4:38 PM, Feb 16, 2012
It's the job of the Cuyahoga County Veterans Service Commission to assist veterans in need.
8:02 PM, Feb 14, 2012
Is the state Inspector General a watchdog or Republican lapdog?
7:56 PM, Feb 10, 2012
They are among the worst-rated nursing homes in the country -- and they have been like that for the last three years.
5:36 PM, Feb 7, 2012
Channel 3 News has combed through the lawsuit to identify the models that caught on fire.
11:01 AM, Feb 7, 2012
It's an everyday appliance, but investigators now suspect that a dishwasher is the cause of an extraordinary fire
12:49 AM, Feb 3, 2012
The Giants and Patriots aren't the only ones preparing for battle this Super Bowl Sunday.
8:15 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Water tested near homes in the Lorain County community of Wellington was found to be safe.
8:16 PM, Jan 26, 2012
Maria Karban was once named nurse's aide of the year at MetroHealth's nursing home. But, she's now a convicted criminal headed to jail for six months.
7:53 PM, Jan 25, 2012
A city audit sounded the alarm on payroll abuses at the Cleveland Fire Department. Now, we're learning how much it's going to cost us to fix the system that let it happen.
8:20 PM, Jan 24, 2012
The "number and severity of the violations" led the state to issue the fines one year after a gas explosion ripped apart Fairport Harbor.
12:53 AM, Jan 21, 2012
It was a one-way bus ticket into Northeast Ohio's sex trade.
10:48 AM, Jan 17, 2012
They called it the "boom boom room," an open area in a basement where girls were forced to engage in unprotected sex
8:13 PM, Jan 9, 2012
If it wasn't for a hidden camera, we may have never known about the abuse Esther Piskor suffered.
7:37 PM, Jan 5, 2012
A federal judge today sentenced two major players in one of the country's largest mortgage fraud schemes to lengthy prison terms.
7:48 AM, Jan 5, 2012
FBI has video of Dimora on 2008 Las Vegas trip that prosecutors say was paid for by corrupt contractors.
7:07 AM, Jan 5, 2012
A secretly-recorded conversation between a U.S District Court judge in Cleveland and Jimmy Dimora
4:59 PM, Dec 29, 2011
It was another busy year for the Channel 3 News investigative team.
7:18 PM, Dec 22, 2011
A one-time Nurse's Aide of the Year at a county-funded nursing home admitted to assaulting a 78-year-old resident
7:37 PM, Dec 20, 2011
An Ohio sheriff says a man cleaning his muzzle-loading rifle accidentally shot and killed a 15-year-old Amish girl driving a horse-drawn buggy more than a mile away.
7:46 PM, Dec 16, 2011
A state panel is "ordering" Cuyahoga County to re-hire two relatives of a former deputy auditor.
7:54 AM, Dec 14, 2011
A Democratic state senator is asking the state Department of Development to investigate allegations of misspending at a non-profit agency that uses state grants to help low income residents with heating bills.
12:53 AM, Dec 14, 2011
Head Start pre-schoolers were exposed to all kinds of hazards including toxic chemicals, an unattended machete, and unsafe playground equipment, according to the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
1:00 AM, Dec 9, 2011
City auditors may have pulled the alarm on payroll abuses at the Cleveland firefighters, but Channel 3 News found that the department's top brass are among those who collected the biggest overtime pay.
6:01 PM, Dec 7, 2011
County judge sealed results of FBI search warrant at home of a "juvenile suspect" in Orange High School bomb threats.
2:33 PM, Dec 7, 2011
Cleveland city safety brass and firefighter officials meeting Wednesday to discuss the city's new payroll policy
8:02 PM, Dec 6, 2011
Friend of the boy whose home was searched today by FBI says the boy had "zero involvement" in bomb threats at Orange
12:41 AM, Dec 2, 2011
Cuyahoga County members calling for county's inspector general to investigate questionable spending by non-profit agency
7:53 PM, Dec 1, 2011
Cleveland City Councilman Jeff Johnson says he has heard from insiders in the city's fire department
8:28 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Council members grilled top safety brass at a committee meeting about an audit
12:43 AM, Nov 30, 2011
State Senator Shirley Smith testified that Channel 3 News hidden cameras caught her living outside of her district
9:06 PM, Nov 28, 2011
A former MetroHealth Medical Center nurse's aide faces more than seven years in prison
10:00 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Investigator Tom Meyer questions how the head of Head Start got to use the company credit card.
9:39 PM, Nov 23, 2011
FBI made more arrests at the Bergholz Clan's compound in the Amish attacks in Holmes County
6:16 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Aerial video footage obtained by Channel 3 News appears to show an officer kicking a man who is lying on the ground
11:35 AM, Nov 23, 2011
Top executives at a non-profit agency are rolling up big tabs on travel and other items.
6:18 PM, Nov 22, 2011
A second audit is underway to determine which supervisers may have allowed Cleveland firefighters to get paid for hours they never worked
12:14 PM, Nov 17, 2011
Dozens of local cabbies have moving violations on their driving records.
4:38 AM, Nov 16, 2011
Truck driver Steve Berardinelli had to quit his job because he was afraid he was going to kill someone or himself
10:17 PM, Nov 14, 2011
The head of the foundation started by former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky resigned Monday
8:27 PM, Nov 11, 2011
The charges against a former assistant coach and two Penn State University officials have shocked the nation
7:44 PM, Nov 10, 2011
Uproar over former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky's arrest has centered on what head coach Joe Paterno did and didn't do.
12:52 AM, Nov 8, 2011
The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation routinely goes after injured workers who try to cheat the system.
8:28 PM, Nov 7, 2011
Man who once headed up the Cleveland Metroparks was caught there allegedly exposing himself on Friday
7:01 PM, Nov 4, 2011
U.S. attorneys say they expect more indictments soon against Jimmy Dimora or Michael Forlani or both.
1:21 PM, Nov 1, 2011
Channel 3 News investigation found that you need to closely examine the backgrounds of home health aides
9:58 AM, Oct 28, 2011
They were found to have done everything from raping nursing home residents to stealing their diamond rings to spitting in their face.
10:38 AM, Oct 21, 2011
Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Dimora charged in another corruption scheme, involving head of electrical contracting firm
1:18 AM, Oct 11, 2011
As a result of a Channel 3 News investigation, Cleveland City Hall is making what it calls significant and sweeping changes
6:57 PM, Oct 4, 2011
The Ohio Department of Education is taking over seven local charter schools after yanking their sponsor.
11:47 PM, Oct 3, 2011
The family of Milka Simonoski says her attack might have been avoided had police done more
5:42 PM, Sep 30, 2011
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services fined the Prentiss Center for Skilled Nursing Care at MetroHealth $357,000
8:00 PM, Sep 29, 2011
County elections board today voted to ask state Sen. Shirley Smith to appear and testify as to where she lives
6:44 PM, Sep 27, 2011
State Senator Shirley Smith's residency is expected to be discussed by Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
6:52 AM, Sep 27, 2011
State lawmakers are supposed to live in the district they represent. It's the law.
11:44 PM, Sep 19, 2011
Rangers in the Cleveland Metroparks consider it their number one priority and arrest records back up their claim.
7:00 PM, Sep 15, 2011
Federal prosecutors are accusing an Amish man of defrauding thousands of investors out of a combined $16.8 million, according to a grand jury indictment.
11:56 PM, Sep 14, 2011
A Channel 3 News hidden-camera investigation has exposed a potential security breach at a government-funded preschool program.
4:17 PM, Sep 13, 2011
Edward Henderson decided to plead guilty to assault and fleeing a police officer in a New Year's Day incident
5:50 PM, Sep 6, 2011
Channel 3 News is working hard to restore peace to a noisy Cleveland neighborhood and we're getting results.
11:54 PM, Sep 5, 2011
Ongoing feud between residents of a high-end development and the owner of renowned sausage company
11:47 PM, Sep 1, 2011
One of Frank Russo's former employees is accusing the corrupt politician of acting like the Godfather
9:03 AM, Aug 26, 2011
Police are investigating alleged sexual assault incident at Oakwood Village nursing home
6:53 PM, Aug 22, 2011
Is an internal memo obtained by Channel 3 News designed to discourage MetroHealth employees from discussing what's happening behind closed doors?
