CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that 25 individuals were arrested as part of "Operation Guardians' Watch," an undercover operation led by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. The four-day operation ran from Thursday, June 25, 2026, to Sunday, June 28, 2026. The purpose of the operation was [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Ronald Loftis, 47, was sentenced to 51 to 56.5 years in prison for robbing two different women on the same day in Cleveland. "Ronald Loftis is a violent predator who terrorized women and children on Cleveland's Near West Side." - Prosecutor Michael C. [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Christopher Manning, 25, was sentenced to 32 to 37 years for the shooting that occurred at the Metroparks Euclid Beach in Cleveland in July 2025, killing Jarvis Perryman.  "Christopher Manning chose violence over reason, and he will now spend decades in [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 22-year-old Christian Bryant with murder, among other charges, for shooting and killing 61-year-old Randolph Corrigan outside of Costco Wholesale in Strongsville. "Randolph Corrigan died trying to protect customers at the Strongsville [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 22-year-old Zayd Alameen with murder, among other charges, for stealing a vehicle, driving away at a high rate of speed, and causing a multi-car crash that killed 54-year-old James Cook and injured three others. [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Doyral Wynn, 20, was sentenced to 40.5 to 45.5 years in prison for sexually assaulting a mother and her daughter in May 2024 in East Cleveland. He was also sentenced for additional incidents, including the shooting that linked him to the sexual assault. [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 42-year-old former East Cleveland Police Chief Kenneth Lundy with 31 counts for several crimes committed while he was a law enforcement officer with the East Cleveland Police Department (ECPD). "No one [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Darren Lassiter, 41, also known as "King Dinero," was found guilty of multiple charges related to trafficking and exploiting four women, ages 18 to 32, over the course of 10 years. "This defendant preyed on vulnerable individuals and subjected them to [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Jeffrey Grant, 35, was sentenced to life in prison with the first eligibility of parole after 57.5 years, and Lanaemarshe Grant, 34, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for shooting and killing 10-year-old Kaden Coleman in February 2025. “A 10-year-old child [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Senior Veterans Administration Services (SVAS) founder Richard Rompala, 65, was sentenced to a total of 4 years in prison for exploiting elderly veterans and scamming the Department of Veterans Affairs out of approximately $20 million in fraudulent benefits. Additionally, SVAS must pay a maximum [...]