Cuyahoga County

Press Release Archive

12/30/2019Cleveland Man Sentenced to Prison for 20 – 25½ Years for Shooting UPS Driver
12/3/2019Cleveland Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Assaulting McDonald’s Employee
11/13/2019Matthew Nicholson Sentenced to Death for the Aggravated Murder of Two Garfield Heights Teenagers
11/5/2019Bratenahl Apartment Concierge Indicted for Stealing Over $200,000 in Jewelry from Residents
11/4/2019Trio Sentenced to Combined 27 Years in Prison for 19-day Burglary Spree Spanning 12 Cities Across County
10/30/2019Sanford Doss Sentenced to Prison Term of 16 – 19.5 Years for Drunk-Driving Crash that Killed Two
10/18/2019Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Matthew Nicholson for the Aggravated Murder of Two Teenagers
10/15/2019Crime Strategies Unit Awarded $360,000 Grant; Federal Funding Will Go Towards Violent Offender Database
10/11/2019Jury Verdict: Guilty of Killing Two Teenagers and Assaulting Their Mother
10/1/2019Cuyahoga County Sexual Assault Kit Task Force Awarded $3,000,000 Grant; Federal Funding Will Include Genealogical Testing
9/18/2019Cronie Lloyd Convicted of Murder, Sentenced to Life in Prison for Killing 83-Year-Old Man at Independence Gas Station
9/12/2019Lance Mason Sentenced to Life in Prison for November 2018 Murder of Ex-Wife in Shaker Heights
9/9/2019Shamar Smiley Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for 9-Month Crime Spree, Including Shooting of CWRU Student
9/9/2019John Pugnea Indicted on Multiple Counts for Attack on North Royalton Police Officer
8/23/2019Serial Killer Samuel Pleads Guilty to 1984 and 1991 Murders; Receives Two Life Sentences
8/21/2019Off-duty Cleveland Police Officer Indicted on Numerous Counts Involving Child Victim
8/20/2019Lance Mason Pleads Guilty to November 2018 Murder of Ex-Wife in Shaker Heights
8/14/2019Judge Imposes Death Sentence on Thomas Knuff for Parma Heights Double Homicide
8/9/2019ICAC Investigation Leads to Canadian Man Charged for Online Exploitation of U.S. Teens
7/24/2019The Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Awarded $1,000,000 in Funding in New State Budget
7/24/2019Tysean Fuller Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for May 2017 Aggravated Robbery and Carjacking in Euclid
7/22/2019Armond Johnson Indicted with Capital Specifications for Slavic Village Quadruple Murder
7/11/2019Ohio ICAC Task Force “Operation Triple Play” Results in Arrest of 28 Online Offenders
7/9/2019Shamar Smiley Pleads Guilty to Multiple Cases, Including Shooting of CWRU Student
7/2/2019Thief Targeting Elderly Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Four-Month Spree That Spanned Northeast Ohio
6/19/2019Convicted Murderer Timothy Simms Indicted for Bribing Witnesses with Wrongful Imprisonment Money
6/13/2019Thomas Knuff Convicted of Aggravated Murder for Parma Heights Double Homicide
5/31/2019Serial Killer Samuel Little Indicted for Two Cleveland Cold Case Murders
5/30/2019Latierra “Queen” Williams Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Opioid-Related Homicide
5/21/2019Judge Imposes Death Sentence on Joseph McAlpin for Car Dealership Double Homicide
5/14/2019Lowell Harris Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Girlfriend
5/13/2019Grand Jury Returns Three Indictments Against Michael Hutchins for Several Crimes Including Robbery and Rape
5/7/2019Lakewood Nurse Indicted for Stealing Patients’ Prescribed Drugs
5/2/2019Tyrone Leegrand Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Michael Prock
4/16/2019Joseph McAlpin Convicted of Aggravated Murder for Car Dealership Double Homicide
4/10/2019Larue Perryman Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Carjacking & Robbing Several Victims
4/2/2019Group Indicted for Multiple Robberies and Murder of Cleveland Beverage Store Owner
3/21/2019Eddie Burns Sentenced to 27 Years for Six-Month Violent Robbery Spree
3/14/2019Cuyahoga County Jury Finds Man Guilty of Murder in the Shooting Death of Pizza Delivery Driver
3/7/2019Sierra Day and Deonte Lewis Convicted of Aggravated Murder in the Death of Four-Year Old Aniya Day Garrett
2/13/2019Deondre Bonner Sentenced to 55 Years in Prison for Raping Three Teenagers at RTA Station
2/12/2019Yaphet Bradley Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole for Murder of Miriam Johnson
2/7/2019Jaylen Miller Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Armed Robbery of Collinwood Priest
1/24/2019Edwin Vallejo Indicted for Robbing Payday Loan Company in Brooklyn and Kay Jewelers in Cleveland
1/18/2019Grand Jury Returns Indictments Against Three County Officials
1/17/2019Investigation Results in Missing Iowa Teen Found in Parma
1/16/2019Plante & Moran Pays Cuyahoga County $123,510.10
1/15/2019Godmother and Her Husband Indicted for Murder of Four-Year-Old Eliazar Ruiz
1/15/2019Cornelius Pames Indicted for Murder of Ninety-Four-Year-Old Eucebia Garcia