11:57 PM, Aug 19, 2011
State and local authorities are cracking down on an animal clinic following a Channel 3 News hidden camera investigation into an unlicensed employee operating on animals.
3:49 PM, Aug 18, 2011
Cuyahoga County Executive Ed Fitzgerald says taxpayers will no longer foot the bill for county employees who are cited for parking and traffic violations while driving county vehicles.
3:11 PM, Aug 17, 2011
Two undercover Cleveland cops accused of harassing, intimidating young business professional downtown
2:43 PM, Aug 16, 2011
A former Catholic brother who pleaded guilty to killing a priest in 2002 says his initial confession was coerced by Cleveland police.
10:39 PM, Aug 8, 2011
Fire Department spent more than $400,000 in last year and a half to get people into their cars or homes after being locked out
8:25 PM, Aug 8, 2011
Two nurses' aides appeared in court Monday on charges they abused an Alzheimer's patient in their care.
6:11 PM, Aug 8, 2011
A lawsuit has been filed by a man who claims police used excessive force on him. It's a story first reported by The Investigator Tom Meyer.
6:50 PM, Aug 2, 2011
Back in June, The Investigator, Tom Meyer, reported on juvenile, convicted sex offenders attending local high schools.
7:18 PM, Jul 29, 2011
Nursing home resident whose abuse by nursing aides was caught by hidden camera can stay at county-run facility for now
7:21 PM, Jul 26, 2011
MetroHealth wants her out. The family wants her to stay put.
11:51 PM, Jul 25, 2011
MetroHealth's nursing home is giving the boot to a 78-year-old resident whose son installed a hidden camera
3:27 PM, Jul 19, 2011
A Channel 3 News investigation got the scoop on soft serve ice cream sold locally. The news is both good and bad.
11:46 PM, Jul 11, 2011
Former susuburban police chief and Cleveland Rape Crisis consultant estimates thousands of accused rapists have walked away scot-free.
6:49 PM, Jul 5, 2011
The early Monday shooting of a suspect by Cleveland police is at least the sixth shooting since the beginning of the year
6:06 PM, Jul 5, 2011
A hidden camera reveals nurses' aides' treatment of patient.
3:27 PM, Jun 30, 2011
Steve Piskor says investigators from the Ohio Attorney General's Office will be interviewing him about the abuse of his mother caught on hidden camera at MetroHealth's nursing home.
10:41 AM, Jun 29, 2011
An employee at MetroHealth's nursing home said she reported potential patient abuse, but her complaints were repeatedly ignored by the facility's administrators.
12:16 PM, Jun 28, 2011
The video footage, obtained exclusively by Channel 3, has prompted both criminal and regulatory investigations.
9:04 PM, Jun 23, 2011
We have seen some reaction our story Wednesday night about airport renovations.
8:40 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Lawsuit filed today claims Cleveland police use excessive force on suspects and then "routinely lie" about their conduct
7:35 PM, Jun 14, 2011
The Ohio Vet Board says it is opening a formal investigation following a Channel 3 News report.
7:24 PM, Jun 10, 2011
He's one of four Cleveland police officers under federal investigation on allegations of police brutality on New Years Day
2:10 AM, Jun 8, 2011
A high school student, who's been convicted of a sex offense, cannot come in contact with any of the girls he's been accused of attacking.
4:27 PM, Jun 7, 2011
Student still walking the halls as he awaits trial on his third rape charge.
8:30 PM, Jun 3, 2011
Argument inside Club Allure on Public Square turned ugly and resulted in three people being gunned down outside.
8:06 PM, Jun 2, 2011
It only took a day to pick a jury in the public corruption trial of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Steven Terry
8:45 PM, Jun 1, 2011
Top officials of Cleveland Public Power went before city council to present a written plan for exposing the hidden hazards Channel 3 News found on local sidewalks.
10:34 AM, Jun 1, 2011
They risk everything to protect your tax dollars from abuse, fraud and waste. Now, Ohio wants you to get in on the act.
3:43 PM, May 24, 2011
To those who know him, Michael Segal is a lawyer, a financial adviser to NFL players or an investment manager.
3:37 PM, May 23, 2011
Federal Judge Sara Lioi has granted a delay in the public corruption trial of Jimmy Dimora until January 4, 2012.
3:47 PM, May 19, 2011
More than 130 juvenile sex offenders live in Cuyahoga County and you don't know which schools they attend.
11:32 AM, May 18, 2011
Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensak said there's nothing more important than the health and safety of the public
6:39 PM, May 10, 2011
Cleveland public utilities committee head says he had no idea of the hidden electrical hazards until Channel 3 reported them
2:58 PM, May 10, 2011
You need to be careful where you walk and what you touch outdoors.
10:05 AM, May 3, 2011
Former Cleveland police officer Leo Hayes says he was wiped out financially by his own granddaughter
11:40 PM, Apr 25, 2011
Clevelander Jennifer Simmons is experiencing a foreclosure mess that one expert says happens with disturbing regularity.
6:45 PM, Apr 19, 2011
An autopsy was done today on a man fatally shot by Cleveland police during a kidnapping investigation.
8:14 PM, Apr 12, 2011
Homeless man suspected of bombing a synagogue in Santa Monica faces a federal judge in Cleveland Wednesday.
12:36 PM, Apr 12, 2011
She was supposed to capture their happiest moments, but brides say their wedding photog robbed them of their memories
8:02 PM, Apr 11, 2011
Former CSU cashier will be sentenced Friday on charges she stole $173,000 from the university.
6:50 PM, Apr 7, 2011
Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora pleaded not guilty to new federal charges in Akron Thursday.
1:11 PM, Apr 5, 2011
Thousands of miles of gas pipelines in northeast Ohio are 60 years or older
10:35 PM, Mar 30, 2011
Judge orders release of wire-tapped phone calls from former Judge Bridget McCafferty's trial
1:35 AM, Mar 29, 2011
A suburb is charging some property owners big bucks to pay for a freeway ramp that'll benefit developers.
7:51 PM, Mar 21, 2011
A police lieutenant has been fired and three other officers in Woodmere Village have been placed on administrative leave with pay pending the outcome of a county investigation.
8:02 PM, Mar 18, 2011
Investigator: Cleveland officers charged in alleged beating
5:18 AM, Mar 8, 2011
U.S. Marshals Service never looked into abuse allegations involving a deputy working in Cleveland.
11:44 AM, Mar 3, 2011
A judge has ordered the release of a police video that a Cleveland Heights man says will show him beaten by police, but she barred its release to the public.
5:10 PM, Mar 1, 2011
Contaminated beer -- is it a concern at your favorite bar?
3:32 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Clevelanders will be soaking up that summer sun soon, but if you're like 30 million other people, you are tanning indoors, despite serious health risks.
1:17 AM, Feb 15, 2011
The Investigator Tom Meyer offers some tips to help ward off potential heartbreak down the line.
4:57 PM, Feb 8, 2011
LORAIN -- Dr. Henry Mazorow, 81, says his age did not play a factor in the death of a 13-year-old dental patient. Marissa Kingery went to Mazorow to have an impacted tooth surgically exposed and to have two baby teeth extracted. She fell into a coma and died last month.
11:37 AM, Feb 7, 2011
CLEVELAND -- Edward Henderson said he was handcuffed when Cleveland police beat him brutally, forcing him to be hospitalized for three days.
5:31 AM, Feb 1, 2011
CLEVELAND -- A family is suing a West Side nursing home, saying they were never told their mother had fallen 17 times in 16 months, including the last fall, which the coroner said contributed to her death.
4:37 PM, Jan 25, 2011
The Investigator Tom Meyer takes a look at some of the violations recorded at food distributors and wholesalers in the Greater Cleveland area.
3:03 PM, Jan 18, 2011
PARMA -- A civilian review board cleared police of any wrongdoing after reviewing an internal police probe into a golf outing that featured sexually explicit activity.
6:55 PM, Jan 12, 2011
CLEVELAND -- A police helicopter has video of what one police officer described as a needless beating of a suspect trying to elude police.
