Adam Ferrise

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

CLEVELAND, Ohio— An Iranian man ran a dark web marketplace that sold troves of drugs, stolen financial information and hacking-for-hire services, according to federal prosecutors. Behrouz Parsarad for three years ran the darknet site Nemesis, which processed more than 400,000 orders for methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and malware, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday in federal court in Cleveland. Some of Nemesis’ users were in northern Ohio, the indictment indicates.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

Updated: Apr. 17, 2025, 2:13 p.m.|Published: Apr. 17, 2025, 2:12 p.m.A lawsuit accuses a Cleveland police officer of hitting a teen in the head with a baton at Tower City. CLEVELAND, Ohio— A Cleveland police officer hit a teenager in the head with a baton while responding to a fight that the youth had nothing to do with, according to a lawsuit. The teen suffered a “traumatic brain injury” that prevents him from his schoolwork and from playing basketball, the lawsuit said.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Laura Hancock |Adam Ferrise |Jake Zuckerman |Molly Walsh

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio colleges that have seen international students lose their visas remain tight-lipped about the students’ identities and the circumstances surrounding their immigration troubles. Cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer reached out to the 12 colleges and universities that have lost at least 49 total students, as revealed by the schools themselves and the online publication Inside Higher Education.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

CLEVELAND, Ohio— Some killed. Others scammed, raped, robbed or busted out of prison. They fled the law to far flung hiding spots in Florida or Oregon or Mexico, while others stayed hidden close by. Some created fake identities and hid for decades. But ultimately, the U.S. Marshals Service’s Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force arrested them — 60,000 of them.

1 week ago | cleveland.com | Adam Ferrise

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Euclid man admitted to trafficking a teenage girl for sex in Pennsylvania and coerced two adult women into prostitution. Donte Cole, 41, posted online advertisements for the 16-year-old girl and charged men between $40 and $400 an hour to have sex with her, according to court records. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.