CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Matthew Ponomarenko, 31, for the murder of his 5-year-old son in Parma. “It is tragic and unimaginable that a father could murder his own son. Our thoughts remain with the victim’s [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Anthony Hunt, 29, and Antonio Ortiz, 25, for the murders of a 27-year-old Cleveland man and a 23-year-old Euclid woman at a 24/7 diner in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood. “These individuals fired [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County judge has found Treal White, 22, guilty of murder and other charges for killing a Willoughby man, 25, and shooting another man, 27, in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood. “This senseless killing is yet another sad example of the gun [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley and Cleveland Division of Police (CPD) Chief Calvin Williams announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Antonio Rodriguez, 18, Demerio Sancheze Lewis Watkins, 20, Donald Haley III, 20, Jorge Gonzalez, 23, Oscar Pruitt Jr., 23, Kato Laws, 24, Juan Fontanez, 26, [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Juan Davis, 34, Katherine Treadway, 30, and Devonte Parker, 28, for the aggravated murder of a 3-year-old child in Cleveland. “Ms. Colon was drunk-driving over 90 mph in a 35 mph zone. [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Dazshea Watkins, 27, was sentenced for attempting to drown her 6-year-old son in her bathtub. “This mother committed unspeakable crimes against her own child. She has earned every day of her sentence.” Prosecutor Michael C. O'Malley On [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Debbie Bosworth, 53, for embezzling over $238,000 while working as a clerk for the Village of Chagrin Falls. “Taxpayers expect their money to be handled properly and ethically. Ms. Bosworth exploited her position [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) announced that a grand jury has returned an indictment charging Christopher Neal, 31, for causing the overdose death of a 28-year-old cellmate as well as other crimes he committed while incarcerated at the Cuyahoga County Jail (CCJ). [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Michael Dudas, 42, pleaded guilty to murdering a 94-year-old man inside his Cleveland residence last April. Dudas was sentenced immediately afterward to life in prison. “Mr. Charles Vonderau was a World War II veteran and a treasure to his family and [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Ronald Wheeler, 48, pleaded guilty to raping two women in Cleveland in December 2006 and March 2007. Wheeler was sentenced immediately afterward to 20 years in prison. “This serial rapist, who has been convicted of raping six victims, will now rightfully [...]