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Investigator Exclusive: Most speeders don't get deal given to Cavs player

Investigator Exclusive: Most speeders don't get deal given to Cavs player

ROCKY RIVER -- Did Cleveland Cavalier J.J. Hickson get a special deal on speeding citations because of his celebrity status?

The Investigator: Judge orders polygraphs from sex-assault victims

The Investigator: Judge orders polygraphs from sex-assault victims

CLEVELAND -- A Cuyahoga County juvenile court judge has ordered three girls who are rape victims to undergo lie detector tests despite a law that prosecutors say bars public officials from requiring such tests.

Investigator Exclusive: Cavs star gets wrist slap for 3 speeding tickets

Investigator Exclusive: Cavs star gets wrist slap for 3 speeding tickets

ROCKY RIVER -- Cleveland Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson racked up three speeding tickets in five months last year, including one for going 95 mph in a red Maserati. But prosecutors downgraded the violations, so the rising star only had to pay a "no-point" $50 fine for each offense.

The Investigator: Cleveland charter school sponsor dodges questions on missing property

The Investigator: Cleveland charter school sponsor dodges questions on missing property

CLEVELAND -- Where's the money?  Where's the property? Those are questions still unanswered as the state moves closer to not renewing Ashe Culture Center's sponsorship of 11 Ohio charter schools.

Investigator Exclusive: Allegations of broken promises jeopardize officer's memorial

Investigator Exclusive: Allegations of broken promises jeopardize officer's memorial

CLEVELAND -- It was supposed to be a lasting memory to a Cleveland police officer killed in the line of duty.

The Investigator: Woman says Sowell raped, beat her

The Investigator: Woman says Sowell raped, beat her

CLEVELAND -- She claims to be suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's thirteenth victim and that she was lucky enough to survive.

Investigator Exclusive: Taxpayers charged with hundreds of unpaid city employee tickets

Investigator Exclusive: Taxpayers charged with hundreds of unpaid city employee tickets

CLEVELAND -- The City of Cleveland is making taxpayers foot the bill for more than 600 parking and traffic tickets issued to city employees in city vehicles.

Investigator Exclusive: Tax preparers tested as Feds increase oversight

Investigator Exclusive: Tax preparers tested as Feds increase oversight

CLEVELAND -- The Internal Revenue Service plans to require tax preparers to pass a competency test and register with the govenrment. The agency estimates that there are more than a million paid tax preparers in what the IRS says is a largely unregulated industry.

Investigator Exclusive: County Council candidate has sex-related conviction

Investigator Exclusive: County Council candidate has sex-related conviction

CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Timothy Russo spent years as a political consultant, advising foreign countries about democracy. Now, he wants to lend his expertise to the reformed government in Cuyahoga County.

Investigator Exclusive: Unclaimed funds, thousands owed tax refunds

Investigator Exclusive: Unclaimed funds, thousands owed tax refunds

CLEVELAND -- It's a nice turn of events for nearly 2,500 Ohioans during tax season -- the Internal Revenue Service actually owes them money. The trouble is, they don't even know their name's on the list.

Investigator Exclusive: Big-wigs, Antarctica winners in Ohio stimulus projects

Investigator Exclusive: Big-wigs, Antarctica winners in Ohio stimulus projects

FINDLAY -- It's the last flight of the day at Findlay Airport in western Ohio. In fact, it's the only one of the day.

Investigator Exclusive: Prosecutor calls Cleveland texting ban 'toothless tiger'

Investigator Exclusive: Prosecutor calls Cleveland texting ban 'toothless tiger'

CLEVELAND -- The man who convinced a judge to send a Bainbridge man to jail for texting while driving called Cleveland's texting and driving ban a "toothless tiger."

Investigator Exclusive: 'Phony' fees charged to home buyers and sellers

Investigator Exclusive: 'Phony' fees charged to home buyers and sellers

CLEVELAND -- They have been described as phony fees, junk fees and fees you shouldn't have to pay.

Investigator Exclusive: Ohio's sex slave victims

Investigator Exclusive: Ohio's sex slave victims

CLEVELAND -- They're snatched from their families -- through violence, threats and manipulation -- and forced into prostitution or hard labor. It's called human trafficking, and Ohio's been identified as a major market for years.

Investigator Exclusive: Counterterrorism program under attack for failing mission

Investigator Exclusive: Counterterrorism program under attack for failing mission

CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Three illegal immigrants leave Detroit in a boat with no serial number. Their intentions are unclear, but their actions raise the suspicions of local authorities who issue an all-points bulletin in case it's related to terrorism.

Cleveland: Court sues 34 drivers for unpaid traffic cam tickets

Cleveland: Court sues 34 drivers for unpaid traffic cam tickets

CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Municipal Court Clerk Earle Turner has filed lawsuits against 34 drivers who haven't paid thousands of dollars worth of traffic camera and parking tickets. The largest arrears is $8,085, according to court documents.

Chardon: Bainbridge man jailed for 'texting' accident

Chardon: Bainbridge man jailed for 'texting' accident

CHARDON -- William Miralia, of Bainbridge, was sentenced by Geauga County Common Pleas Judge David Fuhry Friday to 6 months in jail and fined $2,000 for injuring a pedestrian May 5 while texting and driving.

Investigator Exclusive: Cleveland Heights made it easier for mortgage fraud masterminds

Investigator Exclusive: Cleveland Heights made it easier for mortgage fraud masterminds

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- Problems began as soon as Brynna Fish got the keys to her Cleveland Heights home -- clogged drains, mold. Then there was the roof.

The Investigator: 2009 in review

The Investigator: 2009 in review

CLEVELAND -- Public corruption, government misspending,   consumer fraud, and major crime were the main subjects of investigations for The Investigator Tom Meyer in 2009.

Investigator Update: Bainbridge settles lawsuit with woman left brain-damaged

Investigator Update: Bainbridge settles lawsuit with woman left brain-damaged

BAINBRIDGE -- The township has settled a civil lawsuit that accused three paramedics of failing to use a defibrillator to shock the heart of a woman in cardiac arrest, leaving her with brain damage as a result.

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