10:59 AM, Jan 11, 2011
CLEVELAND -- Evelyn Pembroke was away on vacation when a water main broke last June, sending water gushing into her home.
5:01 PM, Jan 6, 2011
CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland man has been arrested for selling a 16-year-old girl for sex at a downtown coffee shop.
12:47 AM, Jan 4, 2011
EUCLID -- A national legal group is asking outgoing Gov. Ted Strickland to free a man who was convicted nearly 12 years ago for murdering his 12-day-old daughter, based on new evidence the group says proves he was innocent -- a contention prosecutors deny.
9:28 AM, Jan 1, 2011
CLEVELAND -- Corruption. Consumer fraud. Police wrongdoing. Government waste. These are only a few of the subjects that kept the Investigator Tom Meyer busy in 2010.
12:47 AM, Dec 31, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- It was a banner year for corruption busting, starting with former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo and capping off with County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora's indictment. And don't forget the guilty plea by former eight-term County Sheriff Gerald McFaul.
9:37 PM, Dec 22, 2010
PAINESVILLE -- A lawsuit field in federal court says a Painesville man was tasered by police for 21 seconds, or 16 seconds longer than the manufacturer's recommendation.
7:46 PM, Dec 21, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The county caseworker assigned to oversee the Cleveland woman arrested for endangering her three adopted children never followed up after failing to reach her three times in October, a Department of Children and Family Services spokeswoman said Tuesday.
8:40 PM, Dec 16, 2010
LAKEWOOD -- Lakewood High School refuses to allow an injured student to wear sweatpants to school as ordered by her family doctor.
8:19 PM, Dec 15, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on corruption related crimes. But as the Investigator Tom Meyer was first to report, Russo is now willing to cooperate with proescutors.
8:35 PM, Dec 9, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Parents whose children attend the Happyworks Daycare in Cleveland were both surprised and shocked that the state renewed its license after learning it failed to request a background check on a convicted felon.
6:50 PM, Dec 6, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland police and City Councilman Jeff Johnson exchanged angry words after a young, black investment banker apologized to a Cleveland police officer, who was accused of being a racist.
7:42 PM, Dec 3, 2010
CLEVELAND -- He refused to apologize for saying his arrest outside one of Cleveland's hottest night club was racially motivated. Now, a municipal court judge today said that, if there's no "I'm sorry," there's no deal to avoid a criminal record.
1:34 PM, Dec 2, 2010
COLUMBUS -- The Ohio Legislature is a step closer to combatting a growing and profitable industry called 'human trafficking' in which children and adults are being forced into prostitution and hard labor through violence.
7:31 PM, Dec 1, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A state lawmaker says it's "outrageous" that the state renewed the license of a day care that failed to conduct a background check on an employee who police said was armed to the teeth during a standoff last June and had two guns in his apartment above the day care.
6:21 PM, Nov 29, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The Morehouse College graduate whose arrest rekindled accusations of racism in one of the Cleveland's hottest night spots struck a deal with prosecutors today that allows him to potentially avoid a criminal record.
1:22 PM, Nov 25, 2010
Frustrated by the financial crisis, an increasing number of frustrated Ohioans are turning to an anti-government group that prosecutors and civil rights groups consider one of the most extreme groups in the country, the Investigator Tom Meyer found.
11:36 AM, Nov 24, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A new anti-bullying, anti-harassment website called Quibber wants to help the millions of people throughout the country who are victims of bullying and harassment.
6:34 PM, Nov 23, 2010
BROOKLYN -- An HIV-positive man who worked with troubled teens at a Cleveland residential treatment center is charged with raping a 17-year-old boy who was once a patient at the center, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor spokesman Ryan Miday said.
7:34 PM, Nov 22, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A key witness in the federal corruption case against Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora died Sunday night.
11:24 AM, Nov 19, 2010
NORTHEAST OHIO -- A Channel 3 News investigation found that Euclid City Schools and Maple Heights City Schools topped the lists for schools which discipline bullies most often.
9:26 PM, Nov 17, 2010
CLEVELAND -- In an effort to improve building security and safety, Cuyahoga County Sheriff Bob Reid ordered random checks of all employees and people doing business at 10 county buildings today, including the Justice Center.
4:57 PM, Nov 10, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Vicious dogs. Chuckholes. Outrageous water bills. These are only a few of the reasons Clevelanders dial Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's Action Center.
10:55 AM, Nov 4, 2010
At the same time they were cutting programs and raising taxes, school districts and cities in Cuyahoga County have paid out more than $63 million to retiring employees in the last three years for early retirement bonuses and unused benefits, public records show.
10:59 AM, Oct 29, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A Salvation Army bin in Solon says "clothing only," but the sign is frequently ignored as donors drop off everything from urine-soaked mattresses to old, beat-up paint buckets.
10:39 AM, Oct 8, 2010
PARMA -- City Safety Director Greg Baeppler said that he expects sanctions to be issued following a controversial police golf outing over the Labor Day weekend at the city-owned Ridgewood golf course.
10:28 AM, Oct 6, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- A big-budget, little-known counter-terrorism program in Cleveland is getting overhauled, following an exclusive Tom Meyer investigation.
5:52 PM, Sep 30, 2010
CLEVELAND -- More than 100 individuals turned out for the first racial sensitivity training session spearheaded by Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and the U.S. Attorney's office.
10:43 AM, Sep 30, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- The widespread corruption uncovered by federal prosecutors, who have charged 43 defendants in the ongoing Cuyahoga County probe, has cost taxpayers about $35 million so far, a Channel 3 News investigation has found.
11:24 PM, Sep 28, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- The new interim county auditor met his highest paid employee this week and says her position, along with others in the auditor's office, are being evaluated.
4:21 PM, Sep 20, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The Ohio Department of Education has informed Ashe Culture Center that it intends to revoke its sponsorship of nine charter schools by October 1, unless it shows it can correct numerous deficiencies.
10:46 AM, Sep 17, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Three other county judges are coming under scrutiny today after they were mentioned in the bombshell federal indictments announced Wednesday that accused County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and two Common Pleas Court judges of corrupt activity.
12:13 PM, Sep 16, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- In a federal indictment that contains a laundry list of one corrupt deal after another involving County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, perhaps the most shocking allegations involve the frequency in which he traded influence for sex.
7:46 PM, Sep 15, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Now that federal prosecutors have charged County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora today with 26-counts of corruption-related activities, their next task is to make sure they can convince jurors to convict the powerful Democrat.
4:42 AM, Sep 15, 2010
PARMA -- For $90, golfers in a tournament arranged by a Parma police officer got quite the deal -- 18 holes of golf, a steak dinner and all the booze they could guzzle. For a little extra, they could even bury their heads in the bare chests of beautiful women.
7:27 PM, Sep 14, 2010
CLEVELAND -- About two dozen owners of nightclubs and restaurants on West Sixth in Cleveland left an hour-and-a-half-long meeting with Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson feeling good about the city's effort to ease tension in the popular entertainment district.
8:09 AM, Sep 11, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- How brazen was Frank Russo's corruption? Federal authorities say the former Cuyahoga County auditor was negotiating bribes and kickbacks in early 1998, or about nine months before Russo was charged with dereliction of duty for the way he ran his office.
3:20 PM, Sep 10, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A top aide says former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo cut a deal with federal prosecutors to make it easier on his family, but charges filed today in U.S. District Court make it clear there was enough evidence to send Russo away for a lot longer if he went to trial.
7:12 PM, Sep 9, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Frank Russo's top aide confirmed that the auditor resigned today because the public corruption probe was too stressful on his family, especially his son Vince. Read Russo's 58-page indictment (pdf)
8:04 PM, Sep 2, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A group of black leaders led by the Cleveland NAACP called on Mayor Frank Jackson, the Cleveland police department, and nightclub owners and staff to end racial bias in the city's warehouse district.
6:41 PM, Sep 1, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The arrest of two black men at a Warehouse District bar is rekindling accusations of racism in one of the city's hottest night spots.
