Woman pleads guilty in 2021 East Cleveland torture killing
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A suspect accused of cooperating with others in the kidnapping, torturing and killing of a woman in East Cleveland pleaded guilty Tuesday in the middle of a jury trial. Brittany Smith, 36, of Cleveland admitted to aggravated murder and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the Nov....
Witness saw 3 kids assaulting 5-year-old girl, Cleveland police report says
Two days after a Cleveland mother told News 5 her daughter was brutally assaulted by several other children, News 5 has obtained the initial police report, which says there was a witness.
Teens, 14 and 16, found shot at Garden Valley Apartments, Cleveland EMS says
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland EMS found two teens shot Friday at a local apartment complex. First responders arrived en masse around noon to the Garden Valley Apartments. Cleveland EMS says they were called out for a shooting and found two victims. According to EMS, two teens, 14 and 16,...
FBI Cleveland makes 125 arrests, seizes 88 guns in ‘Summer Heat’ violent crime crackdown
CLEVELAND — The FBI Cleveland Division says 125 people have been arrested and 88 weapons seized in Northern Ohio as part of a nationwide summer operation targeting violent crime. Between late June and September, FBI Cleveland and its federal, state and local partners took part in “Summer Heat,” a...
Bionca Ellis trial: Julian Wood’s mother speaks
Bionca Ellis, 34, of Cleveland, faces 10 counts, including aggravated murder, in the death of Julian Wood.
Beloved Cleveland radio station going silent after entertaining music fans for nearly 50 years
Cleveland State University’s decision to end its student-run radio programming at WCSB, 89.3 FM, is perhaps the dumbest decision since Napoleon invaded Russia (“Student-run station now in Ideastream’s jazz hands,” Oct. 9). For almost 50 years, the volunteer DJs at ‘CSB have serenaded Northeast Ohio with a variety of...
Thieves come and go during night stealing lawnmowers from Highland Heights Home Depot
HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Home Depot loss prevention reported Oct. 6 that five riding lawn mowers had been stolen from outside the business. They said surveillance video showed that at 3 a.m. a truck pulled up in front of the business and a man loaded two lawn mowers onto a trailer. About 30 minutes later, the truck...
Willowick police chase ends in crash on I-90 exit ramp
LAKE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A driver fleeing police crashed his car on an I-90 exit ramp late Wednesday evening. According to Willowick Police, the chase started in Eastlake when officers initiated a traffic stop, but the driver of a Dodge Chargers sped off on to the highway. Police identified...
Lyndhurst police pursuit ends in crash that injures four, including suspect
LYNDHURST, Ohio -- A Lyndhurst police pursuit ended with a crash that injured four people in South Euclid. At 4:20 p.m. Oct. 3, police attempted to stop a white Cadillac that was traveling west on Anderson Road, then north on Green Road. The car was displaying improper license plates. The...
Cleveland Detectives Utilize Flock Surveillance in Arrest of Juvenile Suspected of Vehicle Theft
In the dark hours of early Tuesday, October 7, Cleveland's Second District detectives, engaged in a specialized operation to combat the city's spike in car thefts and break-ins, successfully identified and pursued a stolen vehicle with the aid of Flock surveillance technology and resources from the Real Time Crime...

















