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 [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that former East Cleveland Police Department (ECPD) Detective Ian McInnes, 41, former ECPD Sergeant Anthony Holmes, 38, and former ECPD Commander Larry “Pac Man” McDonald, 48, were sentenced to prison for their criminal involvement in five incidents from 2020 to 2023. "These [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Jalen Jackson, 24, pleaded guilty 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 has no regard for human life. His senseless decisions [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Amber Henderson, 32, for the death of Avenue at Warrensville Care and Rehabilitation Center resident Alvera Meuti, 84, in December 2024. On December 23, 2024, around 9:15 p.m., Amber Henderson [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Kenneth Edmond, 63, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting two different women in 2000 and 2001. The State requested a minimum 20-year prison sentence. “Our G.O.L.D. Unit’s work is incredibly important. We will never stop working to [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging former Rocky River Police Officer Michael Bernhardt, 54, for illegally searching OHLEG and LEADS over 70 times in a 10-year span. “Michael Bernhardt’s blatant and egregious pattern of disregarding citizens’ — [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office’s (CCPO) G.O.L.D. Unit (Genetic Operations Linking DNA) has identified John Doe #112 as suspect Douglas Freeman, John Doe #180 as suspect Ellis Williams, John Doe #95 as suspect Darien Eiland, John Doe #134 as suspect Gary Tennyson, John Doe [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Marcelo Fadul Neves, 59, on aggravated theft, telecommunications fraud, and tampering with records among other charges for using over $800,000 in federal Restaurant Revitalization Funds on personal expenses and debts. “We [...]