6:04 PM, Aug 31, 2010
CLEVELAND -- When police charged Anthony Sowell with murdering 11 women last year, it provided closure for the victims. It also opened the Sowell family name to ridicule.
11:42 AM, Aug 23, 2010
MAPLE HEIGHTS -- Seven men accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a college student while her friend and a dozen others continued to party in another room were charged Friday with rape and kidnapping, prosecutors said.
6:10 AM, Aug 19, 2010
MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS -- The state Attorney General's Office filed a lawsuit against the Suburban Inn, a shot-and-a-beer bar that officials claim is routinely exposing customers and workers to deadly second-hand smoke.
9:49 AM, Aug 17, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The City of Cleveland is cracking down on grocery stores that sell unsafe food. A new program called "Operation Wholesomeness" includes the random testing of food items that look suspect.
1:19 PM, Aug 15, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Health inspectors have issued more than 100 violations to grocery stores -- for everything from offering ground meat with dangerously high bacteria to not having hot water -- as part of a new surprise inspection program.
3:55 PM, Aug 11, 2010
SUGARCREEK -- The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating whether a trusted member of Ohio's Amish community misused that trust and left thousands of Amish and Mennonite investors with losses totaling in the millions.
10:36 AM, Aug 6, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Were patients transported by Cleveland EMS put at risk unnecessarily?
3:54 PM, Aug 5, 2010
AKRON -- The state Attorney General today sued a local driving school for failing to provide lessons to hundreds of area students who paid their tuition.
7:30 PM, Aug 3, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- State Auditor Mary Taylor today released the performance audit of the Cuyahoga County Auditor's Office, describing it as a bureaucracy that is "overstaffed, overpaid and less efficient" than similar offices in comparable counties.
10:34 AM, Aug 3, 2010
WAYNE COUNTY -- A rural village shut down a new $2 million water plant last week after nearby farmers, many of whom sell their products in the Cleveland area, complained that the facility was sucking up too much underground water and leaving their wells dry.
1:20 PM, Jul 28, 2010
COLUMBUS -- The state board that regulates Ohio veterinarians has issued disciplinary orders only eight times in the last three years, despite receiving 435 complaints of substandard care of animals, records show.
6:46 PM, Jul 27, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News exclusive video doesn't begin to tell the whole story of a vicious attack in the Warehouse District late Friday night, according to Dustin Passalacqua.
3:47 PM, Jul 27, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Following a meeting with the NAACP, Mayor Frank Jackson today said that federal prosecutors will provide racial discrimination training to owners and employees of nightclubs in the Warehouse District.
2:09 PM, Jul 24, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Politicians and business leaders have blamed a predominately black nightclub for the recent rowdiness in the Warehouse District, but city records show that police have responded more often to clubs that cater to whites.
10:35 AM, Jul 23, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The local chapter of the NAACP didn't wait for a meeting Monday with Mayor Frank Jackson to try to begin resolving concerns over allegations of racism in the Warehouse District.
4:40 PM, Jul 21, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- It's a subject that many physicians don't like to discuss but, as patients, you may want to know how much the big drug makers are paying your doctor.
10:19 PM, Jul 20, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A day after alleging the city's trying to keep blacks out of the Warehouse District, NAACP President George Forbes today demanded a meeting with the mayor to discuss what he alleges is discrimination by many of the district's nightclub owners.
10:15 PM, Jul 20, 2010
CLEVELAND -- NAACP President George Forbes today accused the city of using an organized police presence to discourage African-Americans from visiting one of the city's hottest entertainment districts.
10:53 AM, Jul 17, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Three shootings at area hospitals in the last two weeks have renewed concerns about security, but officials say they are not about to turn their facilities into prisons equipped with metal detectors and security checkpoints.
3:46 PM, Jul 14, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Fires that start in your home's clothes dryer have caused nearly $19 million in property damage in Ohio from 2000-2009.
11:23 AM, Jul 2, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A Channel 3 News investigation turns up 16 traffic violations in less than two years for Cleveland Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson.
3:54 PM, Jun 30, 2010
GATES MILLS -- More than 1,000 gallons of oil flowed into a stream here from a nearby oil and gas well owned by driller Pursie E. Pipes.
10:47 AM, Jun 26, 2010
CANTON -- A former Stark County chief deputy treasurer pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to stealing more than $2.4 million in taxpayer money.
4:02 PM, Jun 23, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Channel 3 News has learned exclusively that Cuyahoga County employee Keith Headen was walked out the door at the county administration building yesterday on allegations he altered records to lower property taxes on a Mayfield Heights property.
3:36 PM, Jun 22, 2010
CLEVELAND - A Channel 3 News investigation has prompted the state to open an inquiry into why a mentally ill man with a felony record has been working at a West Side day care for almost a decade, a Channel 3 News investigation has found.
12:17 PM, Jun 19, 2010
STARK COUNTY -- It was a story that captured the nation's attention. After more than three years, the Hope Steffey case is over and the victim isn't happy with how it ended.
10:48 AM, Jun 17, 2010
CLEVELAND -- An attorney for a man convicted of a 1994 fatal shooting claimed in a court filing today that authorities withheld key evidence before the trial that would have exonerated the man.
11:31 AM, Jun 16, 2010
ROCKY RIVER -- Cleveland Cavalier JJ Hickson is facing his fourth speeding citation in a year. Following his third citation in March, the rising young basketball star said he had learned his lesson and he vowed to not speed again.
12:52 PM, Jun 15, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Why did the driver of a big rig for Con-Way Truckload continue to drive for about five miles with his windshield covered in road salt? The driver goes on trial this month for hitting and killing Vijayi Emani, a prominent leader in the Cleveland Asian-Indian community.
3:53 PM, Jun 10, 2010
MAYFIELD HEIGHTS -- A company is seeking permission from the state to drill an oil and gas well next to a suburban middle school that more than 700 students attend.
8:06 AM, Jun 8, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Former nine-term Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald T. McFaul pleaded guilty before visiting Judge H.F. Inderlied in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas court Monday afternoon.
6:10 PM, Jun 3, 2010
FAIRLAWN - An Akron-area driver's education school has abruptly closed its doors, leaving more than 350 students scrambling to get their license and their parents wondering if they will get their money back.
11:35 AM, Jun 2, 2010
RICHMOND HEIGHTS -- In a wake-up call for dog owners, a woman was arrested by police late last month for being cited a second time for her barking dog.
6:01 AM, May 27, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Nine additional people have been linked to the ongoing Cuyahoga County corruption investigation.
11:39 PM, May 25, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Two Cleveland police officers who officials say mistook the body of a dead woman for a dead deer on I-90 were suspended for six months without pay in a ruling by Cleveland Safety Director Martin Flask.
12:21 PM, May 25, 2010
CLEVELAND -- They now kill more Ohioans than car crashes. Prescription drugs have killed nearly 1,500 Ohioans or about four people a day.
1:56 PM, May 20, 2010
CLEVELAND -- It's the second-largest organized crime in the country behind illegal drugs but, until recently, human trafficking -- the modern-day equivalent of slavery -- had gone largely uninvestigated in Northeast Ohio.
3:49 PM, May 18, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A spike in oil and gas well drilling in urban and suburban areas, combined with too few state inspectors and possible equipment failures, has created a potentially deadly situation, according to industry insiders, community activists and lawmakers.
11:56 AM, May 11, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The state Attorney General's Office received 158 complaints of sexual violence against elderly and disabled residents of long-term care facilities in Northeast Ohio since January 2006, but only two of those cases ended with a conviction, a Channel 3 News investigation found.
2:03 PM, May 5, 2010
CLEVELAND -- It's no secret that Dr. E. Gordon Gee of The Ohio State University is the highest paid public university president in the country.
4:51 AM, Apr 30, 2010
COLUMBUS -- The state Inspector General says high-ranking Ohio officials stopped a valid drug sting planned for the governor's residence only to save Gov. Ted Strickland embarrassment.
4:30 AM, Apr 14, 2010
WESTLAKE -- Last March, a registered nurse at a west suburban hospital grabbed a 63-year-old patient by the throat and started choking her in an attack that prosecutors say could have ended much worse if two other nurses hadn't stepped in.
