Former Ohio postal worker sentenced for stealing nearly $2M worth of checks
Former Cleveland-area postal worker Gregory Drake was sentenced to 41 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $2 million in checks from the mail and giving them to co-conspirators to alter and deposit at banks.
Cleveland man calls 911 after brother fatally shot
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland man called 911 Tuesday evening after his brother was fatally shot. The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. in the 14500 block of Westropp Ave. That is in the city’s North Shore Collinwood neighborhood. The victim, who had multiple gunshot wounds, was pronounced dead...
Police searching for wanted fugitive in Ohio
OHIO — The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating Leslie Jackson, who is wanted on multiple serious charges, including felonious assault involving a motor vehicle, strangulation, domestic violence, aggravated menacing, and theft. Jackson also has a prior conviction for...
PHOTOS: Truck crashes into The Islander apartments in Middleburg Heights
A pickup truck reportedly crashed into an apartment building just before 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14.
Gutter ball type of night for Brunswick bowler arrested for drunken driving: North Royalton...
Drunken driving, Albion Road: On April 22, police observed a speeding and weaving blue Jeep Compass on W. 130th Street. The Jeep, which was clocked doing 49 mph in a 35-mph zone, was eventually pulled over on Albion Road. While talking to the driver, who had a suspended license but...
Trial for suspended East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King to begin Monday after dispute with...
CLEVELAND — After a delay of of more than two weeks, the corruption trial for suspended East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King and former Councilman Ernest Smith is set to begin on Monday with jury selection. King, who served as mayor from 2016 until his suspension in January, faces 12...
Driver dead after vehicle hits tree, house in Cleveland: Police
Emergency crews are on the scene of a deadly rollover crash that happened in Cleveland Monday evening.
Fernando Alejo guilty in Willoughby murder
A jury has found Fernando Alejo guilty in the Downtown Willoughby killing of Rogelio Isaac Cabrera, a 17-year-old from Madison. Alejo was found guilty on three counts: murder, an unclassified felony; illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor permit premises, a third-degree felony; and tampering with evidence, a...
Mentor police searching for suspect accused of robbing CVS Pharmacy
Mentor police detectives are searching for a suspect accused of robbing a CVS Pharmacy in the city on Tuesday morning.
Ex-Lakewood mail carrier sentenced for $1.9M check theft operation
CLEVELAND, Ohio— A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier was sentenced Monday to more than three years in federal prison for stealing $1.9 million worth of checks from Lakewood businesses to sell to forgers. Gregory Drake, 34, stole 127 checks to and from the businesses on his route in...