3 Cleveland police officers criminally charged for alleged assault of another officer (Source: WOIO) By Chris Anderson | December 22, 2020 at 1:24 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 1:29 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Three police officers were charged with misdemeanors for allegedly assaulting another officer, the city of Cleveland announced today.
The charges, filed with the Cleveland Municipal Court, stem from a Nov. 15 incident at the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association building on West 58th Street, according to Chief Calvin Williams.
City officials identified the three charged police officers, who are all currently assigned to the Fifth District, as:
29-year-old Patrol Officer Michael Phelps, hired in December 2015
Black leaders call for change as numbers reveal disparity of citations, arrests. Author: Rachel Polansky (WKYC), Phil Trexler Published: 10:19 PM EST December 14, 2020 Updated: 9:32 AM EST December 15, 2020
CLEVELAND It’s been called a year of reckoning.
Decades of simmering tensions in the Black community boiled over this past summer, reaching its tempest in Minneapolis and the death of George Floyd.
Closer to home, comes a self-examination focusing on the little-known private police forces patrolling our world-renown medical corridor.
A 3News Investigation shows Blacks are more likely than whites to be cited or arrested by these private police forces that work for the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals, University Circle Inc. and Case Western Reserve University.
$75,000 bond set for âviolent fugitiveâ shot by police at Steelyard Commons (Source: WOIO) By Julia Bingel | December 14, 2020 at 2:23 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 3:21 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The 31-year-old man shot in the Walmart parking lot at Steelyard Commons by members of the United States Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Task Force, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Monday in Cleveland Municipal Court. (Source: Cuyahoga County Sheriff)
Dewayne Taylor was shot just before noon on Dec. 11 after being tracked by the United States Marshals Service Violent Fugitive Task Force across several states. Steelyard Commons crime scene (Source: WOIO)
Officials said Taylor was shot when he pointed a gun at task force members trying to take him into custody.