CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 20-year-old Derrek Dove with killing 56-year-old Antoine Latham while he was driving for Lyft in Cleveland. “This was a cold and deliberate act of murder. Antoine Latham was killed while simply [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Jeffrey Grant, 35, and Lanaemarshe Grant, 34, were found guilty on all charges for shooting and killing 10-year-old Kaden Coleman in February 2025. They will be sentenced on March 5, 2026, at 9 a.m. “A jury has spoken, delivering justice for Kaden Coleman. [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley, along with Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys Kevin Filiatraut and Daniel Van, as well as the parents of Cleveland Police Officer Jamieson Ritter, will speak before the Ohio House of Representatives Judiciary Committee regarding Senate Bill 295 on February 11, 2026, at 11 a.m. The hearing will take [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office will be arguing the hit-and-run crash case that killed on-duty Cleveland Firefighter Johnny Tetrick (State v. Bissell) at the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday at 9 a.m. The oral arguments will be live-streamed online at SupremeCourt.Ohio.gov or the Ohio [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging East Cleveland Police Officer Latasha Moore with felony charges for three separate incidents occurring in January 2024, February 2025, and September 2025. “It is my hope that with this new mayoral administration, [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley is pleased to announce that the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office officially established the Animal Crimes Unit, led by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Isadora Almaro and Investigator Todd Staimpel, a retired Cleveland Police Department detective. The Animal Crimes Unit provides investigative support to all police departments throughout Cuyahoga [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 34, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, Anthony Bryant, 22, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and Brittany Smith, 36, was sentenced to life in prison with the first eligibility for parole [...]
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 [...]
