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 [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Gauge Franklin, 19, (from Akron) and John Dietrich, 20, (from Barberton), were both sentenced to one year in prison for participating in a street takeover on West 25th Street and Lorain Avenue on September 15, 2024. “I applaud Judge John Russo [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Michael Alvarado, 21, and Michael Roman, 30, for shooting and killing 19-year-old Johndiel Rivera on I-480 in Bedford Heights. “These two individuals gunned down a young father who was simply trying [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Robert Hocevar, 57, on burglary, menacing by stalking, and telecommunications harassment among other charges for installing and accessing cameras and security systems in residences and businesses. Additionally, Hocevar would send sexually explicit messages to [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging East Cleveland Police Officer James Covell, 48, on felony charges of tampering with records and tampering with evidence among other charges for two incidents in May 2024. In addition, former East Cleveland dispatcher Christopher [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Deshon Baker Jr., 24, for shooting and killing Simajah Harris in December 2024. “Another idiot who has thrown his life away by pulling the trigger of a gun.” Prosecutor Michael C. [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jeffrey Grant, 34, and Lanaemarshe Grant, 33, with homicide and drug offenses related to the death of 10-year-old Kaden Coleman on February 7, 2025. “This week, four people were sentenced for [...]

CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Nathan George, 21, Quincy Purcell, 20, Elizabeth Sindhi, 20, Raissa Rih-Reh, 22, Benjamin Mullin-Vanneste, 22, Amelia Morris, 25, Neelan McMillian, 21, Kamal Alkayali, 21, Amir Wilson, 22, Jenna Muhieddine, 20, and Sarah Selan, 22, [...]