Adam Ferrise

6 days ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

CLEVELAND, Ohio — MetroHealth’s board of directors fired former president and CEO Airica Steed last year because of poor performance and judgment, as well as insubordination, the board’s attorneys said in court filings. The filling on Wednesday marked the first time MetroHealth officials fully laid out a reasoning for the Aug. 9, 2024 firing that happened just 20 months into Steed’s tenure.

6 days ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

A lawsuit accuses Newburgh Heights Mayor Trevor Elkins and village officials of wrongfully prosecuting a critic of the mayor. Patti Sapone | NJ Advance Media CLEVELAND, Ohio— Newburgh Heights Mayor Trevor Elkins created a website that featured derogatory information about a resident who led a recall effort against him, a lawsuit says. The city’s police chief later arrested the critic on charges that a judge later threw out, according to the lawsuit.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

Courts and JusticePublished: May. 07, 2025, 12:55 p.m.A Euclid man is accused of selling ecstasy pills that were actually made with methamphetamine.Getty ImagesCLEVELAND, Ohio — A Euclid man sold pills that he labeled as ecstasy, but they were actually made out of methamphetamine, according to federal agents. Jonathan P. Johnson admitted to U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents that he could make 2,000 pills in an hour and that he sold them from his home, court records say.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

CLEVELAND, Ohio— Nineteen people are charged in connection with a cocaine ring in Cleveland that authorities say sold the drugs and guns from stash houses on the Cleveland’s West Side. Juan Colon, 42, of Cleveland, led the crew that obtained its drugs from supplier Derek Brantley, 41, of Cleveland Heights, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Cleveland on Tuesday. The group dealt drugs out of three houses in Cleveland, the indictment says.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

SubscriberKey that denotes Subscriber Exclusive content. Updated: May. 05, 2025, 3:45 p.m.|Published: May. 05, 2025, 3:44 p.m.A Cleveland-area restauranteur is accused in a lawsuit of failing to pay $1.1 million in loans he got from the collapsed St. Paul Croatian Federal Credit Union.