Ohio Crime Chronicle

Fraud and Drug Cases

• 🔥 Medicaid Fraud Indictment: Former Powell couple Roberta Acheampong and Godfred Owusu-Sekyere face a dozen felony charges...

• Westlake victim, 57, found unresponsive Friday in suspected domestic violence homicide; husband arrested.
• Tepe killings: Ex-husband McKee stalked...

A 15-month multi-agency investigation has resulted in charges against 17 people tied to a large drug trafficking pipeline between Akron and...

A 16-year-old who was 14 when accused of killing two other teens in Dayton has pleaded guilty to two murder counts under a plea deal, with sentencing...

An Ohio man was convicted of attempted murder for firing multiple shots at a home where two police officers stood on the porch with four residents....

A former Powell couple now believed to be living in Kenya or Ghana faces a dozen felony charges for allegedly defrauding Ohio Medicaid of more than $9...

Ayersville school board member Gregory Schubert, 59, faces a fifth-degree felony charge for disseminating material harmful to juveniles. The...

Supreme Court Decisions on Appeals

• 🔥 Jury Deference in Criminal Cases: Ohio Supreme Court ruled appeals courts must defer to jury credibility...

Cleveland police used Flock cameras and the Real Time Crime Center to arrest three "urban explorers" who broke into multiple schools.

• RTCC tracked...

• Appeals courts cannot re-assess a victim's credibility without conflicting evidence, the Court ruled unanimously.
• In Reillo's case, the victim's...

Cleveland police are urgently seeking 1-year-old Ariel Saddler, last seen Thursday with her mother Chyenne Saddler, 27, in the 10800 block of Bryant...

Two sisters living at the Cleveland home where a Tennessee mom's body was discovered now face accusations of hiding a sex offender there while authorities searched for him, adding a sharp twist to the case.

A man was shot in the head outside Noble Food Deal on Noble Road in Cleveland Heights on Thursday afternoon, with police now investigating a red sedan...

Court Actions in Homicide and Plot Cases

• 🔥 Teens Tried as Adults: Three teens face adult court trials on murder, felonious assault, and...

Three teens face adult court in the June 14 Main Mart shooting that killed Dayton father Joshua Fuller, underscoring limits of juvenile justice for...

Ohio's Compstat Daily Crime Briefing as of Tuesday, July 14, 2026, has been issued to track statewide crime data.

Cleveland police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide on Barker Lane NW.

• Victims: Holly Jarrett died from a single gunshot; Stanley Jarrett...

Itayetzy Padilla captured her own violent assault on the Fourth of July after a stranger targeted her and her boyfriend in Columbus Short North.

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Canton police arrested 25-year-old Jason L. Singletary on Wednesday for complicity to commit murder in the July 14 shooting death of 19-year-old...

Cleveland residents in the Buckeye neighborhood faced street takeovers, blocked access, and gunfire during the July 4th weekend, damaging local sites...