75 Cleveland officers broke rules in chase

<h3>In the 23-minute chase involving five dozen cruisers last November,a fleeing driver and passenger were killed when officers fired 137 shots at them.</h3><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Cleveland police broke rules: Cleveland Police Chief Mike McGrath answers questions with Mayor Frank Jackson, back, after release of a report on a Nov. 2012 police chase and shooting" class="image" src="http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/1d/7c4534a59964db3f65b9e524bc7930/_h353_w628_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cleveland Police Chief Mike McGrath answers questions with Mayor Frank Jackson, back, after release of a report on a Nov. 2012 police chase and shooting April 24, 2013, in Cleveland.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />CLEVELAND, Ohio – A review of a deadly police chase in Cleveland last fall has found that 75 patrol officers violated orders and police department rules, city officials said Friday. Nineteen officers face disciplinary hearings.<br /><br />In the November chase, a fleeing driver and passenger were killed when officers fired 137 shots at them. The 23-minute pursuit involved five dozen cruisers and wove through residential neighborhood before ending in gunfire.<br /><br />Police Chief Michael McGrath said at a news conference Friday that the violations ranged from insubordination to failure to obtain permission to leave the city. By way of example, he said, an officer might have been driving 100 mph on a side street and was told to stop, but didn't.<br /><br />Some officers were cited for multiple violations, he said, but none of the violations was so serious they warranted termination. Punishments could range from a written reprimand to a suspension. Multiple offenders were referred to the public safety director for hearings because their punishment could go beyond a 10-day suspension.<br /><br />City officials say one of the 75 offending officers has since left for Cleveland's fire department but still faces disciplinary action.<br /><br />Police previously announced punishments for 12 supervisors stemming from the chase. One sergeant was fired. A captain and lieutenant were demoted, and nine sergeants were suspended.<br /><br />Also, a county grand jury is investigating possible criminal wrongdoing among the 13 officers who fired their weapons as the chase ended in a school parking lot in East Cleveland.<br /><br />The nighttime chase began when an officer thought he heard a gunshot from a car speeding by the police and courts complex in downtown Cleveland. A parking lot attendant thought it might have been a car backfire, a theory endorsed by the driver's family.<br /><br />The officer jumped into his patrol car and radioed for help. The chase went through crowded residential neighborhoods, headed onto busy Interstate 90, and eventually into East Cleveland.<br /><br />Driver Timothy Russell, 43, was shot 23 times and passenger Malissa Williams, 30, was shot 24 times. No weapon or shell casings were found in the fleeing car.<br /><br />Police say they don't know why Russell didn't stop. Russell had a criminal record including convictions for receiving stolen property and robbery. Williams had convictions for drug-related charges and attempted abduction.<br /><br />The union has said the shootings were justified because the driver tried to ram an officer.<br /><br />Of the 277 officers working that night, at least 104 were involved in the pursuit in some capacity, McGrath said Friday. Not all were there for the duration of the chase. Officers dropped off, others left at the instructions of their supervisor and some just blocked intersections.<br /><br />McGrath called the shootings a "tragedy" for the victims and their families, the community, and the officers and their families. He said it was the job of the mayor, public safety director and himself to get the facts.<br /><br />"And if we made mistakes or if we have policies that need to be fixed, we'll do that," he said.<br /><div><br /></div>

75 Cleveland officers broke rules in chase

In the 23-minute chase involving five dozen cruisers last November,a fleeing driver and passenger were killed when officers fired 137 shots ...

