Updated: 10:33 PM EST January 14, 2021
CLEVELAND On Tuesday morning, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced the additional sentencing of a Cleveland man in connection to two cold case sexual assaults in the area.
According to Prosecutor O Malley, Ronald Wheeler, 48, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to the rape of two women in Cleveland between December 2006 and March of 2007. Wheeler was already serving a 48-year sentence for four other stranger rapes.
“This serial rapist, who has been convicted of raping six victims, will now rightfully die behind bars,” said Prosecutor O’Malley. “Although delayed, justice has been served for these victims.”
Biden Nominations Broaden Black Women’s Leadership Roles: 1st Black Woman to Chair Council of Economic Advisers, 2nd in 40 Years to Head HUD
By Charlene Crowell
Charlene Crowell
The selection of California Senator Kamala Harris to join and then win the nation’s Vice-Presidency gave unprecedented hope to Black women across the nation. Not only had a woman broken a glass ceiling in professional development; she was also Black and a graduate of Howard University, one of the nation’s premier Historically Black Institutions.
In recent days, however, two more significant nominations by President-Elect Joe Biden signal that the presence of Black women in the new administration is expanding in other ground-breaking roles. If confirmed by the Senate, Cecilia Rouse, a renowned economist will become the first Black woman to chair the nation’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) and Ohio’s Rep. Marcia Fudge, a former Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus will become the secon
Grandson of Cleveland’s Mayor Frank Jackson is accused of hitting a woman in domestic violence dispute
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
Posted Jan 06, 2021
Frank Q. Jackson is accused of domestic violence, again. Unlike the first time around, the case would be handled by an outside agency instead of the Cleveland Police Department, which is overseen by his grandfather, Mayor Frank Jackson.Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com
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Police went to the home of Frank Q. Jackson, 23, about 7:27 p.m.
Dec. 18 in the 2100 block of East 39th Street after receiving a report of the dispute. A 21-year-old woman, the mother of Frank Q. Jackson’s child, told police that he struck her in the head and face, according to a Cleveland police report.
Lorain native and Americaâs most prolific serial killer Samuel Little dies at 80, AP reports
Little has confessed to killing 93 people, including 7 from Ohio, between 1970 and 2005. Samuel Little is among the most prolific known serial killers in American history. (Source: NBC) By Sara Goldenberg, Misty Stiver, and Rachel Vadaj | December 30, 2020 at 8:29 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 8:43 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - AP confirmed on Wednesday that Lorain native Samuel Little, Americaâs most prolific serial killer with nearly 60 confirmed victims, has died at age 80 in Calif.
Police most recently confirmed the 1991 slaying of an Akron woman was at the hands of convicted serial killer Samuel Little.
Man indicted in fatal shooting of Garfield Heights woman while on I-77 with her children, prosecutor says Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio A Cuyahoga County grand jury handed up an indictment Wednesday against a 34-year-old man accused of shooting a Garfield Heights woman to death in front of her children as they drove on Interstate 77.
Ellis Wilson is charged with aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, improperly handling firearms while in a motor vehicle and having weapons while under disability in the death of 33-year-old Breyana M. Presley, according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
The shooting happened Dec. 19 on I-77 near the Harvard Avenue exit, prosecutors say.