Soldier from Stow pleads guilty to terrorism charges
Cole Bridges, a 22-year-old soldier in the U.S. Army, pleaded guilty Wednesday to terrorism charges that accused him of supporting ISIS.
Cleveland mental health nonprofit owner gets prison in $4.5M fraud for billing for services he didn’t provide
Alfonzo Bailey, who ran a mental health clinic in Cleveland called Eye for Change, was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for purposefully overbilling Medicaid for some $4.5 million for work that the company never performed.
Akron tax prep business owner scammed dozens in tax, COVID-19 relief scam, feds say
Mustafa Ayoub Diab, who once ran a tax prep business in Akron, is accused of running a tax and COVID-19 relief scam that included stealing from as many as 200 people.
Corrupt former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora released from prison, will remain on house arrest for seven years
Corrupt former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora was released from prison on Wednesday and will remain on house arrest for the next seven years.
Spontaneous combustion of popular wood stain product caused Cleveland Heights fire, lawsuit says
A Cleveland Heights woman filed a federal lawsuit against Rust-Oleum, accusing one of its wood-stain products of spontaneously combusting and causing her home to burn down.
Man who was once shot by top federal prosecutor’s husband in Cleveland pleads guilty to federal gun charge
Malcolm Hoyle, who was shot in the face by a Cleveland police officer in 2002, pleaded guilty Wednesday to his second federal gun charge since the shooting.
Biden nominates new top federal prosecutor for northern Ohio
President Joe Biden nominated veteran federal prosecutor Becky Lutzko to become the U.S. attorney in Cleveland.
Federal courts in northern Ohio get new chief judge
U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi was sworn-in Monday as the chief judge for northern Ohio federal courts.
Trio gets 15 years in federal prison for armed carjacking spree, including of rabbi in Solon
Three men were each sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for a two-hour carjacking spree that included incidents in Cuyahoga Falls, Solon and Streetsboro.
Family of man fatally shot in back by Maple Heights police sues city, officer
Da'Twuan Catching's family filed a federal lawsuit against Maple Heights and the police officer who fatally shot Catchings after a May 2022 police chase.
Los Angeles man sentenced to prison in $7 million COVID-19 scam in Euclid
Aydin Kalantarov of Los Angeles was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Cleveland for his role in a $7 million COVID-19 relief scam.
Ex-corrections officer at Ohio private prison will be locked up for taking bribes to smuggle drugs
A former corrections officer at the Northeast Ohio Correctional Center, Terry Terrigno, was sentenced to one year in prison for smuggling drugs and other items for inmates.
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