CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Senior Veterans Administration Services (SVAS), SVAS founder, Richard Rompala, 64, and four SVAS employees, Carolina Riemer, 72, Karen Kral, 47, Gina Ayala, 61, and Mary Lou Griffin, 68, for exploiting elderly veterans and scamming [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Charles Fritz, 29, for committing 16 aggravated robberies in 12 different locations in Cleveland. “Charles Fritz terrorized Cleveland neighborhoods with 16 aggravated robberies of commercial businesses over a five-month long crime [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Robert Hocevar, 57, pleaded guilty to burglary, menacing by stalking, and telecommunications harassment among other charges for installing and accessing cameras and security systems in residences and businesses. “Just when you think you’ve heard it all, along comes Robert Hocevar. Clearly, [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Juwone Deaver, 29, and Jemerious Davis, 24, were found guilty for the Fourth of July shooting that killed Gracie Griffin. “An innocent 10-year-old girl lost her life because too many guns are finding their way into the hands of stupid people. [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Brandon King, 56, has been found guilty by a jury of Theft in Office, Having an Unlawful Interest in a Public Contract, among additional charges. Former East Cleveland City Councilman Ernest Smith, 49, was also found guilty by a jury. “Mayor [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Gregory Moore, 51, in the 2013 downtown Cleveland homicide of Aliza Sherman. “The Sherman family has waited over a decade for answers regarding their mother’s homicide. Through the tenacious work of [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Jalen Jackson, 24, was sentenced to 30 to 35.5 years in prison for stealing an Amazon van, fleeing from police, and crashing into a vehicle, killing 70-year-old doctor Curtis Birchall on I-90 in Cleveland near Fulton Road. "Jalen Jackson was given [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Iziah Bond, 28, was sentenced to three years in prison for participating in street takeovers on September 28, 2024. Additionally, Robert Polk, 18, was sentenced to nine months in prison for orchestrating street takeovers on September 28 and 29. [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Rayshon Reese, 50, for kidnapping and attacking a 59-year-old woman at a bus stop in the Ohio City neighborhood in Cleveland in April 2025. “Rayshon Reese can only be described as [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 16-year-old Darien Harris (15 at the time of the incident) with Murder among other charges for shooting and killing 17-year-old Sincere Rowdy after a Euclid football game. In addition, four juveniles were shot during [...]