CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Cuyahoga County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney was punched in the face by a defendant Thursday morning.
Lexi Bauer, the Communications Manager for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, said Dajuan Burns assaulted the attorney before his trial began in front of Judge Janet Burnside.
“The Assistant Prosecuting Attorney was shaken up but remains in the courtroom at this time,” said Bauer…