CRIME & SAFETY
Euclid 2-year-old shoots himself, dies: Police
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Euclid 2-year-old is dead after shooting himself, according to investigators. Euclid Police Cpt. Mitch Houser says the shooting happened shortly after midnight at a home in the 800 block of E. 236th Street on May 5. Houser says officers on the scene determined the child...
Twin babies, firefighters among 6 injured in house fire on Cleveland’s West Side
CLEVELAND, Ohio – Six people, including two firefighters and 11-month-old twins, were injured Monday in a housefire on Cleveland’s West Side, according to fire officials. The blaze started about 9:30 a.m. at a home located in the 3600 block of West 102nd Street. Officials determined the cause of the fire was electrical and accidental, according to Lt. Mike Norman, spokesman for the Cleveland Division of Fire.
Amazon delivery driver shoots, kills person with gun in attempted carjacking, police say
CLEVELAND (Gray News/WOIO) - Authorities in Ohio say an Amazon driver shot and killed an armed carjacker Saturday evening. WOIO reports the shooting happened near West 48th Street and Franklin Boulevard. Cleveland police said the Amazon driver was working in the area just after 4 p.m. when he was approached...
‘Reckless’: Cleveland Police Pursued Carjacking Suspect In High Speed Chase That Fatally Struck Teen Girl Walking to the Library. Now, the City Must Pay Her Family $4.8M.
In a tragic incident involving a 13-year-old girl who was struck and killed during a police chase, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, has agreed to […] ‘Reckless’: Cleveland Police Pursued Carjacking Suspect In High Speed Chase That Fatally Struck Teen Girl Walking to the Library. Now, the City Must Pay Her Family $4.8M.
Drunk woman arrested after assaulting husband, jumping out of car: University Heights police blotter
UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Domestic violence: Meadowbrook Boulevard. At 6:40 p.m. April 28, police responded to a report of an intoxicated woman seen on a tree lawn located between Warrensville Center Road and Meadowbrook Boulevard. Police learned that the woman, 40, of University Heights, had assaulted husband while a passenger...
Ohio to pay $1.1 million to man wrongfully imprisoned 35 years for 1987 Cleveland killing
COLUMBUS, Ohio—A state board on Monday approved a $1.1 million payment to a New York man who wrongfully spent more than 35 years in prison for a 1987 Cleveland murder. Dwayne Brooks, 58, was released from prison last year after a Cuyahoga County judge held that police and prosecutors withheld police reports and witness statements from Brooks’ attorneys supporting their client’s contention that he wasn’t involved with the ambush killing of 35-year-old Clinton Arnold at Luke Easter Park in August 1987.
Family of 13-Year-Old Fatally Struck By A Vehicle Fleeing From Cops Secures Historic $4.8 Million Settlement
In a significant legal triumph, the family of Tamia Chappman has reached a groundbreaking $4.8 million settlement with the city of Cleveland,… The post Family of 13-Year-Old Fatally Struck By A Vehicle Fleeing From Cops Secures Historic $4.8 Million Settlement appeared first on Shine My Crown.
Man charged with fourth OVI after found asleep in vehicle on I-271
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- A caller reported at 3:15 a.m. April 26 that a vehicle was stopped on the side of the Interstate-271 southbound lanes and had possibly struck a barrier in the median. Responding officers found the driver and female passenger both asleep. When the occupants awoke, they both...
Wanted man with firearm arrested by Brook Park police after vehicle chase & crash in Cleveland
BROOK PARK, Ohio – A wanted Cleveland man carrying a handgun was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. April 19 after he failed to stop his car for police on Brookpark Road, crashed his car into another vehicle in Cleveland and ran away. Police on patrol saw the man stop...
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