Police: Body transport worker returned to dead man’s home to steal gun
MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Montville Police Department says officers arrested a Lakewood man last week in connection with the burglary of a Montville Township home. According to police, officers responded to a residence for a reported natural death on July 23. Following an investigation, police said a private,...
Heat advisory issued for many Northeast Ohio counties: Here’s when
CLEVELAND (WJW) – A HEAT ADVISORY will go into effect Tuesday at 2 p.m. through Wednesday at 8 p.m. Heat index values could be up to 100 degrees with air temps in the 90s and high humidity. The few sprinkles out there tonight will continue to fizzle out. Mostly...
Bedford Police Arrest Man Following 125 MPH Multi-Jurisdiction Pursuit As Reported By Cleveland 19...
As reported by Cleveland 19 News, a man is facing multiple charges following an early-morning police pursuit that began in Bedford and reached speeds of more than 125 mph before ending in Portage County. According to Bedford police, officers responded to 698 Broadway Avenue at approximately 1:11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug....
Olmsted Falls High School evacuated due to a bomb threat
OLMSTED FALLS, Ohio (WOIO) - Olmsted Falls High School was evacuated Monday afternoon due to a bomb threat. The threat came in just before 1 p.m. School officials said all students and staff are safe and have arrived at their evacuation locations. Parents and guardians are asked not to come...
Cleveland restaurant launches ambassador program, hires former panhandler
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A new program on East 4th Street is giving people experiencing homelessness a chance to work on the same corner where they once asked for money. Gerald Barnes is the founding member of the Hangry Brands Ambassador Program. Three weeks ago, he was panhandling on...
Cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl seized in Belmont County, 2 Ohio men arrested at Walmart
BELMONT COUNTY, OH (WTRF) – On Aug. 28, detectives with the Sheriff’s Criminal Interdiction Unit (Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission) arrested two men from Cleveland, Ohio: Leneal Quinton Johnson, 42, and Jermaine Marlon Walton, 51. Detectives noted that more arrests may come as part of the ongoing investig
What we learned about where RTA’s proposed bus service cuts would hit hardest
CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than 60% of the bus service the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority proposes eliminating in December would come from three routes that now operate every 15 minutes during weekday daytime hours. Routes 15 Union-Harvard, 41/41F Warrensville and 1 St. Clair together account for 40,512 of...
‘Get your life together’ | Suspect sentenced in robbery case that ended with shooting...
CLEVELAND — Noreonna Echols, one of the two robbery suspects who fled from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) near the campus of Case Western Reserve University last year, has learned her fate. During a sentencing hearing Monday morning, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Antonio Nicholson sentenced Echols...
Soldier on leave charged with rape after Montville police locate 12-year-old missing from Willowick
MONTVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - Montville police said officers charged a soldier on leave with rape earlier this month after he was found with a 12-year-old girl who ran away from Willowick. According to police, the girl is safe and has been reunited with family. Officers have identified the suspect as...
Strongsville police seek additional information after arresting massage therapist on rape charge
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - Detectives from the Strongsville Police Department are asking the public to come forward with additional information involving an open rape case. According to police, officers arrested Shadi Shamali on August 17 on a rape charge. Shamali is a massage therapist who worked in Strongsville and
