AltWeeklies Wire
Law & Order: C.L.E.new
What happens when the police need prosecuting?
Cleveland Scene |
Sam Allard |
01-20-2015 |
Crime & Justice
A Traffic Ticket and a Bullet Through the Chestnew
As the feds investigate the Cleveland Police Department's use of deadly force, another story emerges of an unarmed man shot by cops in one of downtown's busiest entertainment districts.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
03-07-2014 |
Crime & Justice
The Never-Ending Pain of the Boy Scouts' 'Perversion Files'new
A former Scoutmaster confesses to decades of molestations that happened as the Scouts looked the other way; a victim explains the trauma endured at the hands of another troop leader.
Cleveland Scene |
Doug Brown |
07-31-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Boy Scouts Sex Abuse
The Long History of Ariel Castro, Cleveland Kidnapper and Monsternew
Ariel Castro, 52, and his brothers Pedro and Onil were arrested following the rescue of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. Ariel owned the Seymour Avenue home where the women had been kept. Police sources paint a grim picture of chains, restraints, locked doors, and rape.
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
05-07-2013 |
Crime & Justice
The Wrong Side of Rightsnew
Alfred Cleveland is not a murderer. Alfred Cleveland has spent 16 years in prison for murder
Cleveland Scene |
Eric Sandy |
04-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: wrongful convictions
Methbustersnew
On the street with the most aggressive drug hunters in Ohio.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
05-02-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Out of Boundsnew
A Cleveland cop killed a man at his own home. Was it police business or a personal vendetta?
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
02-15-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Daniel Ficker, Matthew Craska
The Amish Bernie Madoffnew
An Amish investor blamed for blowing $17 million opts out of the U.S. legal system.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
11-17-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Amish, Monroe Beach
Dead Runnew
As her husband lay in a pool of blood, Claudia Hoerig fled to Brazil.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
08-31-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Claudia Hoerig, Karl Hoerig
Chasing Caseynew
America's top not-guilty murderess is holed up in Geauga County AND WE TRACK HER DOWN.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
08-10-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Call It Evennew
The wrong guys went down for an old lady's murder. At least the prosecutors are unscathed.
Cleveland Scene |
Vince Grzegorek |
07-05-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Alice Zolkowski, Thomas Siller
The Film Buffnew
Steven Barrett is a fixture on the local scene. Now he's earning a rep in pervert circles too.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-30-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Steven Barrett
Shots in the Darknew
Prosecutors allowed Jamelle Swanson’s killer to walk. Swanson’s sister isn’t going so quietly.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-29-2011 |
Crime & Justice
What the Boy Sawnew
A child's testimony put three men on death row. The neighborhood saw it differently.
Cleveland Scene |
Kyle Swenson |
06-08-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Harry Franks, Ronnie Bridgeman
Shakeup in Lockdownnew
As Ohio prisons go private, a prison town goes berserk.
Cleveland Scene |
Loretta Ashyk |
06-01-2011 |
Crime & Justice