8:13 AM, Apr 9, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Ohio has a board and commission for just about everything, and some lawmakers believe they're wasting millions of tax dollars by being allowed to operate.
8:15 AM, Apr 2, 2010
WOODMERE -- A woman who says she was terrorized by her live-in boyfriend says police made matters even worse by turning over the keys to her apartment to the boyfriend's family.
10:21 AM, Mar 24, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Was a planned drug sting at the Governor's mansion stopped for political reasons?
5:04 PM, Mar 19, 2010
ROCKY RIVER -- Did Cleveland Cavalier J.J. Hickson get a special deal on speeding citations because of his celebrity status?
5:04 PM, Mar 19, 2010
CLEVELAND -- A Cuyahoga County juvenile court judge has ordered three girls who are rape victims to undergo lie detector tests despite a law that prosecutors say bars public officials from requiring such tests.
7:38 PM, Mar 17, 2010
ROCKY RIVER -- Cleveland Cavaliers forward J.J. Hickson racked up three speeding tickets in five months last year, including one for going 95 mph in a red Maserati. But prosecutors downgraded the violations, so the rising star only had to pay a "no-point" $50 fine for each offense.
1:19 PM, Mar 17, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Where's the money? Where's the property? Those are questions still unanswered as the state moves closer to not renewing Ashe Culture Center's sponsorship of 11 Ohio charter schools.
12:43 PM, Mar 10, 2010
CLEVELAND -- It was supposed to be a lasting memory to a Cleveland police officer killed in the line of duty.
12:19 PM, Mar 5, 2010
CLEVELAND -- She claims to be suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell's thirteenth victim and that she was lucky enough to survive.
10:19 AM, Mar 5, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The City of Cleveland is making taxpayers foot the bill for more than 600 parking and traffic tickets issued to city employees in city vehicles.
2:21 PM, Mar 2, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The Internal Revenue Service plans to require tax preparers to pass a competency test and register with the govenrment. The agency estimates that there are more than a million paid tax preparers in what the IRS says is a largely unregulated industry.
6:59 AM, Mar 2, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Timothy Russo spent years as a political consultant, advising foreign countries about democracy. Now, he wants to lend his expertise to the reformed government in Cuyahoga County.
8:56 AM, Feb 26, 2010
CLEVELAND -- It's a nice turn of events for nearly 2,500 Ohioans during tax season -- the Internal Revenue Service actually owes them money. The trouble is, they don't even know their name's on the list.
4:38 PM, Feb 23, 2010
FINDLAY -- It's the last flight of the day at Findlay Airport in western Ohio. In fact, it's the only one of the day.
1:26 PM, Feb 16, 2010
CLEVELAND -- The man who convinced a judge to send a Bainbridge man to jail for texting while driving called Cleveland's texting and driving ban a "toothless tiger."
1:38 PM, Feb 13, 2010
CLEVELAND -- They have been described as phony fees, junk fees and fees you shouldn't have to pay.
3:01 PM, Feb 11, 2010
CLEVELAND -- They're snatched from their families -- through violence, threats and manipulation -- and forced into prostitution or hard labor. It's called human trafficking, and Ohio's been identified as a major market for years.
12:40 PM, Feb 9, 2010
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Three illegal immigrants leave Detroit in a boat with no serial number. Their intentions are unclear, but their actions raise the suspicions of local authorities who issue an all-points bulletin in case it's related to terrorism.
1:44 AM, Jan 14, 2010
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Municipal Court Clerk Earle Turner has filed lawsuits against 34 drivers who haven't paid thousands of dollars worth of traffic camera and parking tickets. The largest arrears is $8,085, according to court documents.
9:50 PM, Jan 9, 2010
CHARDON -- William Miralia, of Bainbridge, was sentenced by Geauga County Common Pleas Judge David Fuhry Friday to 6 months in jail and fined $2,000 for injuring a pedestrian May 5 while texting and driving.
12:54 PM, Jan 7, 2010
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS -- Problems began as soon as Brynna Fish got the keys to her Cleveland Heights home -- clogged drains, mold. Then there was the roof.
2:30 PM, Dec 31, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Public corruption, government misspending, consumer fraud, and major crime were the main subjects of investigations for The Investigator Tom Meyer in 2009.
2:01 PM, Dec 31, 2009
BAINBRIDGE -- The township has settled a civil lawsuit that accused three paramedics of failing to use a defibrillator to shock the heart of a woman in cardiac arrest, leaving her with brain damage as a result.
5:16 PM, Dec 24, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Two of the worst offenders of Ohio's three year old smoking ban continue to be fined for allowing smoking inside their businesses.
4:01 PM, Dec 23, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Prosecutor Bill Mason has begun returning the roughly $72,000 in campaign contributions he received from employees since 2007, his office said today.
5:03 PM, Dec 16, 2009
STARK COUNTY -- The family of a mentally ill man who hanged himself with a telephone cord in the Stark County Jail has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the sheriff, jail staff and the contractor that provides medical and psychological services.
4:57 PM, Dec 10, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- It starts with what seems like an ordinary phone call from your grandchild. But it ends up costing elderly Clevelanders thousands of dollars. Police say an old scheme, targeting seniors, has resurfaced in Northeast Ohio.
3:59 PM, Dec 10, 2009
CLEVELAND -- State officials issued a warning today about a scam targeting unemployment benefits deposited onto debit cards.
3:46 PM, Dec 2, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- A Channel 3 News investigation has found that city and county workers owe tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid traffic and parking tickets, issued when they were driving government-owned vehicles.
4:58 PM, Nov 25, 2009
CLEVELAND -- First, federal prosecutors say they found corrupt officials sucking money out of a Cleveland halfway house for inmates. Now residents at the house say they're under attack again, except that this time, it's bedbugs at the Cuyahoga Re-Entry Agency.
4:15 PM, Nov 20, 2009
CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS -- In Ohio high school wrestling circles, the name "Milkovich" is a household name. A school in Maple Heights has even been named after the family. Coach Dan Milkovich, who turned around a struggling program in Cuyahoga Heights, has been under fire for an incident that happened on his watch.
4:54 PM, Nov 17, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Faulty brakes. Inadequate instruction. Crowded classrooms. These are some of the violations state inspectors found at local schools used to teach your teenager how to drive, a Channel 3 News investigation found.
4:47 PM, Nov 12, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Smoking inside public places has been illegal for nearly three years, but a Channel 3 News undercover investigation found many businesses continuing to allow smokers to expose other customers to deadly second-hand smoke.
10:45 AM, Nov 7, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A Channel 3 News analysis of a government database shows passenger complaints about lost, damaged and stolen luggage remain high, despite extra charges for checked bags.
8:59 PM, Nov 4, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The woman who chased down police nearly a year ago, saying suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell tried to rape her, today disputed the Cleveland Police Department's account of why the case was dropped.
10:16 AM, Nov 1, 2009
BAINBRIDGE -- Paramedics in this Cleveland suburb are being accused of disregarding their duty to save a 55-year-old woman who suffered brain damage, then trying to cover it up, according to a lawsuit exclusively obtained by Channel 3 News.
10:53 AM, Oct 13, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Does the average Joe have a shot at a county job if the competition is connected to one of the three county commissioners?
3:22 PM, Oct 12, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- County Prosecutor Bill Mason is pledging to return campaign contributions he received from employees in the past three years in an attempt to silence criticism of the county reform proposal he is backing on the November ballot.
7:45 PM, Oct 8, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Supporters of the Issue 5 county reform plan are asking Prosecutor Bill Mason, who is leading the charge on an opposing reform proposal, to return the more than $100,000 in campaign donations he's accepted from his employees and their families.
1:26 PM, Oct 8, 2009
EAST CLEVELAND -- East Cleveland Mayor Eric Brewer admitted on national television that he is the one posing in controversial and risque' photos that were released prior to a primary election for mayor.
12:57 PM, Oct 2, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the Cuyahoga County Commissioners pressured Auditor Frank Russo's office to hire their family, friends, and political associates.
10:22 AM, Sep 30, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- They're national celebrities from our area who helped stoke the public's passion for rummaging through attics and flea markets, in hopes of discovering valuable antiques.
