Month: April 2010

The woman who accused football star Ben Roethlisberger of raping her in March in a bar in Milledgeville, Georgia, described the alleged incident to police as the culmination of a night of bar-hopping. A prosecutor […] […]

Krakow, Poland (CNN) — Poland’s first couple was laid to rest on Sunday, marking the end of a journey filled with grief for the central European nation. The bodies of President Lech Kaczynski and his […] […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mark Kellogg, accused of devastating Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood, could spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty Tuesday to 103 mortgage fraud-related charges. Kellogg, 39, of Shaker Heights stood accused of leading […] […]

AMHERST, Oh — The mother of the 3-year-old Amherst boy, whose death is under investigation by Amherst Police, was accused today of assaulting her boyfriend. Alyson Sweaney, 22, was charged with domestic violence about 11:30 a.m. She was […] […]

CLEVELAND, Ohio–Cleveland’s rank-and-file police officers have mixed reactions to the directive from the chief ordering cops to do their jobs or consider another profession. The notice from Chief Michael McGrath has been the talk of […] […]

Lisa DeJong, The Plain DealerJoaquin Hicks, left, cries after Judge Daniel Gaul handed Hicks a sentence of 61 years to life in prison at Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court on Friday, April 16, 2010. On […] […]

In the post-wedding bliss, Yolanda Lucas gave little thought to a peculiar gift. Her mother-in-law had handed her a leather case, saying, “These are the freedom papers. They’re yours now.” Lucas set it aside, unopened. […] […]