CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced Malik Blackwell, 23, was sentenced to life in prison with the first eligibility of parole after 68 years in prison for the aggravated murders of Timothy Nash and Anthony Norman in 2023. “This man is a violent individual who deserves to spend [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Mark Hardy, 27, and Kenneth Patterson, 23, for killing two people and Da’Karai Johnson, 27, for shooting two people in Downtown Cleveland. “This senseless act of gun violence cost two people [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Jacob Paxton, 27, for stealing over $2 million worth of baseball cards from the Best Western in Strongsville. 52 out of the 54 stolen cards were located at the residence of Jason Bowling, 50, [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Bionca Ellis, 32, for stabbing and killing 3-year-old Julian Wood and stabbing his mother, 37, at a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted. “This case is truly devastating. I want to express [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Viktor Vendler, 22, for shooting and killing 74-year-old Leroy Johnston at the Mill Stream Run Reservation in Strongsville. “For several months our community has sought answers to the senseless homicide of [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that Traveon Hughes, 20, was found guilty by a jury of murder for killing his 13-week-old baby, Traveon Hughes Jr., by shoving a baby wipe down his throat. “The State of Ohio believes that baby Traveon Hughes’s death was an intentional homicide. [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced that a Cuyahoga County grand jury has returned an indictment charging Tyric Green, 21, and D’Andre Morris, 22, for intentionally setting a house on fire in Cleveland with three people inside – including a 7- month-old-baby. “Mr. Green lit fire to his [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced Jason Iverson, 29, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the aggravated murders of his pregnant sister, her unborn child, and her husband in Maple Heights on September 4, 2023. “On September 4, 2023, Mr. Iverson deliberately [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced Kristel Candelario, 32, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of her 16-month-old daughter, Jailyn Candelario, in June 2023. . “Today, we remember Jailyn – a beautiful baby girl who was taken from this world [...]
CLEVELAND - Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced Jason Iverson, 29, pleaded guilty to the aggravated murders of his pregnant sister, her unborn child, and her husband in Maple Heights on September 4, 2023. In addition, he pleaded guilty to felonious assault for shooting his son. “Jason Iverson violently gunned [...]
