Mark Puente

Reporter temporarily blocked from Ohio courtroom proceedings Investigative reporter Mark Puente was blocked from observing court proceedings and briefly ordered out of a Lorain, Ohio, municipal courtroom …

“People have a right to report, even if they’re critical” — Investigative reporter @markpuente.bsky.social, who was briefly blocked from an Ohio county courtroom by security while documenting arraignments Oct. 29.

Cleveland Hires Firm to Track Claims of Police Bias The move follows a Marshall Project - Cleveland analysis that found police searched Black people more often than White people in stops in 2023.

The lastest from The Marshall Project-Cleveland www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/23/c...

@markpuente.bsky.social, @douglivingston.bsky.social & I reviewed the footage of the last moments of Ms. Grant’s life. However, some of the footage is missing. Cuyahoga County declined to comment on why 30 seconds of footage appears to be missing when Ms. Grant was discovered by a county deputy.

Family Attorney, Advocates Demand Outside Probe of Tasha Grant’s Killing Community advocates and surviving family members also want the sheriff to step aside in two other death investigations involving deputies.

Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel is refusing to seek independent investigation into the death of Tasha Grant, a double amputee who died after being restrained by officers. With @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social

www.themarshallproject.org/2025/10/07/c...

Cuyahoga County Jail Transfer Ends With Death at MetroHealth A special prosecutor is reviewing the actions of hospital workers and a sheriff’s deputy after the medical examiner ruled Tasha Grant’s death a homicide.

Cuyahoga County officials never disclosed that Ms. Grant died as a result of being physically restrained by a deputy. The Marshall Project-Cleveland team broke the news last night. w/ @brittanyhailer.bsky.social & Doug Livingston. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/25/c...

Cuyahoga County Deputy Unit Cites Blacks At Higher Rates, Records Show A review of Downtown Safety Patrol traffic stops shows deputies rarely issue tickets or make arrests.

Latest on Cuyahoga County's Downtown Safety Patrol. “I definitely thought these (deputies) were fishing,” Ray told The Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5 Cleveland. W/ Doug Livingston & @taramorgantv.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/15/c...

Rolling 4 deep today in Northeast Ohio. 🔥🔥🔥

Disciplinary Counsel Recommends Suspending Judge Leslie Celebrezze From Practicing Law Celebrezze and Mark Dottore remain at the center of an FBI investigation

The Ohio Disciplinary Counsel said Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze left a stain on the judicial system and arrogance likely led to her legal troubles. “There is simply no place in our justice system for dishonest judges,” he wrote. www.clevescene.com/news/discipl...

Relators Response to Respondents Post-Hearing Brief

The Ohio Disciplinary Counsel has called Leslie Celebrezze a dishonest judge and says she has left a stain on the judiciary and is playing the victim. Filing is in response to the judge wanting only a public reprimand for her misconduct. Read the brief: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Deemed Unfit, a Cuyahoga Deputy Was Hired Anyway Deputy Isen Vajusi struggled with confidence, stress and field training before being forced out of the suburbs. He’s now on the sheriff’s downtown safety patrol.

"A Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputy [Isen Vajusi] involved in separate shootings of two teenagers while assigned to a controversial downtown patrol unit was once deemed unfit by a suburban police force."

"He shop-hopped from agency to agency."
#Ohio #USA #Policing

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Ohio lawmaker wants to require jails to report pregnancy outcomes An Ohio lawmaker plans to introduce legislation requiring county jails to report pregnancy outcomes. State Rep. Terrence Upchurch called it “problematic” that Ohio does not require jails to report.

Impact journalism. An Ohio lawmaker wants a new law. “All babies should count, whether they're born in the system or whether they're born to a mother who's not incarcerated,” Upchurch said. “That's the kind of message that we need to be sending across Ohio.” www.news5cleveland.com/news/the-mar...

How Sheriffs Fail to Report Miscarriages, Stillbirths In Ohio Jails One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an ‘egregious performance failure’ by medical staff.

A new investigation from TMP-C and Scott Noll at WEWS. She went to jail pregnant. What happened next isn't even a statistic. Why didn't Cuyahoga County tell Ohio offcials about a pregancy loss? Because the fetus was not incarcerated. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/15/c...

How Sheriffs Fail to Report Miscarriages, Stillbirths In Ohio Jails One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an ‘egregious performance failure’ by medical staff.

A new investigation from TMP-C and Scott Noll at WEWS. She went to jail pregnant. What happened next isn't even a statistic. Why didn't Cuyahoga County tell Ohio offcials about a pregancy loss? Because the fetus was not incarcerated. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/15/c...

Relators Post-Hearing Brief

More: "Accordingly, relator urges the panel to recommend a one-year suspension with six months stayed on condition that respondent commit no further misconduct. Read the reccomendation. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

2/3 More: stayed on condition that respondent commit no further misconduct...We cannot expect the public to trust the judiciary if we do not sufficiently sanction members of the judiciary who violate the public trust."

1/3 NEW Ohio Disciplinary Counsel on Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze's misconduct:
"As stated previously, there is no case quite like respondent’s. But based on the cases cited herein, the appropriate sanction for respondent’s misconduct is a one-year suspension with six months

Semary v. Celebrezze Opinion 5.1.25

The appeals court ruling against Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze.

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Subpoena Targets Judge Leslie Celebrezze, Dottore Personal Texts Sought in a lawsuit from the judge's former personal assistant, they allegedly show a romantic relationship between the two

Back story on the lawsuit. Celebrezze has not yer replied today to a request for comment. www.clevescene.com/news/subpoen...

More trouble for embattled Judge Leslie Celebrezze. The lawsuit brought against her by a former employee for retaliation after firing her for providng me public records. The case got tossed by a visiting judge. Celebrezze lost her argument with the appeals court. Goes back to trial court.

It is time to give mowing lessons to the neighbors. You leave the mower where it runs out of gas. 😳😳😳

Thursday night vibes at Meatfork. 🥃🥃 🎼🎼🔥🔥 @lpuente5.bsky.social & Bosch

A great evening had by all. 🥃🥃 w/ @lpuente5.bsky.social

A nice day to sip some Kentucky water. 🥃🥃🥃 w/ @lpuente5.bsky.social

Tampa Bay Times won’t return to its historic building damaged by hurricane Hurricane Milton sent a crane crashing through the building, rendering it uninhabitable.

So many great memories with friends in this building. www.tampabay.com/news/busines...

Man in custody after shooting at FSU, at least 6 injured. What we know Florida State University has sent alerts warning of an active shooter near the student union. Here's what we know.

Remember, the local news outlets are the most accurate in these situations. #localjournalism
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Tritip. Beef done right.

Cuyahoga County Judge Leslie Celebrezze Invokes Right to Remain Silent in Hearing Celebrezze admitted in court records to allegations by the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel of steering lucrative work to her longtime friend Mark Dottore

How often does a judge take the Fifth Amendment to remain silent? www.clevescene.com/news/cuyahog...

Check your BMV record: New Ohio law now in effect eliminates some debt-related suspensions A collective sigh of relief today for tens of thousands of drivers in Ohio. Some debt-related license suspensions are now eliminated under a new state law that went into effect today.

Impact journalism. Help is here for Ohioans. "More than a year of reporting by News 5 Investigator Tara Morgan and Mark Puente with the Marshall Project-Cleveland captured the attention of lawmakers, bringing on some of the changes." @taramorgantv.bsky.social www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-n...

5/5 Here is a collection of all my stories on the judge. www.themarshallproject.org/tag/judge-le...