AltWeeklies Wire
Nightmare Continues for Woman Inseminated by Her Parentsnew
When Shenna Grimm first accused her parents of inseminating her with a syringe, no one believed her. Even now, with her stepfather convicted of rape, she still has dissenters.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
08-16-2005 |
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
Lure of Haunted House Gets Teens in Troublenew
Teens who checked out a house thought to be haunted found a forgotten old man. After they ventured inside, they faced criminal charges.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
04-19-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: camcorder, trespassing
Security Company Takes Law Into Its Handsnew
Despite having no police powers, employees at Cuyahoga Valley Patrol have nonetheless been arresting people and conducting heavily armed raids, behaving like Marines in the Cambodian jungle.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
04-02-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Football Player Responds to Rape Allegationsnew
The prosecutor declined to file criminal charges after a woman accused Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Ross Verba of rape. Now a second woman has made startingly similar allegations.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
03-22-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Can a Gay Man in Akron Be Raped?new
Though slow in starting, the investigation yielded results. But even DNA evidence couldn't convince a jury that "Alan" was raped.
Cleveland Scene |
Denise Grollmus |
02-11-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Homemade Wine, Hillbillies and Fireworks Don't Mixnew
The fireworks exhibitors at the catastrophic Founder's Day Fair in Hubbard, Ohio, have been arraigned in federal court in Cleveland on several counts of felony conspiracy.
Cleveland Scene |
James Renner |
01-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Cops Imbibe to Catch Swigging Bartendersnew
Five off-duty officers gave up their Sundays to watch football, down brewskies and catch servers suspected of sneaking swigs of top-shelf liquor. The bartenders fired as a result of the stakeout are fighting back.
Cleveland Scene |
Joe P. Tone |
01-17-2005 |
Crime & Justice
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
Assault-Rifles Ban Was Nearly Worthlessnew
During the entire decade the assault-rifles ban was in effect, anyone -- gun collectors, criminals, terrorists -- could still buy assault rifles legally.
Cleveland Scene |
Chris Maag |
10-12-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: NRA, National Rifle Association, a terrorism expert, assault weapons, Bureau of Alcohol, Chechens, Dr. Neil Livingstone, executive director of the national Fraternal Order of Police, Gun-control advocates, Jim Pasco, Jim Titlow's Bushmaster XM-15 assault rifle, Tobacco and Firearms, 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
Blood Brothers: Kilbanes Get Sentenced for an Old Crimenew
Nearly three decades ago, brothers Martin and Owen Kilbane were sentenced for their role in the death of a judge's wife. When their chance to be paroled drew near, they found themselves charged with a new crime: the murder of a pimp 36 years ago.
Cleveland Scene |
Thomas Francis |
09-07-2004 |
Crime & Justice
