A man identified on social media as Clarence Ward was arrested after video surfaced that appears to show a young child being violently assaulted, according to a detailed Facebook post. The post states that Ward was taken into custody on Thursday and, citing jail records, says he faces charges including strangulation and contempt of court. People who reviewed the footage for the page described a sequence in which the child was grabbed by the neck, slammed into furniture, punched and thrown to the floor, and said the video was provided by the child’s family.
Family’s Video Shared On Local Page Sparks Fast Arrest
In a post yesterday, The Cleveland,Ohio Remembrance Page said the child’s family supplied the footage. According to the post, people who watched the video for the page reported that a man checked the child’s clothing, grabbed her by the neck, lifted her into the air, then slammed her head onto the arm of a couch before punching and throwing her to the floor. The post also says the child was strangled for several seconds.
The Cleveland, Ohio Remembrance Page is described as a long‑running local feed with a registered trademark, according to Justia, and Hoodline has previously relied on early posts from the feed for breaking details. That track record helps explain how local social pages can push graphic allegations into public view well before any formal press release lands.
Arrest And Charges
The social post states that Ward was taken into custody on Thursday and that jail records list charges including strangulation and contempt of court. The outlet that shared the post did not publish the underlying booking record, and we were not able to independently pull a matching entry online. Cuyahoga County does not maintain a single, comprehensive public inmate roster, which means quick public verification often depends on piecing together court and jail records from multiple places, as reflected in guidance on Ohio State Records…