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4 days ago | 
cleveland19.com | Noelle Haynes |Julia Bingel |Brittany Wier
WAYNE COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - A Wayne County man facing more than 15 sex charges, including several counts for the rape of juveniles, has a plea hearing in Wayne County Court of Common Pleas Tuesday. Seth Leedy, 43, of Shreve, was arrested Sept. 19, 2024 and is being held without bond. Leedy faces five counts of rape. Court documents say three of those counts are for the rape of children between the ages of six and nine years old.
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6 days ago | 
azfamily.com | Brian Koster |Julia Bingel |Colton Molesky |Dorothy Sedovic
ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - A man in Ohio is accused of threatening Republican Rep. Max Miller and his family in a road rage incident. Rocky River Police said 36-year-old Feras Hamdan turned himself in at the department with his attorney. According to police, Miller called 911 at about 9:30 a.m. Thursday and said he was on Interstate 90 and driving to work when a man laid on his horn.
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1 week ago | 
cleveland19.com | Julia Bingel |Avery Williams
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued a reprieve Friday for the man sentenced to death for killing a Cleveland police officer. Quisi Bryan was convicted in 2000 of killing Cleveland Police Officer Wayne Leon. His most recent execution date for Jan. 7, 2026 has been moved to Nov. 15, 2028. Officer Leon, 32, was killed at a gas station after pulling over Bryan on June 25, 2000.
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1 week ago | 
cleveland19.com | Madeline Harden |Julia Bingel
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) -Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders entered a guilty plea to speeding in Strongsville Mayor’s Court and paid $250 in fines and court costs. Strongsville Police cited Sanders early Tuesday morning for traveling 101 in a 60 mph zone. Officers pulled over Sanders on I-71 near SR 82 at 12:24 a.m.RELATED: Shedeur Sanders makes surprise visit to Cleveland high schoolAccording to court records, Sanders’ also has a citation for speeding pending in Medina Municipal Court.
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1 week ago | 
cleveland19.com | Brian Koster |Julia Bingel
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A former athletic trainer at University School will be sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty earlier this week to several sex charges. On Monday, Ryan Goughnour pleaded guilty to:One count of attempted gross sexual impositionOne count unlawful restraintTwo counts disseminating matter harmful to juvenilesOne count of possessing criminal tools He will be sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Saffold.
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1 week ago | 
cleveland19.com | Julia Bingel |Colton Molesky
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The 34-year-old Cleveland man who was fatally shot inside a home on Parkgate Avenue early Monday morning was identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner as De’Ante Kidd. The shooting happened around 1 a.m. Monday in the 10000 block of Parkgate Avenue, near East Blvd. This is in the city’s Glenville neighborhood. Cleveland Police said initial reports suggested the suspect had barricaded himself inside a nearby home.
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1 week ago | 
cleveland19.com | Julia Bingel |Katharine Huntley
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said the man fatally shot at a Cleveland block party early Monday morning is Deandre Houston, 27, of South Euclid. Houston was one of six people shot around midnight Monday in the 5900 block of Luther Ave. on the city’s East side. A 32-year-old man, a 30-year-old man, a 19-year-old woman, a 27-year-old woman, and an 18-year-old woman were all transported to a local hospital.
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1 week ago | 
cleveland19.com | Brian Koster |Julia Bingel
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A former athletic trainer at University School pleaded guilty Monday to several sex charges. Ryan Goughnour pleaded guilty to:One count of attempted gross sexual impositionOne count unlawful restraintTwo counts disseminating matter harmful to juvenilesOne count of possessing criminal tools Goughnour, 34, was fired from the school’s Hunting Valley Campus on Dec. 14, 2024. He will be sentenced by Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Saffold on Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
cleveland19.com | Julia Bingel |Brian Koster
PAINESVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - The Painesville man guilty of killing a teen in downtown Willoughby last summer, will be sentenced in Lake County Court of Common Pleas Friday. On May 13, a jury found Fernando Alejo guilty of murder, tampering with evidence, and illegal possession of a firearm in a liquor permit premises. Rogelio Cabrera, 17, of Madison, was shot around 12:30 a.m. on July 13, 2024. Cabrera was found lying on the ground in the alleyway near Barrio Tacos on Erie Street.
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2 weeks ago | 
cleveland19.com | Rachel Vadaj |Caitlin McCarthy |Julia Bingel |Madeline Harden
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The owner of a security company accused of stalking seven women after installing their security systems pleaded guilty in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Monday. Just when you think you’ve heard it all, along comes Robert Hocevar. Clearly, he has not learned from his previous stays in prison. Hopefully, his next prison sentence will teach him a lesson.
