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A Cuyahoga County jury found Bionca Ellis guilty of murdering 3-year-old Julian Wood, rejecting her insanity defense. She faces life in prison at sentencing Oct. 27.

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‘Never seen anything like it’: 9 and 10-year-old charged with attempted murder, rape Cuyahoga County prosecutors on Wednesday charged two children – ages 9 and 10 – with attempted murder and rape in the brutal attack of an autistic girl last month.

Cuyahoga County prosecutors on Wednesday charged a girl, 10, and a boy, 9, with attempted murder and rape in the brutal attack of an autistic girl last month.

Gregory Moore posts $2 million bond in Aliza Sherman murder case Gregory Moore, accused of killing his client in 2013 to delay her divorce trial, posted a $2 million bond Thursday.

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Murder or manslaughter? Ohio Supreme Court to decide in Cleveland firefighter death The case hinges on whether Leander Bissell acted "knowingly" versus "recklessly" when he sped through an accident scene.

The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if Leander Bissell's actions constitute murder after appellate judges reduced his conviction to involuntary manslaughter in the 2022 death of Johnny Tetrick.

Cleveland brothers claim self-defense in fatal shooting of 10-year-old girl Prosecutors argued Juwone Deaver and Jemerious Davis overreacted to a perceived threat when they fired at friends arriving at their Fourth of July party last year. Defense attorneys argued the brothers feared a drive-by shooting.

Cuyahoga County prosecutors said the men wildly overreacted to a threat that didn’t exist and sprayed bullets at their own friends who were arriving to their Fourth of July family gathering last year.

East Cleveland mayor, former Council member convicted in corruption trial Brandon King was found guilty of steering $75,000 to family businesses, while former Councilman Ernest Smith was convicted of misusing a city vehicle and gas card. Both men are barred from office for seven years.

A Cuyahoga County jury Thursday found East Cleveland’s suspended mayor and a former member of Council guilty of public corruption charges.

Divorce attorney charged with murder in 2013 stabbing of Aliza Sherman The indictment alleges Gregory Moore had previously called in bomb threats to delay court proceedings before devising a plan to kidnap and kill Aliza Sherman.

According to the indictment, Moore had a history of calling in bomb threats to courthouses where he was scheduled to be in trial in order to delay proceedings.

Law firm attacks ‘unconstitutional prosecution’ of Cleveland activist Antoine Tolbert's defense team plans to sue over what it calls an "egregiously unconstitutional prosecution" as tensions escalate in a case involving neighborhood patrols.

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Cuyahoga Community College ex-officer pleads to grand theft, gets diversion deal Alliston Moreland pleaded guilty to grand theft but can avoid conviction by completing a diversion program and paying full restitution to Cuyahoga Community College.

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East Cleveland officer charged with lying about pursuit, covering for drunken dispatcher Officer James Covell faces felony charges of falsifying reports and tampering with evidence in two separate incidents involving a car chase and a drunk driving crash.

Officer James Covell faces felony charges involving the falsifying of reports and the tampering of evidence in two separate incidents involving a car chase and a drunken driving crash.

News outlets -- including Cleveland’s Plain Dealer -- are suing AI company Cohere over copyright Cohere accused of widespread copyright infringement for using scraped articles to train AI models without permission or compensation.

Attorneys for the media outlets included in court filings a sample of 4,000 news articles that they allege Cohere used without permission. More than 200 clevelanddotcom and The Plain Dealer articles are cited.

Woman accused in North Olmsted child stabbing death ruled competent, trial date set Court finds Ellis mentally fit following psychiatric care, schedules trial for July 14.

Bionca Ellis, the woman accused of fatally stabbing a 3-year-old boy in North Olmsted in June, is now competent to stand trial following inpatient treatment at a psychiatric clinic.

Two men convicted in 2023 murder of 3-year-old

While the men won’t be eligible for life without parole, they each face life sentences, with the possibility for some of the charges to run consecutively at the discretion of the court, the assistant prosecuting attorney said.

Max sentence for Cleveland man who killed girlfriend, pried her teeth out and put her body in school dumpster Cleveland man gets max prison sentence after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, other crimes in the death of his live-in girlfriend.

A Cleveland man who said he tried to pry his live-in girlfriend’s teeth out after he killed her and used Pine-Sol to hide the odor of her body was sentenced to the maximum term in prison Wednesday.

Story of the year: A year of fallout from police shooting As the year draws to a close, the city of Decatur waits for the results of an independent review of its police department, a murder trial, and a path toward

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Lawmaker concerned about civil asset forfeiture as police, DA seek property tied to arrests Nov. 26—The Morgan County District Attorney's Office last week filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property from five defendants charged with drug offenses, while a state lawmaker who helped ref...

The Morgan County District Attorney's Office last week filed condemnation proceedings to acquire property from five defendants charged with drug offenses, while a state lawmaker who helped reform civil asset forfeiture said he still has concerns about the practice.

Five defendants charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly blocking the U.S. 31 bridge last year in protest of the Decatur police shooting of Steve Perkins have been summoned back to city court following their still verdict-less bench trials in early November.

Lawrence sheriff: Copper thieves arrested after failed escape on river Three Lauderdale County men were arrested Thursday after they unsuccessfully attempted to cross the Tennessee River with stolen copper, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office.

Three Lauderdale County men were arrested Thursday after they unsuccessfully attempted to cross the Tennessee River with stolen copper, according to the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office

Morgan County Sheriff training in Somerville, AL.

Man wounded at 2020 Huntsville protests shares his story Those protests occurred as Americans across the country called for reform to address police brutality.

Those protests occurred as Americans across the country called for reform to address police brutality.

No better encapsulation of the effectiveness of political messaging than conservative voters being outraged over trans women in women's restrooms but just eh over an actual sexual predator being the UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Woman charged in open marriage homicide seeks mental eval Nov. 19—A New Hope woman charged with murder — who livestreamed her SWAT takedown — in the November 2023 death of a Lawrence County man with whom she shared an open marriage relationship is seeking a ...

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