AltWeeklies Wire
The Battle For Lake Erienew
Ohio wants to wipe out an entire industry, just for sport.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
09-11-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Up In Smokenew
People in Madison, Ohio love their councilman -- even if he is a drug dealer.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
08-14-2006 |
Politics
Breaking the Banknew
National City Bank invested in con artists -- now it expects victims to foot the bill.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
07-10-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
The Pestnew

Elsebeth Baumgartner is the biggest pain in the ass you'd never want to meet -- but does she deserve 112 years in prison?
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
05-08-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
American Ninjanew

Coal Akida pioneered his own martial-arts style -- you're probably not man enough.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
05-01-2006 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
The Alchemistnew

Hayden Gill found a way to turn videogame gold into real-world cash.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
04-18-2006 |
Video Games
Herding Sheepnew
An Internet site promised easy money -- but it was only a high-tech take on an age-old scam.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
03-27-2006 |
Business & Labor
A Dangerous Mindnew
By day, he was a popular law student -- but by night, he was a bank robber with blood on his hands.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
03-20-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Ghosts in Tow Trucksnew
Under the dark of night, repo men in Cleveland come out to take cars.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
02-13-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Emily's Lawnew
In Ohio, insurers bought the right to take victims' injury settlements -- for $400,000.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
01-23-2006 |
Business & Labor
The Prisoner and the Millionairenew

A convicted child molester finds an unlikely ally in an eccentric playboy with his own sordid secret.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
01-17-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Child Stalker Casts Shadow on Ohio Townnew
The heat has been on registered sex offenders in Massillon, Ohio, ever since an unidentified man began trying to lure children into his car.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
06-08-2005 |
Crime & Justice