9:05 AM, Sep 26, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced late Friday that he will investigate to uncover any "irregularities" in the appraisals of Cuyahoga County properties.
3:49 PM, Sep 25, 2009
EAST CLEVELAND -- Days before a primary election decides the outcome of the mayor's race in East Cleveland, shocking and disturbing photos, allegedly of incumbent Mayor Eric Brewer, are being circulated in the community, The Investigator Tom Meyer has learned.
9:38 AM, Sep 19, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Late Friday, incriminating documents filed in federal court identify Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo as the public official who took more than $1.2 million in kickbacks.
11:09 AM, Sep 18, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Sometimes called "black tar," "smack" and "thunder," heroin is gaining popularity in Northeast Ohio.
7:36 PM, Sep 10, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Forty-one alleged co-conspirators pleaded not guilty today in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court to what prosecutors call the largest mortgage fraud scheme in the country.
8:02 PM, Sep 3, 2009
COLUMBUS -- An influential state lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to ban county officials from accepting campaign contributions from any county employee where they serve.
2:50 PM, Sep 3, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, who is leading the charge to reform county government, has accepted more than $100,000 from his employees and their families since 2006, a Channel 3 News investigation found.
1:25 PM, Sep 1, 2009
GARFIELD HEIGHTS -- Saints Peter and Paul Church has fired a deacon who serves as the parish bookkeeper after an internal audit found he had, "over the course of several years, wrongfully taken in excess of $300,000 from the parish," according a letter distributed at yesterday's services.
3:10 PM, Aug 30, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Anthony Lemons has never waivered in declaring his innocence, despite being convicted by a jury of fatally shooting a man in 1994 during a botched drug deal.
7:50 PM, Aug 24, 2009
STARK COUNTY -- The Stark County Sheriff has settled another lawsuit involving a claim by a woman who alleges she was improperly stripped of her clothing while in the custody of the Stark County Jail.
11:09 AM, Aug 20, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The City of Cleveland, under attack for its controversial mowing progam, claims it has an error rate of only 2 percent.
3:42 PM, Aug 18, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Jason Freed was killing time online last fall when he found a web site promising to help decide between presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain. He went for it, answering a number of questions on his political views.
11:28 AM, Aug 14, 2009
CLEVELAND -- An overwhelming number of Clevelanders are complaining that they're getting clipped by the City of Cleveland's aggressive mowing program.
6:02 PM, Aug 12, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Prosecutors today accused former Bratenahl Police Chief Paul Falzone of conducting campaign activities on village time in his bid to become Cuyahoga County sheriff.
5:01 PM, Aug 12, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Prosecutors today accused a former Independence Jail guard of sexually assaulting a teenage boy after getting him high on marijuana and also convincing other boys to send sexually explicit images to his cell phone in return for pot.
10:55 AM, Aug 12, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Prosecutor Bill Mason broke his silence today after dodging questions from Channel 3 News for a week about his wife's ties to a company implicated in the county corruption probe.
11:34 AM, Aug 11, 2009
CLEVELAND -- For the past week, Channel 3 News has been seeking interviews with Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason and his wife about her connection to a company that's been implicated in the ongoing county corruption probe.
7:54 AM, Aug 7, 2009
CLEVELAND -- John Carroll, 62, of Bainbridge Township, the former vice president of construction at MetroHealth Medical Center, was charged in U.S. District Court today with conspiracy to commit bribery and other charges for steering contracts to East-West Construction in exchange for, among other things, European trips and a cruise.
6:15 AM, Aug 6, 2009
ALLIANCE -- The Ohio Attorney General's office says it has now received 277 consumer complaints (as of August 3) against Courtesy Autoworld and Courtesy Kia of Alliance.
9:13 PM, Jul 28, 2009
PARMA -- The City of Parma and Parma firefighters have agreed on major cost-cutting measures that had previously been voted down by the union, according to Parma Mayor Dean DePiero.
2:47 PM, Jul 28, 2009
LORAIN COUNTY -- When Kathleen Klemm got to her Elyria home last week, she found a pharmacist had mistakenly put a bottle of generic painkillers she is allergic to inside the bag containing her antibiotics.
2:32 PM, Jul 24, 2009
Dorothy Pordash thought she was getting medication to help her back pain. Instead, she was rushed to the hospital, thanks to a labeling mistake by the Marc's pharmacy near her Brook Park home.
4:10 AM, Jul 23, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Federal prosecutors filed a one-count charge of bribery against former Cuyahoga County Auditor's office employee Dennis Dooley in federal court this morning, saying he bribed former Cuyahoga County Engineer's office employee J. Kevin Kelley and others to get a good-paying job in an unnamed county government office.
12:34 PM, Jul 22, 2009
PARMA -- At a time when most Parma city employees are taking concessions and pay cuts, the city's firefighters continue to rack up huge amounts of overtime.
5:28 PM, Jul 21, 2009
COLUMBUS -- Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray today sued a Solon-based debt collection agency, accusing it of trying to collect debts consumers never owed and siphoning money from other consumers' bank accounts without authorization.
5:44 PM, Jul 19, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Former D-A-S construction executive Steve Pumper entered a guilty plea this morning to nine public corruption charges including conspiracy, bribery and obstruction of justice before U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen O'Malley in federal court.
3:38 PM, Jul 17, 2009
MEDINA COUNTY -- Animal cruelty charges have been filed against Edward Lind's livestock market in Medina County.
3:29 PM, Jul 15, 2009
STARK COUNTY -- Stark County has agreed to settle the lawsuit brought by Hope Steffey who says she was brutally strip searched and left completely naked inside a jail cell for six hours.
4:21 PM, Jul 10, 2009
CLEVELAND -- He was introduced to teachers as the school custodian. Little did teachers and students know that Anthony Carter was also a repeat violent offender.
6:27 PM, Jul 8, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Federal prosecutors filed an information this morning, naming former D-A-S CEO executive Steven W. Pumper with nine counts of federal wrongdoing in connection with the ongoing Cuyahoga County corruption probe.
7:35 PM, Jul 2, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- It ended with best wishes for the upcoming July 4th holiday from Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, but there were plenty of fireworks today at the commissioners' meeting, thanks to the county's ongoing public corruption scandal.
3:54 PM, Jul 2, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason today said he will ask the state to investigate whether he violated ethics laws by awarding more than $90,000 in work to a Cleveland printing company.
3:53 PM, Jul 1, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Should county engineer contracts presented to the Cuyahoga County Commissioners be re-examined?
11:46 PM, Jun 25, 2009
CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer has learned the law firm that employs county commissioner Peter Lawson Jones has averaged about $65,000 a year in legal work for the Parma City Schools where J. Kevin Kelley had served as school board president.
9:03 PM, Jun 18, 2009
CLEVELAND -- It was business as usual at today's meeting of the Cuyahoga County commissioners until Cuyahoga County Republican Party Chairman Rob Frost challenged Commissioner Jimmy Dimora.
12:41 PM, Jun 18, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Daniel P. Gallagher, one of three former county employees charged with corruption and bribery, apparently shouldn't have been hired by Cuyahoga County in 1973.
2:33 PM, Jun 16, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Daniel P. Gallagher, the former chief of staff for Cuyahoga County Engineer Robert Klaiber, apparently falsified his resumé when he submitted his application for the position.
9:39 PM, Jun 14, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The former chief of staff for the Cuyahoga County Engineer's office told The Investigator Tom Meyer that he "expects severe consequences" for misconduct the FBI uncovered in its long-running county public corruption probe.
4:02 PM, Jun 11, 2009
CLEVELAND---The State of Ohio and Channel 3 News have found nepotism, cronyism, and influence peddling at Phoenix Village Academies in Cleveland and Akron.
2:08 PM, Jun 4, 2009
GARFIELD HEIGHTS -- Parents and some employees are furious that a repeat violent offender was working around young children at the Building Blocks daycare center in Garfield Heights.
7:49 PM, May 27, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Mayor Frank Jackson, U.S. Attorney William J. Edwards and FBI Special Agent in Charge Frank Figliuzzi announced Wednesday that two more Cleveland housing inspectors have been charged with extortion.
