CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 37 individuals for their involvement in the drug trafficking organization linked to three overdose deaths. The investigation led to over six kilograms of drugs seized, over $240,000 in cash seized, and 15 firearms seized, [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 34, was found guilty of aggravated murder and conspiracy among other charges for his part in torturing and killing 21-year-old Alishah Pointer in East Cleveland. Shomo will be sentenced on January 7, 2026, at 10 a.m. “Alishah Pointer's family [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Rayshon Reese, 51, (50 at the time of the incident) was sentenced to 22 to 27.5 years in prison for kidnapping and attacking a 59-year-old woman at a bus stop in the Ohio City neighborhood in Cleveland in April 2025. “Rayshon [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Phoenix Brown, 19, (18 at the time of the incident) was sentenced to life in prison with the first eligibility for parole after 80 years for the murders of 17-year-old Khalyn White and 16-year-old Julius Barron in Cleveland. “We see this week [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Bionca Ellis, 34, was sentenced to life in prison without the eligibility of parole for stabbing and killing 3-year-old Julian Wood and stabbing his mother, 37, at a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted. “In my years as Prosecutor, I have seen [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury returned an indictment charging two Cleveland men, 21-year-old Savone Robinson and 19-year-old Erick Sharp, for their involvement in the September 7, 2025, shooting in the Flats in Downtown Cleveland after the Cleveland Brown's home opener. A 17-year-old male was [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Phoenix Brown, 19, (18 at the time of the incident) was found guilty on all counts for the murders of 17-year-old Khalyn White and 16-year-old Julius Barron in Cleveland.  “This was a cold-blooded execution of two juveniles.Brown's actions are another example [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that 16-year-old Darien Harris (15 at the time of the incident) pleaded guilty to Murder for shooting and killing 17-year-old Sincere Rowdy after a Euclid football game. In addition, four juveniles were shot during the incident. He was sentenced to life in prison with the [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Bionca Ellis, 34, was found guilty on all charges for stabbing and killing 3-year-old Julian Wood and stabbing his mother, 37, at a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted. She will be sentenced on October 27, 2025, at 8:30 a.m. “My thoughts [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jeffrey Crawford, 51, for two northeast Ohio schemes that totaled nearly $3 million beginning in July 2021. Investigators believe additional victims of the schemes are likely to be out there. “Jeffrey [...]