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Investigator Exclusive: High-profile wrestling coach avoids takedown

Investigator Exclusive: High-profile wrestling coach avoids takedown

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.

Investigator Exclusive: How safe are local driving schools?

Investigator Exclusive: How safe are local driving schools?

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.

Investigator exclusive: Smoking violations soar despite 3-year ban

Investigator exclusive: Smoking violations soar despite 3-year ban

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Passenger complaints of lost, damaged luggage high despite extra fees

Investigator Exclusive: Passenger complaints of lost, damaged luggage high despite extra fees

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. 

The Investigator: Victim disputes police account in Sowell case

The Investigator: Victim disputes police account in Sowell case

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Family says paramedics covering up why woman suffered brain damage

Investigator Exclusive: Family says paramedics covering up why woman suffered brain damage

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.

Investigator Exclusive: County Auditor placed Commissioner Jones' relative, friends on payroll

Investigator Exclusive: County Auditor placed Commissioner Jones' relative, friends on payroll

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?

Investigator Update: Prosecutor giving back employee campaign contributions

Investigator Update: Prosecutor giving back employee campaign contributions

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.

Investigator Update:  Prosecutor urged to return donations following Channel 3 investigation

Investigator Update: Prosecutor urged to return donations following Channel 3 investigation

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.

Investigator Update:  Mayor Brewer admits he's the one in racy photos

Investigator Update: Mayor Brewer admits he's the one in racy photos

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Did commissioners pressure auditor to hire family and friends?

Investigator Exclusive: Did commissioners pressure auditor to hire family and friends?

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Employee for Shaker Heights antiques authors indicted

Investigator Exclusive: Employee for Shaker Heights antiques authors indicted

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.  

Att'y General announces probe of Auditor Russo's appraisal system

Att'y General announces probe of Auditor Russo's appraisal system

CLEVELAND -- Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced late Friday that he will investigate to uncover any "irregularities" in the appraisals of Cuyahoga County properties.

Investigator: Suburban mayor lashes out at his own police force

Investigator: Suburban mayor lashes out at his own police force

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Top Russo aide charged with bribery

Investigator Exclusive: Top Russo aide charged with bribery

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Heroin the drug of choice in Cleveland suburbs

Investigator Exclusive: Heroin the drug of choice in Cleveland suburbs

CUYAHOGA COUNTY -- Sometimes called "black tar," "smack" and "thunder," heroin is gaining popularity in Northeast Ohio.

Investigator Exclusive: Indicted mortgage fraud mastermind rips prosecution

Investigator Exclusive: Indicted mortgage fraud mastermind rips prosecution

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.  

Investigator: Bill would ban county employee campaign contributions to officeholders

Investigator: Bill would ban county employee campaign contributions to officeholders

COLUMBUS -- An influential state lawmaker plans to introduce legislation to ban county officials from accepting campaign contributions from any county employee where they serve.

Investigator Exclusive: Employees donate big bucks to county prosecutor

Investigator Exclusive: Employees donate big bucks to county prosecutor

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.

Investigator Exclusive: Church deacon fired over missing $300,000

Investigator Exclusive: Church deacon fired over missing $300,000

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.

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