3:35 PM, May 21, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The sale of sensitive information from the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation raises serious questions about management and safeguards at the controversial state agency, attorney Craig Bashein said.
3:39 PM, May 15, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A Channel 3 News investigation found that the state of Ohio's record-keeping didn't always match numbers submitted by schools regarding crime. Such inconsistencies make it impossible to know what's really happening inside in your child's school.
2:19 PM, May 8, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News found more than $15 million in water bills that are six months to two years past due.
9:03 PM, May 5, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The Investigator Tom Meyer analyzed two years worth of data to find the top speeding "hot spots" in northern Ohio.
10:00 PM, May 4, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A school custodian is suing Cleveland Public Schools for not reacting quickly to claims of sexual misconduct.
8:27 AM, Apr 29, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer has learned J. Kevin Kelley, the former Parma school board member and Cuyahoga County employee, made up to $29,000 more a year in salary than he should have.
1:41 PM, Apr 28, 2009
The companies promise to rescue you from losing your home. Instead, they take your money and do nothing.
9:22 AM, Apr 14, 2009
BEDFORD HEIGHTS -- Spitting on the sidewalk is illegal in Bedford Heights. Damon Young, a 19-year-old student at Tri-C, found out the hard way.
7:21 AM, Apr 14, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The days of getting hired at City Hall based on who you know and not what you know may be over.
2:18 PM, Apr 8, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A number of changes will be made at parking lots in downtown Cleveland that are aimed at improving security.
9:54 PM, Apr 2, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Lawyers for Azzam Ahmed have gone to court alleging newly-discovered evidence could clear the way for a new trial for the former local gynecologist. Ahmed was convicted of sexually molesting his patients.
9:11 PM, Apr 2, 2009
CLEVELAND -- RTA bus driver Angela Williams has been fired, effective immediately, the Investigator Tom Meyer has learned.
2:18 PM, Mar 31, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A down economy and a shortage of credit have an international con game operating in high gear. It's an international scam that is preying on unwary consumers by taking millions of dollars of their money for the promise of a loan.
2:54 PM, Mar 27, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Last Thanksgiving Cleveland police installed 13 security cameras in and around Public Square to deter crime.
7:51 PM, Mar 25, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Cleveland Building & Housing Department Inspector Richard J. Huberty has been charged in federal court here with 10 criminal counts, including taking bribes and extorting city property owners. His attorney has said Huberty will plead guilty to those charges.
4:19 PM, Mar 24, 2009
CLEVELAND -- James Kelly thought he was going to have a heart attack when a debt collector threatened to prosecute him and throw him in jail.
3:10 PM, Mar 17, 2009
CLEVELAND -- It might be the last place you'd think a crime would be committed. But security camera video at Cleveland's Justice Center has caught a number of thieves stealing valuables at security checkpoints.
10:10 AM, Mar 13, 2009
It's a device so simple that nearly anyone can operate it -- and save a life. But first you have to know what it is and where to find it.
1:27 PM, Mar 12, 2009
STARK COUNTY -- A story that already has people talking nationwide is certain to get more attention with a billboard that encourages former female inmates to report jail abuse.
7:29 PM, Mar 11, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News has learned Cleveland police and Hopkins Airport authorities are conducting an investigation into possible sabotage of luggage-hauling vehicles at the airport.
6:19 AM, Mar 9, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Davon Crawford said he shot his wife of three days because she was nagging him, an ex-mother-in-law of Crawford's told Channel 3 News.
4:42 PM, Feb 20, 2009
ALLIANCE -- A Northeast Ohio car dealer is headed to court, after failing to provide titles to customers.
5:09 PM, Feb 19, 2009
BEDFORD -- Channel 3 News and The Investigator Tom Meyer have confirmed that IRS and FBI agents have served sealed search warrants at the offices and warehouse of the Nature Stone company here this morning (Thursday).
2:58 PM, Feb 18, 2009
Price hikes are likely to result from the merger of Northeast Ohio's two largest waste haulers, critics say.
4:51 PM, Feb 13, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland city councilman isn't blowing smoke when he says he's pushing for a law that would make it illegal for you to idle your vehicle unnecessarily.
3:39 PM, Feb 4, 2009
WICKLIFFE -- Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer has learned Se'mia Johnson (also known as Se'mia Beauregard) tried to get a job as a student monitor but was rejected by the state board of education. The state permanently denied a one-year student monitor permit due to her felony record.
12:40 AM, Jan 29, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A Cleveland police dispatcher who failed to send a patrol car to a crime scene last year has been fired.
9:58 AM, Jan 27, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The Investigator Tom Meyer has learned the City of Cleveland is prepared to hire a traffic control officer whose criminal record includes 15 cases. The offender's record includes convictions on charges of rape, theft, and drug peddling.
11:33 AM, Jan 15, 2009
CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora says his endorsement doesn't carry weight for job-seekers at the county.
1:17 AM, Jan 13, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The Investigator Tom Meyer has learned that two Cleveland police supervisors are under internal investigation for possibly ignoring a call for help.
2:09 PM, Jan 9, 2009
CLEVELAND -- The USDA has fined LeRoy Baker $162, 800 for violations of animal safety regulations.
4:31 PM, Jan 7, 2009
CLEVELAND -- A Ravenna woman is suing Aspen Dental, accusing the dental chain of using dental work that contained toxic materials.
2:12 PM, Jan 1, 2009
CLEVELAND -- 2008 was a busy year for Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer.
8:50 AM, Dec 24, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Late Monday, the Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office confirmed that Rosemary Vinci was found dead in her Cleveland home. Tuesday afternoon, the coroner said the preliminary indication of death was a blocked coronary artery -- basically a heart attack -- and "that there was no foul play or trauma in this incident."
11:28 AM, Dec 18, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer learned FBI agents raided the home of Cleveland Fire Lieutenant Richard Norman at around 6 a.m. Wednesday morning.
2:02 AM, Dec 18, 2008
CLEVELAND -- This isn't the first time there have been problems with the 42 inch pipe that broke on the near east side of Cleveland.
2:24 PM, Dec 12, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer has learned one of the workers involved in the Tonya Jones campaign for Cleveland City Council has a warrant out for his arrest on theft charges.
5:00 PM, Dec 11, 2008
CLEVELAND -- A Channel 3 News hidden-camera investigation found counterfeit jewelry for sale at Parmatown Mall.
1:15 PM, Nov 28, 2008
CLEVELAND -- U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown has called on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the problem of lead-contaminated dental products that are being imported into this country.
12:32 PM, Nov 25, 2008
Six figure salaries. Six figure pensions. Generous car allowances. Annuities. Longevity pay. School superintendents across northeast Ohio are enjoying lucrative pay and perks at a time when voters recently rejected 15 of 22 tax levies.
9:00 AM, Nov 21, 2008
CLEVELAND -- It's been seven months since the Investigator Tom Meyer exposed widespread crime in downtown parking lots.
4:37 PM, Nov 18, 2008
A Channel 3 News investigation has found dangerous amounts of lead in dental work made in China and shipped to dental labs here in Ohio.
9:05 AM, Nov 14, 2008
CLEVELAND -- The Investigator Tom Meyer was one of six people inducted Thursday into the Cleveland Journalism Hall of Fame.
5:10 PM, Nov 11, 2008
STARK COUNTY -- Stark County Sheriff Tim Swanson defended his male and female deputies who forcibly removed a woman's clothes and left her completely naked inside a jail cell for six hours.
8:24 AM, Nov 4, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Early voting should make things go more smoothly on Election Day, but there could still be problems and lawyers will be ready to attack if necessary.
7:23 AM, Nov 3, 2008
CLEVELAND -- With Election Day looming, the biggest race in Cuyahoga County is getting intense.
3:22 PM, Oct 31, 2008
CLEVELAND -- It's an hallucinogenic herb that some say is as powerful as LSD and cocaine. It's called salvia.
10:25 AM, Oct 28, 2008
Cleveland -- A Channel 3 News investigation found questionable hiring practices at Cleveland City Hall that include the hiring of family members and friends and a blatant disregard for civil service rules.
