Retired Warrensville Heights police officer charged with stealing from evidence room

Northeast Ohio Media Group, cleveland.com BYLINE: Ida Lieszkovszky, Northeast Ohio Media Group Warrensville Heights, OH A retired Warrensville Heights police officer and later evidence room tech was charged with stealing drugs and cash from the department. (File...

Retired sergeant admits guilt

The Lima News, limaohio.com/news BYLINE: Greg Sowinski – gsowinski@civitasmedia.com Allen County, OH Former law officer sold guns from evidence room Fred DePalma, middle, sits with his attorneys Thursday. DePalma pleaded guilty to 59 felony charges for stealing...

State investigates missing evidence from Allen County Sheriff’s Office

Civitas Media, The Lima News, limaohio.com BYLINE: Greg Sowinski – gsowinski@civitasmedia.com Allen County, OH LIMA — Sheriff Sam Crish has called in a state agency to investigate the possible theft of property from the evidence room at the Allen County...

Parma Heights police detective charged with theft of prescription drugs from department’s evidence room

The Plain Dealer, cleveland.com BYLINE: James F. McCarty, The Plain Dealer, jmccarty@plaind.com Parma Heights, OH Parma Heights Police Detective Matthew Bell was charged Thursday with four counts of theft related to stolen prescription drugs from the evidence room....

Former Columbus officer admits to stealing police property

Dispatch Media Group, The Columbus Dispatch, dispatch.com BYLINE: Kathy Lynn Gray, kgray@dispatch.com and Allison Manning, amanning@dispatch.com Columbus, OH A former Columbus police officer has agreed to plead guilty to stealing surplus property from the Police...

Missing evidence prompted review of county Forensics, Crime labs

Lorain County Printing and Publishing Co., The Chronicle-Telegram, chronicle.northcoastnow.com BYLINE: Brad Dicken, bdicken@chroniclet.com Lorain County, OH Emmanuel G. de Leon shows the secure storage facility where drugs, guns, various weapons and seized drugs could...