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Leslie Celebrezze bypassed random case assignment rules and appointed a love interest as receiver in multiple lucrative divorce cases without disclosing their relationship, the Ohio Supreme Court foun...

How an FBI subpoena changed attitudes.

Mark Puente didn’t go to j-school — he drove trucks for 15 years before stepping into a newsroom. But when a judge tried to block him from observing a public court hearing, Puente didn’t flinch. Armed...

Investigative reporter Mark Puente was blocked from observing court proceedings and briefly ordered out of a Lorain, Ohio, municipal courtroom …

The move follows a Marshall Project - Cleveland analysis that found police searched Black people more often than White people in stops in 2023.

Community advocates and surviving family members also want the sheriff to step aside in two other death investigations involving deputies.

A special prosecutor is reviewing the actions of hospital workers and a sheriff’s deputy after the medical examiner ruled Tasha Grant’s death a homicide.

A review of Downtown Safety Patrol traffic stops shows deputies rarely issue tickets or make arrests.

Celebrezze and Mark Dottore remain at the center of an FBI investigation

Deputy Isen Vajusi struggled with confidence, stress and field training before being forced out of the suburbs. He’s now on the sheriff’s downtown safety patrol.

An Ohio lawmaker plans to introduce legislation requiring county jails to report pregnancy outcomes. State Rep. Terrence Upchurch called it “problematic” that Ohio does not require jails to report.

One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an ‘egregious performance failure’ by medical staff.

One woman’s pregnancy ended in the Cuyahoga County Jail amid ignored cries for help and an ‘egregious performance failure’ by medical staff.

Sought in a lawsuit from the judge's former personal assistant, they allegedly show a romantic relationship between the two

Hurricane Milton sent a crane crashing through the building, rendering it uninhabitable.

Florida State University has sent alerts warning of an active shooter near the student union. Here's what we know.

Celebrezze admitted in court records to allegations by the Ohio Disciplinary Counsel of steering lucrative work to her longtime friend Mark Dottore

A collective sigh of relief today for tens of thousands of drivers in Ohio. Some debt-related license suspensions are now eliminated under a new state law that went into effect today.

Articles about “Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze” by The Marshall Project

The grand jury subpoena also focuses on Mark Dottore’s company, which has earned more than $500,000 in fees from the court since 2017.

An Ohio divorce court judge is barred from a case, pending a conflict hearing.

Federal grand jury has subpoenaed court records involving judge and popular businessman.

At the CIA’s dining room, cellphones and credit cards are banned and the chef’s name is under wraps.

NFL investigators were in Baltimore this week interviewing massage therapists who have accused Ravens kicker Justin Tucker of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Articles about “Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze” by The Marshall Project

The grand jury subpoena also focuses on Mark Dottore’s company, which has earned more than $500,000 in fees from the court since 2017.

The grand jury subpoena also focuses on Mark Dottore’s company, which has earned more than $500,000 in fees from the court since 2017.

The grand jury subpoena also focuses on Mark Dottore’s company, which has earned more than $500,000 in fees from the court since 2017.