2 men hiding inside occupied home arrested by Cambridge Police
Men were wanted on arrest warrants issued in Cuyahoga and Muskingum counties
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Two men wanted on out-of-town arrest warrants were arrested by Cambridge police early Friday morning after allegedly breaking into a Beatty Avenue residence.
Officers took Eric A. Adamik, 36, Cleveland Heights, into custody on a warrant from Cuyahoga County, and Aaron F. Norris, 36, Senecaville, on a warrant from Muskingum County.
Adamik was wanted for failing to appear for an arraignment hearing in the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on felony charges of drug trafficking and possession of drugs.
Cuyahoga County’s Global Center for Health Innovation could host court proceedings through June
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Posted Jan 22, 2021
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brendan Sheehan addresses jurors during the first jury trial held in 2020 at the Global Center for Health Innovation.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio The Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court wants to continue holding socially-distanced court proceedings at the Global Health Center for Innovation through June, according to the nonprofit that manages the Global Center on behalf of the county.
If the plan goes forward, it would be an extension of an agreement struck last year that allowed the court to use the county-owned Global Center for proceedings involving large numbers of people from September through December.
CANTON For some Americans, Martin Luther King Jr. Day is more than a holiday it s a day of service.
On Monday, the Impact Evangelistic Center Church of God in Christ at 1411 Cherry Ave. NE teamed up with local community advocates to conduct a grocery giveaway.
Though the COVID-19 pandemic detoured most in-person celebrations and gatherings, the Rev. Kenneth Lancaster, host pastor, said the giveaway was in keeping with King s mission, which included advocating for poor Americans of all races. Our church has partnered with the Akron-Canton Food Bank for about eight months, he said. This is something we could do safely. It s more than having a day off. It s a day we can reflect on how far we ve come, and how far we have to go. I m happy we can help keep his dream alive.
East Cleveland City Council president demands firing of police officer who shot teen during pursuit
Updated Jan 14, 2021;
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio The president of the City Council is demanding that a police officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old male during a foot chase last week be fired.
Korean Stevenson pushed for the firing of Sgt. Larry McDonald on Wednesday in a letter to Mayor Brandon King. Stevenson points out in the letter that McDonald did not have his body camera activated when the shooting death of Vincent Belmonte occurred on Jan. 5.
“As a result of Sgt. McDonald’s overt and deliberate actions, the public, our constituents, and the Bureau of Criminal Investigations (who is charged with investigating the shooting) will not have access to any video and audio data,” Stevenson writes. “As an elected official and a citizen of the City of East Cleveland, these actions constitute a unilateral decision to remove police conduct from public scrutiny. This goes agai
Former Cleveland State employee gave contracts to relatives’ companies in exchange for bribes, indictment says
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
View above the campus of Cleveland State University, Cleveland, photographed on Thursday, September 22, 2016. (Thomas Ondrey, The Plain Dealer)The Plain Dealer
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CLEVELAND, Ohio A current and former Cleveland State University employee are among five people indicted in what prosecutors say was a scheme that steered more than $250,000 in contracts to one of the employee’s relatives.
Marlene Gombach approved grant-funded contracts to pay media companies owned by her son, nephew and business associate in exchange for cash bribes from 2013 to 2016, when she worked as a project manager in the university’s Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education, according to the indictment.