3 bodies found in plastic bags in East Cleveland,Ohio

<h3>Police say three bodies,believed to be women,were found in plastic bags in East Cleveland, Ohio, and say a man arrested after a standoff with police is a suspect.</h3><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Bodies found in Ohio: Law enforcement and FBI stand at the back of a boarded-up home where bodies were found in East Cleveland, Ohio." class="image" src="http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/1e/b8c4e576c424ea9044bbd8e76ef8b0/_h353_w628_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Local law enforcement and FBI stand at the back of a boarded-up home where bodies were found Saturday, July 20, in East Cleveland, Ohio.</td></tr></tbody></table>EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Three bodies have been found wrapped in plastic bags in a Cleveland suburb and police will continue a search for possibly more victims Sunday, East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton said.<br /><br />The bodies, believed to be female, were found about 100 to 200 yards apart and a 35-year-old man was arrested and is a suspect in all three deaths, although he has not yet been charged, Norton said late Saturday.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoVk1MUXoNu1L_eEIr2MiFspm0WmYnSGdo5Y3yp23MrbC4ylZ1APO1NmgGEvCAgVclx0eolDlElN5-xXMwEDjnw-Yagk04SS4-hAkxAxr_ntXAVgD_Ic0gA_gVE1PqSZ083TD7Z3BCTg/s1600/michael_madison.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigoVk1MUXoNu1L_eEIr2MiFspm0WmYnSGdo5Y3yp23MrbC4ylZ1APO1NmgGEvCAgVclx0eolDlElN5-xXMwEDjnw-Yagk04SS4-hAkxAxr_ntXAVgD_Ic0gA_gVE1PqSZ083TD7Z3BCTg/s1600/michael_madison.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michael Madison</td></tr></tbody></table>The suspect is a registered sex offender and has served prison time, the mayor said.<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22px;">"Officials identified the suspect as Michael Madison."</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #202022; font-family: Georgia, 'Time New Roman', serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span>In police interviews, the man led them to believe he might have been influenced by convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell, Norton said in an interview with The Associated Press.<br /><br />"He said some things that led us to believe that in some way, shape, or form, Sowell might be an influence," the mayor said.<br /><br />Sowell was found guilty in 2011 of killing 11 women and hiding their remains around his Cleveland home. He was sentenced to death and is in an Ohio prison.<br /><br />Asked if the suspect has a fascination with the Sowell case, the mayor said: "We believe so."<br /><br />Police Commander Mike Cardilli said a woman's body was found Friday in a garage and two other bodies were found Saturday — one in a backyard and the other in the basement of a vacant house.<br /><br />All three people are believed to have been killed in the last six to 10 days.<br /><br />Police did not know the gender of the two bodies found Saturday and did not know the identities of any of the three victims. They were sent to the coroner's office.<br /><br />Norton said the bodies were each in the fetal position, wrapped in several layers of trash bags. He said detectives continue to interview the suspect, who used his mother's address in Cleveland, the mayor said, in registering as a sex offender.<br /><br />Cardilli said the man was arrested after a standoff with police Friday. Police did not immediately release the suspect's name. He was jailed in East Cleveland, the mayor said.<br /><br />"The person in custody, some of the things he said to investigators made us go back today," the mayor said.<br /><br />Police searched vacant houses over about three blocks in the neighborhood Saturday and planned to expand their search Sunday, Norton said.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2013/07/two_more_bodies_found_in_east.html#incart_flyout_news" target="_blank">The Plain Dealer</a> reported that police, the FBI, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Department went through yards and abandoned houses in the area where all three bodies were found. They used dogs trained to find cadavers.<br /><br />The neighborhood in East Cleveland, of some 17,000 residents, has many abandoned houses and authorities want to be thorough, the mayor said.<br /><br />"Hopefully, we pray to God, this is it," he said.<br /><div><br /></div>

3 bodies found in plastic bags in East Cleveland,Ohio

Police say three bodies,believed to be women,were found in plastic bags in East Cleveland, Ohio, and say a man arrested after a standoff wit...

Cleveland kidnapping victims speak out.

