No criminal charges for a veteran Cleveland police officer who did not call in a pursuit.
Last February, 39-year-old Michael Yearout slammed into a semi and died.
News 5 Investigators uncovered the pursuit and deadly crash in city records.
“Me and him were really close,” Michael Yearout’s mother, Connie Yearout, said.
Connie surrounds herself with memories of her son, Michael.
“You go through the months and birthdays and everything and just forever going but he’s forever in my heart,” Connie said.
Soon, it will be Christmas without Michael.
“And I know he’s with God, he’s in a better place than this place where if you make a u-turn you get killed,” Connie said.
Michael Yearout died on Feb. 19 when he ran a red light and crashed into the undercarriage of a semi at W. 117th Street and Bellaire Road in Linndale.
Surveillance video shows the officer pulling out from a daycare parking lot and getting behind Michael with lights on after Michael started to turn left, where it is restricted at certain times, but then didn’t turn.