7:45 PM, Oct 16, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Early Wednesday morning, about 100 FBI, IRS and HUD agents executed federal search warrants across three Northeast Ohio counties, including one for the office of CMHA Executive Director George Phillips at the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority headquarters on West 25th Street.
2:02 PM, Oct 9, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Ohio Representative Michael Debose of Cleveland wants you to re-elect him to office in the state's 12th district. At the same time, he doesn't want to explain why he wrote checks to himself or to cash from campaign funds.
6:46 AM, Oct 5, 2008
AKRON -- Pat O'Malley cried repeatedly on the witness stand Friday as he pleaded with the judge to give him the lowest sentence possible for his crime.
6:13 AM, Oct 2, 2008
Wounded Sergeant Vance Noah, of Parma received the Purple Heart after being denied the honor.
11:45 AM, Oct 1, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Ward 2 Cleveland councilman Robert White admits it was improper of him to use his council spending account to pay his wife, stepson and cousin.
5:30 PM, Sep 30, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer has learned that the FBI executed search warrants on the courtrooms of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judges Bridget M. McCafferty and Steven J. Terry late Tuesday night.
12:33 PM, Sep 3, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News has learned that Ward 2 councilman Robert White may have broken state law by putting his wife on the payroll.
8:45 AM, Aug 26, 2008
CLEVELAND -- CMHA residents told The Investigator Tom Meyer they had no idea about a falling hillside behind their homes until he informed them.
8:25 AM, Aug 25, 2008
CLEVELAND -- For weeks last year and again this year, Cleveland closed a firehouse in the Flats because it didn't have the money to keep it staffed. (See the 2007 pay and overtime figures)
4:34 PM, Aug 12, 2008
CLEVELAND -- The 9-1-1 police dispatcher who is accused of failing to send a police car to what police now believe was a murder scene did not show up at her disciplinary hearing today.
12:27 PM, Aug 7, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Cuyahoga County worker Rosemary Vinci told The Investigator Tom Meyer she doesn't know what happened to a photo showing her and Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora that federal agents were looking for in Auditor Frank Russo's personal office.
4:39 PM, Aug 1, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Channel 3 News' Tom Meyer got the first interview with J. Kevin Kelley, one of the targets of the FBI/IRS raid that occurred Monday.
4:37 PM, Aug 1, 2008
Sources say a waterfront home on Johnson's Island being built by Kevin Kelley is likely to cost well over the $200,000 price tag listed on his building permit.
4:36 PM, Aug 1, 2008
In addition to raiding the homes and offices of County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and Auditor Frank Russo, federal agents searched the offices of a number of local contractors.
12:08 PM, Jul 25, 2008
CLEVELAND - A local car donation program run by an organization called 'The Helping Jew' is being accused of giving as little as 1 per cent to charity.
6:44 PM, Jul 24, 2008
CLEVELAND - Supervisors and co-workers have expressed concerns about dispatcher Donna Yousef's performance for years, according to her personnel file.
1:39 PM, Jul 15, 2008
CLEVELAND -- If you've been to downtown Cleveland, chances are you've been hit up for money by a street panhandler.
7:39 AM, Jul 8, 2008
Channel 3 News Investigator Tom Meyer has learned that Billy Warner, the primary driver for Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, was suspended in March of this year for failing a drug test.
11:27 AM, Jul 1, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Parking lot owners are installing better lighting and adding round-the-clock attendants and more video cameras to improve security at downtown parking lots.
7:49 AM, Jun 20, 2008
The special prosecutors in the Hope Steffey case said Thursday that there was no strip search and no criminal wrongdoing by the Stark County sheriff's deputies.
9:31 AM, Jun 19, 2008
STARK COUNTY -- A Stark county grand jury has found no probable cause that county deputies committed any criminal wrongdoing while arresting Hope Steffey.
8:25 PM, Jun 6, 2008
Hundreds of state workers earned enough overtime pay to equal a second salary, state payroll records show.
8:25 PM, Jun 6, 2008
SUGARCREEK -- Many of the horses sold at Sugarcreek auction are bought by so-called "killer buyers."
8:25 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CLEVELAND -- It should come as no surprise that you are not only paying a lot more to fill up your personal cars, but government vehicles as well.
8:24 PM, Jun 6, 2008
A lethal dose of salt during chemotherapy treatment killed 2-year-old Emily Jerry.
8:21 PM, Jun 6, 2008
Vance Noah served 16 months in Iraq and returned home wounded. He thought a Purple Heart awaited him but the U.S. Army says no.
8:21 PM, Jun 6, 2008
Holly Ovak thought she bought a reliable car to drive to work.
8:21 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CLEVELAND -- Nearly every time a security alarm sounds in Cleveland, it's a bogus call for help.
8:21 PM, Jun 6, 2008
Channel 3 News investigator Tom Meyer has learned exclusively that 2 laboratory technicians in the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office were suspended for mishandling blood samples in a criminal case.
8:21 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CLEVELAND -- A city water inspector might have some explaining to do. It turns out he was sent to Public Square at 12:30 Thursday morning to check out a possible water leak.
8:20 PM, Jun 6, 2008
STARK COUNTY -- Valentina Dyshko of North Canton has told Channel 3 News investigator Tom Meyer exclusively that she had to remove all her clothes inside the Stark County Jail.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
AKRON -- An Akron man is peddling plastic knuckles which are just as strong as brass knuckles but can't set off metal detectors in schools, government buildings and airports.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
Channel 3 news found a garbage dumpster full of Clevelanders' personal information, including bank statements, credit reports, and tax returns.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
An exclusive Channel 3 News investigation found widespread crime at hospitals across Northeast Ohio. The crimes ranged from theft to rape.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CLEVELAND -- The woman in charge of Ohio's largest Head Start agency spent thousands of dollars on TVs that the children she serves will never see.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CLEVELAND -- A hidden camera investigation has found that cars being towed in Cleveland are at times crushed without warning or their parts are sold for profit.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
Bar and store owners need not worry about harsh punishment for selling booze to underage kids. Ohio doesn't dish out much -- even to repeat offenders, The Investigator Tom Meyer found.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
The state does little or nothing to punish businesses that sell booze to underage kids, a Channel 3 News investigation has found.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CANTON -- Hope Steffey says she was knocked down and slammed face first into a jail cell floor by Stark County sheriff's deputies. Sheriff Timothy Swanson denies that.
Video could reveal what happened.
8:16 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CANTON -- Hope Steffey's night began with a call to police for help. It ended with her face down, completely naked and sobbing on a jail cell floor.
8:15 PM, Jun 6, 2008
A Channel 3 News investigation has found the electrocution of a Cleveland State University professor could have been prevented.
8:08 PM, Jun 6, 2008
An exclusive Channel 3 News investigation reveals allegations of theft at Hopkins and other airports.
8:08 PM, Jun 6, 2008
CLEVELAND -- The owner of the Mirage on the Water nightclub in the Flats defended his liquor license at a City Hall hearing Thursday.
5:01 PM, Dec 31, 2007
CLEVELAND -- A Channel 3 News exclusive: More than a pound of C4 plastic explosive ended up in a dumpster at Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport during a training exercise in November.
2:03 AM, Dec 28, 2007
CLEVELAND -- Next time you travel by air, whether it's now during the holidays, or maybe for a winter vacation, we can tell you the most important items you'll want to keep an eye on as you go through airports.
4:17 PM, Dec 21, 2007
CLEVELAND -- 30 people have been indicted in what the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor calls a major foreclosure scam.
11:26 AM, Dec 13, 2007
A Cleveland State Senator is appealing a decision that allows her to be sued by the police officers she criticized.
2:08 PM, Dec 11, 2007
CLEVELAND -- The damage done to Cleveland Browns Stadium by a water main break in July cost more than six and a half million dollars.
12:29 PM, Nov 29, 2007
STRONSVILLE -- A Strongsville youth football coach, who is also a Wakeman police officer, was caught having sex in a Cleveland Metroparks bathroom.
12:28 PM, Nov 29, 2007
EAST CLEVELAND -- Mayor Eric Brewer doesn't deny he used the N-word and talked to a Sergeant about voiding parking tickets.
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