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Cleveland | Elderly couple beaten, woman kidnapped

3:29 AM, Jun 18, 2013

Police found a kidnapped elderly Cleveland woman, along with her husband's stolen car Monday night.

Boy, 15, arrested for shooting at Columbus festival

9:34 AM, Jun 17, 2013

Police are seeking any video that may have been taken of a shooting at a weekend festival that wounded an 11-year-old boy.

Cleveland | Man found shot at gas station later dies

2:16 PM, Jun 16, 2013

Police are searching for information surrounding the death of a 20-year-old man who was found shot at a gas station.

Perry Township: Police searching for bank robbery suspect

7:54 PM, Jun 15, 2013

5/3 Bank on West Tuscarawas St. was robbed Saturday morning.

DeJesus family helps search for missing Lorain mom

7:44 AM, Jun 14, 2013

Nearly 200 flyers were passed around South Lorain Thursday in hopes of finding a young mother of two, who family members believe may have been kidnapped.

Brimfield: Taser, pepper spray needed to arrest driver following chase

12:04 PM, Jun 13, 2013

What started as a traffic stop quickly turned into a chase and ended with a suspect trying to grab an officer's gun during a struggle.

Renowned expert questions Castro charge provability

7:43 PM, Jun 12, 2013

Forensic expert Dr. Cyril Wecht questions Castro aggravated murder charge.

Cleveland: Ariel Castro pleads not guilty to 329 counts

6:54 PM, Jun 12, 2013

Ariel Castro has entered a plea of not guilty to 329 charges during a very brief court arraignment this morning.

Ohio police make arrest in grave ornament thefts

7:37 AM, Jun 12, 2013

Investigators received complaints about missing urns, benches and trees at Oakland Cemetery in Sandusky.

DOJ takes questions on CPD's use of excessive force

11:41 PM, Jun 11, 2013

The DOJ is investigating whether or not the Cleveland Police Department uses excessive force.

US Marshals make arrest in 1993 rape case

11:31 AM, Jun 11, 2013

The U.S. Marshals have arrested a man in the 1993 rape of an 18-year-old woman.

Euclid: Car crashes into house after chase

8:47 AM, Jun 11, 2013

A driver fleeing from Richmond Heights Police crashed into the side of a home in Euclid early Tuesday morning.

Akron: Alex Abreu pleads guilty in drug case

8:21 AM, Jun 11, 2013

In addition to probation and a suspension of his driver's license, Abreu remains suspended from the team indefinitely.

Parent outraged after man tattoos teenage daughter

2:48 PM, Jun 6, 2013

16-year-old pays $15 for illegal tattooing.

Cleveland: Woman fights off man in attempted abduction

2:45 PM, Jun 6, 2013

Cleveland police are investigating after an 18-year-old woman says a man tried to grab her as she walked along a west side street.

Akron: Two people shot in car overnight expected to recover

10:04 AM, Jun 6, 2013

Two people were shot inside of a car overnight in Akron, but police say the victims are expected to survive.

Former Ohio state employee accused in tax scheme

5:50 AM, Jun 6, 2013

A federal indictment charges a former Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation employee and another person with claiming more than $8 million in fraudulent tax refunds.

Cleveland: Man shot on east side overnight

4:23 AM, Jun 6, 2013

A man was shot on Cleveland's east side overnight.

Judge scolds man who failed to carry 'idiot' sign

7:56 PM, Jun 5, 2013

A man who failed to show up on Monday to carry out a public portion of a punishment handed out by Judge Pinkey Carr found out firsthand this morning exactly how displeased the judge was with his choice.

Solon man's 8th DUI gets him 2 years in jail, forfeits license

5:11 PM, Jun 5, 2013

His driving record showed seven prior convictions for OVI, including five within the past 20 years.

Akron: Teen pleads insanity in sledgehammer slayings

2:28 PM, Jun 5, 2013

An 18-year-old man charged in the sledgehammer slayings of a prominent couple has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.

Bath: Man sought in attempted abduction

6:46 AM, Jun 5, 2013

Police have a sketch of the man suspected in an attempted abduction Monday night

Central Ohio woman likely dead days before husband's suicide

6:39 AM, Jun 5, 2013

Authorities say a man likely killed his wife days before he killed himself at the family's rural central Ohio home earlier this week.

Police: Woman, 47, missing from east side neighborhood

5:16 AM, Jun 5, 2013

A 47-year-old woman was reported missing overnight from the same east side neighborhood where a recent violent string of attacks and missing women cases have been reported.

Solon: New video released in deadly police shooting

5:41 PM, Jun 4, 2013

New dashcam video has been released from a St. Patrick's Day police shootout in Solon that ended with a suspect dead.

Green: Woman robbed in shopping center, suspect on video

12:28 PM, Jun 4, 2013

Suspect in robbery of woman in Green caught on surveillance video using her credit card in Akron

Cleveland: Man who failed to carry 'idiot' sign due in court

2:41 AM, Jun 4, 2013

A man sentenced to hold a sign calling himself an "idiot" did not appear for that part of his punishment Monday.

Akron Police: Man tries to rob woman at traffic light

1:13 PM, Jun 3, 2013

Woman driver says man jumped into her car at 2 p.m. Friday while she was stopped at intersection

Cleveland: Man sentenced to hold 'idiot' sign a no-show

10:23 AM, Jun 3, 2013

A man sentenced to hold a sign as part of his public punishment doesn't show up at appointed time.

Elyria: Police charge man in girlfriend's death

4:42 PM, Jun 1, 2013

A northeast Ohio man has been charged in the death of his live-in girlfriend after the woman's body was found in their apartment

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