Alec Sapolin
Digital content producer
Cleveland, Ohio
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Alec Sapolin joined Cleveland 19 News as a Digital Content Producer in March 2022.
He started his career in Chagrin Falls, Ohio in 2021 after graduating from The University of Oregon with a degree in journalism.
Alec’s love for all things Cleveland goes beyond the news he covers, devoting his free time to talking all things Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers and Guardians while expounding on his love for all things food.
Updated: 6 hours ago
|By Alec Sapolin and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
Baldwin Wallace University’s swim teams underwent a pre-meet scare after a car crashed into their coach bus during a high-speed chase with Fairview Park police on Saturday.
Updated: 10 hours ago
|By Alec Sapolin
The City of Akron on Saturday paid tribute to Judith Reznik, who lost her life 37 years ago during the launch of the Challenger space shuttle.
Updated: 11 hours ago
|By Alec Sapolin
One of Cleveland’s own will be featured on football’s biggest stage to perform during this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.
Updated: 13 hours ago
|By Alec Sapolin
A missing Ashland man was found dead inside a vacant home on Friday afternoon.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:03 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
Memphis officials on Friday will be releasing video showing the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols, 29, by five police officers during a Jan. 7 traffic stop.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:15 AM EST
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Alec Sapolin
The shooting, which happened in the 600 block of E. 108th Street, left the victim dead when police arrived around 2:55 a.m.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 9:12 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
A new St. Patrick’s Day bar is set to open up soon in The Flats in Cleveland.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 7:14 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
leveland Cavaliers G Donovan Mitchell will be heading to Salt Lake City after being named an All-Star Starter on Thursday.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 6:42 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday charged Parma Heights man in relation to concealing a war crime during the 1990s.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 5:50 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
A Lieutenant in the Akron Police Department on Wednesday was demoted and disciplined after performing sex acts while on duty.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:29 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Cleveland police continue their search for a woman missing since December.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 3:29 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Elyria police identified a 19-year-old that was arrested early Thursday morning as a suspect in multiple car thefts in the last week.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2023 at 4:57 AM EST
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Alec Sapolin
The shooting, which happened in the 600 block of E. 108th Street, left the victim dead when police arrived around 2:55 a.m.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2023 at 4:55 AM EST
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Alec Sapolin
Drivers may face snowy conditions during their travels in Northeast Ohio.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 10:40 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Cleveland police have asked for the community’s help to locate a missing and endangered teenager on Sunday.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 7:06 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation (Ohio BCI) is currently investigating an officer-involved shooting in Macedonia that occurred on Sunday.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 5:01 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
One person and two dogs died Sunday morning following a house fire in Erie County, according to Florence Township Fire Department officials.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 4:30 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The Thompson Fire Department continues to mourn the loss of one of their own following the death of a firefighter.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 3:23 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Cameras are rolling during a potential SWAT standoff in Los Angeles on Sunday following a deadly mass shooting at the Lunar New Year Festival.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 5:46 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
A judge in the Medina County Common Pleas Court sentenced a man on Tuesday after pleading guilty to attempted murder on a family member.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 4:45 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
All inmates were wanted after escaping the St. Francois County Detention Center in Farmington on Jan. 17, according to previous reports from the U.S. Marshal’s Office.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2023 at 4:08 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
A judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio on Tuesday sentenced a Ravenna man who pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, attempted sexual exploitation of a child and interstate communication with intent to extort.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 11:02 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
A suspect is wanted by police for breaking into a home and stealing items from a backyard, including a grill, on Tuesday.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 7:32 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The U.S. Marshals on Friday indicated four inmates that escaped from Missouri could be either in or traveling through the state of Ohio.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 4:54 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
ODNR officials did not give an exact time as to when the kayak was found but said it was found “some time Friday”.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 3:56 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
The mother of four disappeared in July 2017 from Collins.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:10 AM EST
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Alec Sapolin
The child was found safe in the 3400 block of West 95h Street, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:45 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
A airplane heading to the Cuyahoga County Airport from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York crashed on Thursday, according to FAA officials.
Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 2:52 PM EST
|By Julia Bingel and Alec Sapolin
The mom and son were supposed to return home Wednesday.
Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 9:35 AM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Akron police Wednesday morning charged two men and arrested one in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred in 2020.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 5:33 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Sheriff’s Deputies asked for the community’s help in finding a missing teenage girl after leaving her home early Sunday morning.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 1:13 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin, Sia Nyorkor, Patrick Stout, Michelle Nicks and Misty Stiver
Five people were shot in a home in Cleveland Friday night, according to Cleveland police officials.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 7:20 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Jordan Gartner
Authorities say a truck belonging to Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was stolen from a dealership.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 5:58 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Sia Nyorkor
A truck belonging to Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson was stolen from a North Olmsted car dealership, according to police officials.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 8:58 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The Medina woman was missing from May 21 to May 25, when her body was discovered in a vacant Slavic Village home.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 12:08 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin, Brian Duffy and Maddi Hebebrand
The Cleveland Division of Police on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two officers.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2023 at 6:48 AM EST
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Alec Sapolin
Several cities have issued parking bans with heavy snow expected in some areas.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 8:16 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Court dockets indicate the alleged offense occurred Sept. 8, 2022.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Troopers from the Ohio State Highway Patrol arrested a man for OVI while wearing a celebratory hat on New Year’s Day.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 5:56 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Parma police arrested a 15-year-old boy Thursday afternoon after he fired a gun near an elementary school.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:19 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Former Cleveland Browns RB Peyton Hillis is improving after saving his kids from drowning last week.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 2:52 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Brian Duffy
The Cleveland Division of Police on Thursday issued arrest warrants for two officers.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM EST
|By Noelle Williams and Alec Sapolin
Cleveland police have welcomed back one of their own following a 13-month battle with stage 4 ovarian cancer.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 9:39 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Former Cleveland Browns RB Peyton Hillis is hospitalized and in critical condition, according to multiple reports.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 8:23 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The Cleveland Browns are one of the latest teams in the NFL to show their support for Buffalo Bills S Damar Hamlin after team owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam donated $10,003 to his foundation Thursday.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 6:35 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for the man caught on camera breaking into a local bar during last month’s winter storms.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 9:39 AM EST
|By Patrick Stout, Alec Sapolin and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
Allison Dinkins was found dead on her living room floor, according to officials.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2023 at 8:21 AM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The victim has been identified as Charles Williams, of Cleveland.
Updated: Jan. 1, 2023 at 5:09 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Two people were injured Sunday morning after a crash in Painesville Township.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2022 at 6:12 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Religious leaders from across Northeast Ohio continue to mourn the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died Saturday morning.
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