AltWeeklies Wire
Devil's Advocatenew
A well-intentioned predator law perverts justice.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
12-01-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Thy Neighbor's Wifenew
When a jealous husband and a suspicious congregation discover a pastor's secret affair, all hell breaks loose.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
06-26-2006 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Love and Hatenew
An interracial couple and a racist cop -- you know this will go bad.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
02-06-2006 |
Crime & Justice
The Blue Curtain Of Silencenew
A dead kid, a cop's troubling past and a possible cover-up.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
01-30-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Bad Mushroom Trip Ends in Youth's Deathnew
A young man announced his impending death on the Internet before he was shot by police.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
09-13-2005 |
Science
Ohio Firm Sues Manager for Breach of Loyaltynew
The president of an Ohio hydraulic-pump firm thought it odd that a South African company planned to build a similar plant nearby and then found out that his special-project manager had been feeding company information to the rival.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
07-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
Discrimination Settlement Yields Little to Complainantnew
Darnay Cheeks was awarded $30,000 after Ford Motor Company agreed to settle regarding his complaint that it discriminated against blacks on a promotion test.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
03-22-2005 |
Race & Class
Black Newspapers Cry Racismnew
Across the country, black newspapers are crying discrimination because two companies -- Kohl's Department Stores and T-Mobile Wireless -- don't spend enough money with ... black newspapers.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
01-12-2005 |
Media
Flush With Government Cash, the Virgin Movement Goes Pronew
At 28, Susannah Petrie is a professional virgin, promoting abstinence before marriage to schoolchildren for the nonprofit Operation Keepsake. Detractors complain that the state is using tax money to promote a religious tenet under the guise of public health.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
11-08-2004 |
Sex
Cleveland Cops Coldcock a Cuckoldnew
It hurt Jeffrey Moore that his wife was cheating on him with a cop. And it hurt when that cop and three cop cronies handed Moore a beating.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
10-22-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Dead Wrong: Independence of Coroner's Rulings Questionednew
Defense attorneys complain that Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj listens too much to police and prosecutors in making her decisions, ruling that some deaths are homicides even when medical evidence suggests the patients died of other causes.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
09-21-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Officer Cleared of One Killing, Kills Againnew
The first shooting by Cleveland policeman Daniel Jopek was ruled justified. The next time he killed, however, a city prosecutor charged him with reckless homicide.
Cleveland Scene |
Kevin Hoffman |
09-14-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
