between construction barrels to...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Multiple Northeast Ohio police departments, including Cleveland’s, have released statements condemning the actions of five Memphis, Tenn., officers who were shown in a video beating Tyre Nichols during a traffic stop, leading to Nichol’s death. “The video footage of the officer involved incident that...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio – Grand theft vehicle: Wyandotte Avenue. A resident called the police department at 4:14 a.m. on Jan. 18 to report a vehicle missing from his driveway. A resident called the police department at 7:47 a.m. on Jan. 18 to report a missing vehicle. Attempted grand theft: Brockley...

A driver was stopped on Ryan Road near Lafayette Road at 3:17 p.m. Jan. 30 for a marked lanes violation and was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while impaired. A resident called police at 12:34 p.m. Jan. 27 to report that a neighbor had ridden their dirt bike in the caller’s yard.

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CLEVELAND, Ohio — An organization listing a Cleveland address is being accused of running an employment scam where employees went unpaid and were charged hundreds of dollars to use company-owned equipment. Thrive LGBT, a nonprofit created in February of 2022, is being investigated by the Cleveland Better Business Bureau...

On January 21, a man shot himself in the hand and was transported to the hospital. On January 23, a man reported he was held in a car against his will. The man was driven to Brook Park, where he was able to exit the car unharmed. Theft: Bainbridge Road.

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A Euclid man pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out a scheme to steal from elderly residents by telling them that they had won a lottery or a sweepstakes. Javon Spencer, 31, faces between a year and 18 months in federal prison after he admitted to conspiring to commit mail fraud and three counts of mail fraud.

Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m. Days after Dr. Akram Boutros was fired as CEO of the MetroHealth System, he fired back at the public hospital and its board with a lawsuit claiming trustees violated open meetings laws in hiring his replacement.

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- As if snow, rain, heat and gloom of night aren’t enough to contend with. In recent months -- or years, some would point out -- mail carriers have also dealt with making their appointed rounds with depleted ranks in the U.S. Postal Service. As a...

BROOK PARK, Ohio – A 22-year-old man was arrested at about 11:30 a.m. Jan. 16 after he broke into a car parked outside a Crestridge Drive home and stole a backpack containing marijuana products. The victim called police and said a man had broken a window in his car...

CLEVELAND,, Ohio -- Dr. Martin Luther King’s iconic dream was doused again by another nightmare of a young Black man, Tyre Nichols, being beaten to death by out of control police, but this time it was three times worse. All the officers now charged with second degree murder are Black, Tyre was beaten less than 100 yards from his Mother’s home and not far from where Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis.

A man stopped at the Avon Lake Municipal Court on January 20. While at the window, he was detained for an active warrant for his arrest through the Lorain County Sheriff’s Department. Fraud: Long Pointe Drive. On January 21, police were dispatched for a theft complaint. After an investigation,...