<h2 class="subHeadline" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;">Women don't plan to make any additional public statements.</h2><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNXPY5F3YtxtajUXAI7_gbbF14S3Ki5magdkomXLnqPU4IjTta70PFy7jHhVcqT99vAWDb-K4xJRearwTYfqjiq1P82tyDFq-mlS-ZCveHDHlYdqKVjpeuoXQwQLBBGJdnLU9Ke6Ujuo/s1600/Amanda-Berry--Gina-DeJesus--Michelle-Knight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNXPY5F3YtxtajUXAI7_gbbF14S3Ki5magdkomXLnqPU4IjTta70PFy7jHhVcqT99vAWDb-K4xJRearwTYfqjiq1P82tyDFq-mlS-ZCveHDHlYdqKVjpeuoXQwQLBBGJdnLU9Ke6Ujuo/s1600/Amanda-Berry--Gina-DeJesus--Michelle-Knight.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">For the first time since their rescue two months ago, the world is hearing directly from the three women who were held captive in Cleveland for a decade.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiu4caHw1bvnA9U_SzAxjK7s1-9_Sy36dp4kZ8AEMkHm6mQrI74OQx0WbpdRDN2GXOBkYor_iNgHapXQmaMXv59_9rIzygl715Hbkp4s09VaVZVbA40DQVw19MQ3hNg4XfhcuyVvPskU/s1600/amanda-berry.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiu4caHw1bvnA9U_SzAxjK7s1-9_Sy36dp4kZ8AEMkHm6mQrI74OQx0WbpdRDN2GXOBkYor_iNgHapXQmaMXv59_9rIzygl715Hbkp4s09VaVZVbA40DQVw19MQ3hNg4XfhcuyVvPskU/s1600/amanda-berry.png" width="320" /></a>Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG0WePdZoxg&feature=youtu.be" style="color: #36638e; outline: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">released a video on YouTube</a>, offering their thanks to all those who have supported them since they were freed from captivity.<br /><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">"I want to thank everyone who has helped me and my family through this entire ordeal, everyone who has been there to support us. It has been a blessing to have such an outpouring of love and kindness," Amanda Berry says in the video. Berry was abducted at age 16 in April 2003 and has a 6-year-old daughter, who was born during her captivity.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8IldLUH0p1nCL8VbbktvnCnvK5GPockOVxk0xNm9UyH7SCGTVH9yufgyhJQyshUBWR0IHac1w6oFf7HfQv_jJbdLSEPH953rUz3xZ2ZLOOtwyMphLdt2EpX9iziwHVafdtoq_99Ub_E/s1600/gina-dejesus.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq8IldLUH0p1nCL8VbbktvnCnvK5GPockOVxk0xNm9UyH7SCGTVH9yufgyhJQyshUBWR0IHac1w6oFf7HfQv_jJbdLSEPH953rUz3xZ2ZLOOtwyMphLdt2EpX9iziwHVafdtoq_99Ub_E/s1600/gina-dejesus.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gina DeJesus</td></tr></tbody></table>Gina DeJesus was 14 when she was kidnapped in 2004. She says to the public, "thank you for the support."<br /><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">Michelle Knight, who was abducted at age 21 in August 2002 says, "thank you everyone for your love, support, and donations which helped me build a brand new life. I want everyone to know I'm doing just fine. I may have been to hell and back, but I am strong enough to walk through hell with a smile on my face and with my head held high and my feet firmly on the ground."<br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gzVwsF-rXXCv72iViTvpE23fGAq-xm9U5RsNsErhZyvB250E31TpNItKizG8gyxT_yAs88T9Rbzj7BNR6VHpBPIMmNi0FK9IKU91L2HEenUF2N70OB3bXoGpvxplAlR9D5WgY4dg3u4/s1600/michelle-knight.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gzVwsF-rXXCv72iViTvpE23fGAq-xm9U5RsNsErhZyvB250E31TpNItKizG8gyxT_yAs88T9Rbzj7BNR6VHpBPIMmNi0FK9IKU91L2HEenUF2N70OB3bXoGpvxplAlR9D5WgY4dg3u4/s1600/michelle-knight.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Michelle Knight</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">The Courage Fund, which was established to help the three victims, has raised more than $1 million dollars.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">The three women were held captive by Ariel Castro and were beaten, raped and starved for a decade, according to prosecutors.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">They were freed in May after one shouted for help while Castro was gone from the house.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">The women don't plan to make any additional public statements.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">"I'm getting stronger each day and having my privacy has helped immensely. I ask that everyone continue to respect our privacy and give us time to have a normal life," Berry says.</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 1.7em; padding: 0px;" xmlns="http://www.coremedia.com/2003/richtext-1.0">Castro is accused of holding the women in his Cleveland home. He faces 329 counts, including one count of aggravated murder for allegedly causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy. His next pretrial hearing is scheduled for July 24th.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oG0WePdZoxg?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><br /></div></div>

Cleveland kidnapping victims speak out.

Women don't plan to make any additional public statements. For the first time since their rescue two months ago, the world is hearing di...