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OHIO — Drivers in Cuyahoga and Summit counties can expect increased enforcement against impaired driving this weekend as law enforcement agencies plan sobriety checkpoints. In Parma, the Police Department announced a checkpoint will be held Friday, Sept. 12, in the 5900 block of State Road. The checkpoint will target...

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Police pursuit: Northcliffe Road. At 1:45 a.m. Aug. 22, Parma police pursued a black Dodge Charger into University Heights. The suspect vehicle crashed into a tree on Northcliffe Road, near Canterbury Road, damaging the city-owned tree. The driver, a Cleveland man, 33, was arrested by...

For 30 days last month, members of the US Marshals Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force (NOVFTF) focused on violent crime in Cleveland. Teams from across Northern Ohio came to Cleveland to apprehend dangerous fugitives, track down unregistered sex offenders, and locate missing children. Cleveland Division of...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Two Cleveland teens on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to felony charges in connection with an Aug. 27 pursuit that forced Case Western Reserve University’s campus into lockdown. Leon Terell, 18, was shot in the leg by a state trooper during the incident, according to authorities. He...

Identity theft, Victoria Drive: On Aug. 11, a Victoria Drive resident came to the police station to report identity theft. An officer talked to the woman, who said a few days prior she posted an item for sale on Facebook Marketplace. A potential buyer came forward offering her $30. However,...

Dr. Eric Ligotski has found that exposure to edible cannabis products by children aged zero to five has increased twelve times between 2018 and last year, and he is urging parents to treat these products with the same caution as firearms.

Cleveland City Councilman Kerry McCormack will resign next month to take a job with Flock Safety, a security technology company known mainly for its license plate readers. State of play: McCormack announced earlier this year that he wouldn't seek reelection and has been hunting for a new job ever since.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A fired Cleveland police officer settled his lawsuit with the city for $15,000 after he said officials rescinded an offer to rehire him for an EMS position. Shawn Simmons, who was fired in 2019 for links to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang, accused the city of...

For Charles “Wish Bone” Scruggs of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and his wife Mia Scruggs, community is more than a word, it’s a responsibility. Along with Angela Flowers, founder of Making A Difference Consulting, LLC, a fellow Glenville native and nonprofit strategist, they are building Beyond the Wishing Well to restore...

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project – Cleveland, a nonprofit news team covering Ohio’s criminal justice systems. Sign up for their Cleveland newsletter and Facebook Group, and follow The Marshall Project on Instagram, Reddit and YouTube. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office officials...