CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Cornelius Pames, 27, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for numerous crimes he committed in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood between September and October 2018. “This individual is a monster who terrorized Slavic Village during this three-week crime wave. We hope [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that 31 individuals were arrested as part of “Operation Deja Vu,” an undercover operation led by the Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force*.  The four-day operation ran from Wednesday, May 19 to Saturday, May 22, 2021.  The purpose of the operation was to [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Basim Barnes, 35, has been convicted by a jury for raping two women near Cleveland’s Westside in 2007 and 2009. He was sentenced following the guilty verdict to a prison term of 35 years. “We continue to hunt and hold accountable [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced several convictions as jury trials have safely resumed in Cuyahoga County. “As our community begins to move forward from the pandemic so too do the wheels of justice. We are thankful for the court’s efforts in implementing proper Covid protocols and precautions [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that James Hannah, 37, pleaded guilty to murdering an 81-year-old man at a gas station in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood last April. “This individual randomly gunned down an 81-year-old man at a gas station for no apparent reason. He should spend the [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Sean Corrigan, 24, has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for killing a man, 56, shooting another man, 59, and pistol-whipping a woman, 57, at a Fourth of July cookout last summer. “This is sadly another tragic example of the [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Christian Burks, 27, for several sexual assaults and kidnappings of women between December 2018 and December 2020 in Cleveland. “Christian Burks is a serial sexual predator. He will be held accountable [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Matthew Ponomarenko, 31, for the murder of his 5-year-old son in Parma. “It is tragic and unimaginable that a father could murder his own son. Our thoughts remain with the victim’s [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Anthony Hunt, 29, and Antonio Ortiz, 25, for the murders of a 27-year-old Cleveland man and a 23-year-old Euclid woman at a 24/7 diner in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood. “These individuals fired [...]

CLEVELAND – Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County judge has found Treal White, 22, guilty of murder and other charges for killing a Willoughby man, 25, and shooting another man, 27, in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood. “This senseless killing is yet another sad example of the gun [...]