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 [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Michael Mann, 53, was sentenced to life in prison with the first eligibility of parole after 132 years for the sexual assaults of five females, ages 24 to 33. “Michael Mann is the definition of a dangerous serial predator — he [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Ray Agosto, 40, was sentenced to 18-22.5 years in prison and Dakota Greene, 26, was sentenced to 28-32 years in prison for shooting at officers in Cleveland. Wayne Agosto, 32, was previously sentenced to 25-30.5 years in prison. “For almost a [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that 67-year-old Billy Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without the eligibility of parole for sexually assaulting four minor female children from approximately 2002 to 2012. “This sentence ensures that Billy Flynn will never again have the opportunity to harm another [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Aaron Sharp, 24, for killing his 82-year-old grandfather, Charlie Roscoe, and his 22-year-old brother, Erik Sharp, as well as shooting and injuring two East Cleveland police officers. “We see a lot [...]

CLEVELAND - The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office (CCPO) announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging 46-year-old Natalie McDaniel, wife of the mayor of Cleveland Heights, for trespassing into a Cleveland Heights resident’s home. According to video surveillance, on July 30, 2025, around 10:37 a.m. Natalie [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Dy’mond Vaden, 32, for the homicide of George Cox, Jr., 32, who was reported missing in November 2024 and found deceased in the Huron River in May 2025. “George Cox Jr.’s [...]