CPD knew Mordecia Black had parole violations months before fatal OTR stabbing

Two months before Mordecia Black was accused of stabbing a well-known gym owner in his Over-the-Rhine home, his girlfriend reported him for a domestic disturbance. That’s when Cincinnati police discovered Black’s parole violations, but did not arrest him.

The WCPO 9 I-Team made the discovery while reviewing records related to a multi-family home at 1713 and 1715 Vine Street, where Black was apparently staying with his girlfriend after he fled a halfway house and cut off his ankle monitor in February.

This new information seemingly contradicts a statement made by Mayor Aftab Pureval in the aftermath of Patrick Heringer’s brutal murder on June 4…

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