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2 moms credited with rescuing missing Ohio baby, capturing suspect
INDIANAPOLIS (Scripps News Cleveland) — A gut feeling shared by two Indiana mothers helped capture a kidnapping suspect and saved the life of a missing... More
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Ohio man pleads guilty to kidnapping, raping 12-year-old stepsister
NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Micey Stiver, 24, was sentenced to prison time at the Lorain Correctional Institution after pleading guilty to multiple... More
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Ohio judge accused of more than 100 counts of misconduct suspended
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Last week, the Ohio Supreme Court issued an opinion removing Judge Pinkey S. Carr from her Cleveland Municipal Court... More
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Fishermen indicted for allegedly cheating during tournament
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Two fishermen have been charged with cheating during a high-profile fishing tournament last month. The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s... More
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Cleveland man declared wrongfully imprisoned for 1991 killing
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — A Cuyahoga County judge ruled Monday that a Cleveland man was wrongfully imprisoned after he spent more than 27 years... More
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Police arrest 3 in connection with beating death of Akron senior Ethan Liming
AKRON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Authorities have made three arrests in connection with the death of Ethan Liming, a 17-year-old at Firestone Community Learning... More
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Family of Akron teen found beaten to death pleads for someone to come forward
AKRON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — The mother and father of 17-year-old Ethan Liming, a rising senior at Firestone Community Learning Center, said their son... More
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Mother in ‘Geauga’s Child’ case guilty of 1993 murder
GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — An Ohio woman accused of putting her newborn baby, umbilical cord still attached, in a garbage bag and... More
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Ohio man accused of killing girlfriend, leaving body on balcony for months
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A grieving mother is demanding accountability after her teenage daughter was found dead last week. Friends, family and... More
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Former nursing assistant accused of raping elderly residents
MASSILLON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A former nursing assistant is accused of sexually assaulting multiple elderly residents at an assisted living facility in Ohio.... More
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Father of murdered 5-year-old asks for ‘highest possible’ bond
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A 29-year-old mother accused of stabbing her 5-year-old daughter to death is being held on a $2 million... More
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Ohio woman accused of stabbing 5-year-old to death
BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — An Ohio woman accused of stabbing her 5-year-old daughter to death is being held on a $2 million... More
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Suspect arrested in killing of 18-year-old Na’Kia Crawford
AKRON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — U.S. Marshals announced that after more than a year and a half, they have arrested the man who allegedly... More
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Ohio man sentenced to 42.5 years in prison for trafficking minor
LIMA, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A man from Allen County will spend 42.5 years in prison after he and his girlfriend got a minor... More
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Lawsuit: Fertility doctor used wrong sperm
AKRON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A family learned from a DNA test their daughter was fathered by a stranger after an apparent mix-up of... More
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Detectives investigating after 2-year-old shot in stomach inside Akron home, police say
AKRON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A 2-year-old boy was injured during a shooting in Akron’s Kenmore neighborhood Friday afternoon, the Akron Police Department confirmed... More
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Woman lunges for officer’s gun after shoplifting, pretending to be pregnant, North Olmsted police say
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — A 35-year-old woman was taken into custody Tuesday for a laundry list of alleged crimes that happened at... More
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Urban explorer finds cremated remains in abandoned Ohio church
AKRON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Court documents obtained by WEWS-TV show an urban explorer discovered the cremated remains of multiple people inside an abandoned... More
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Former Ohio jail director sentenced to nine months behind bars
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — A former Ohio jail director has been sentenced to jail after he was found guilty of four misdemeanor counts of... More
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Haunted house actor accused of stabbing boy in foot with Bowie knife
BEREA, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — At haunted houses, the blood, knives, and spooky monsters are fake, but the frightful fun became all too real... More
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Ohio man accused of assaulting reporter on live TV wanted in Mississippi
GULFPORT, Miss. (Scripps News Cleveland) — Police in Gulfport, Mississippi are looking for an Ohio man that disrupted the live shot of MSNBC correspondent Shaquille... More
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Man accused of killing 5-year-old son indicted on murder charges
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — A 32-year-old father has been indicted on multiple charges in connection with his son’s death. Matthew J. Ponomarenko is accused... More
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Man sentenced to 40 years for 2018 home invasion killing, rape
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — A Cleveland man will spend the next 40 years in prison for numerous crimes he committed in 2018, including the... More
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Chaos erupts in courtroom after brother of Simone Biles acquitted
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Joan Synenberg ruled Tuesday there wasn’t enough evidence to sustain a conviction against... More
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Police still searching for Rocky River Reservation killer two years after double homicide
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland)— It’s now been two years since Carnell Sledge, 40, and Katherine Brown, 33, were shot and killed in a... More
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Ohio police take fresh look at 1987 cold case murder
HUDSON, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Hudson police believe a cold case murder that stunned the community more than three decades ago could be heating... More
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The Unsolved Casefile: What Happened to Darla Kustra?
LORAIN COUNTY, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — On a cold, dark March morning in 2010, Darla Kustra was walking to work. She never made it.... More
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Search for Ohio teen missing since 2007 turns up animal bones
CLEVELAND (Scripps News Cleveland) — The FBI dug up land in Cleveland on Tuesday in connection with the disappearance of Ashley Summers, a Cleveland girl... More
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The Unsolved Casefile: Hunting the Torso Killer
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — It is one of the darkest chapters in Cleveland’s history. From 1934 to 1938, a serial killer stalked the... More
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The Unsolved Casefile: Cassidy Family Murder
MILAN, Ohio (Scripps News Cleveland) — Milan, Ohio is best known for being the birthplace of Thomas Edison. For locals, the town of 1,300 is... More