Former U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman joins fight to free Ohio inmate convicted of three slayings
Updated Mar 04, 2021;
Posted Mar 04, 2021
Then-U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman, middle, speaks at a news conference at Euclid City Hall in 2019. He is surrounded by (from left) Cleveland Police Cmdr. Sammy Morris, DEA Resident Agent in Charge Keith Martin and Euclid Police Chief Scott Meyer.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio Justin Herdman, the former federal prosecutor who made his name fighting violent crime, is now working to free a man convicted in the slayings of three people.
Within weeks of leaving the U.S. attorney’s office, Herdman has joined lawyers representing Kevin Keith, who was convicted in 1994 in Bucyrus, about 100 miles southwest of Cleveland.
Man accused of shooting Willowick police officer released from rehab facility
Willowick police officer released from hospital after being shot in the line of duty By Julia Bingel | March 3, 2021 at 1:44 PM EST - Updated March 4 at 8:30 AM
WILLOWICK, Ohio (WOIO) - The 59-year-old man accused of shooting a Willowick police officer last October, was released from a rehab facility Wednesday and brought to the Lake County Jail.
Willowick Police Chief Brian Turner said Sam Stevens Jr. was shot by Officers Ben Bruno and Mark Guerrieri after Stevens shot Bruno in the chest following a police chase. Accused of shooting a Willowick police officer in October 2020. (Source: Willowick police)
Viewer tip helps solve 46-year-old cold case in Reynoldsburg
In December, 10TV aired an update on the death of 15-year-old Lori Nesson. That night, a viewer called police with information that helped close this case. Author: Angela An Updated: 11:18 AM EST March 5, 2021
Any investigator will tell you that sometimes it takes just one tip to unravel a mystery. Reynoldsburg police got that tip on a cold case 46 years later.
Lori Nesson disappeared on September 28, 1974. Police say she had gone to a high school football game and then a house party. Nesson was last seen walking home just after midnight.
“When this happened in 1974, this didn t just happen to me and my mom,” Toni Hastings, Nesson’s younger sister, said. “This totally changed everything for all of us. All my sister’s friends, my friends, me, my family, things we used to do.”
Canal Fulton police believe butane hash oil lab to blame for apartment complex explosion Canal Fulton police believe butane hash oil lab to blame for apartment complex explosion (Source: Canal Fulton Police) By Rachel Vadaj | March 1, 2021 at 9:37 PM EST - Updated March 1 at 9:37 PM
CANAL FULTON, Ohio (WOIO) - After obtaining a search warrant into the Canal Fulton apartment complex that exploded, authorities found numerous pieces of evidence pointing to a butane hash oil lab as the cause.
Canal Fulton Police Chief Douglas Swartz said first responders from Canal Fulton and Lawrence Township police and fire departments were sent to the 650 block of Colony Road for an explosion at approximately 8:48 p.m. on Feb. 25.
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