CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced Tyrone Hughley, 37, was sentenced to life in prison with the first eligibility of parole after 60 years for sexually assaulting three sisters, ages 10, 12, and 13, from June 2020 to August 2021. “Few crimes reach the level of depravity as [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Jada Hite, 19, Tamara McLoyd, 19, and Jermaine Hagwood, 30, were guilty of several armed robberies in Cuyahoga County from November to December 2021. “In these five separate aggravated robberies, Tamara McLoyd, Jada Hite, and Jermaine Hagwood terrorized our community and [...]

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Nicholas Hutchins, 38, and Nadine Siggres, 39, for trafficking multiple female adult victims in Warrensville Heights motels. “Our office is proud to be in partnership with the Cuyahoga Regional [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Donald Jackson-Gates, 19, for the murder of a 20-year-old male in Cleveland. On May 14, 2022, the victim was hanging out near East 40th Street and Quincy Avenue [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment yesterday charging Jonathan Rivera-Ortiz, 28, Christine Vazquez, 28, and Luis Ortiz, 29, for illegally riding dirt bikes in Cleveland. “These charges send a stern message that it is no longer business as [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced today that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Portria Williams, 31, Destiny Henderson, 18, Nathaniel Poke, 23, Anthony Bryant, 19, Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 31, and Brittany Smith, 33, for torturing and killing a 21-year-old female (A.P.) in East Cleveland. [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced yesterday that Todd Jones, 57, and Laurel Hoffman, 54, pleaded guilty and were sentenced for cutting down and selling an over 200-year-old Black Walnut tree in the Cleveland Metroparks Mill Stream Run Reservation in September 2021. “These siblings purposefully destroyed invaluable park [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced today that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging the construction company Atlas Masonry Restoration and Maintenance, as well as its owner, 55-year-old Elmer Mekker, and 52-year-old foreman Charles Hawley, for the Marine Towers West parking garage collapse in Lakewood in December [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced today that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Sean Simpkins, 39, and David McCord, 43, for attempting to kidnap and human traffic a 22-year-old female at an RTA Station in Cleveland. On April 3, 2022, [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced today that Desmond Beasley, 36, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting multiple former students from 2013 to 2018 and for possessing child exploitative material. “Desmond Beasley violated his primary duty as a teacher. Instead of caring for his [...]