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Armed security guard delivered legal letters to Medina County commissioners’ homes.

Armed security guard delivered legal letters to Medina County commissioners’ homes

Updated: Jun. 2, 2026 at 8:05 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
A security guard in uniform, armed and wearing a bulletproof vest, hand-delivered legal letters to the homes of two Medina County commissioners in April.

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19 News honored with Regional Murrow Award for true crime podcast

Updated: Jun. 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM EDT
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By 19 News Investigative Team
19 News has been honored with a 2026 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for best podcast from the Radio Television Digital News Association.

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Video of the two dogs found abandoned in a Brook Park house.

Brook Park couple avoids prison after abandoning pets, losing custody of children

Updated: May 29, 2026 at 6:54 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
A Brook Park couple will not serve prison time after abandoning four pets found in “deplorable conditions” according to the police report, and losing custody of their seven children.

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Medina County auditor under state investigation for alleged misuse of taxpayer funds.

Medina County auditor under state investigation for alleged misuse of taxpayer funds

Updated: May 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
The state auditor is investigating Medina County Auditor Anthony Capretta after accusations he spent thousands of public tax dollars on his re-election campaign.

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Cleveland EMS workers are increasingly being assaulted according to Union president

Cleveland EMT union calls for tougher penalties as attacks increase

Updated: May 27, 2026 at 7:41 PM EDT
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By Brian Duffy
Hannah Wagner knew right away the woman they were called to help planned to attack them. She saw the fury in her eyes.

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Elaine Ford has been missing since 1990.

Cleveland detective seeks information on man who lived with woman missing since 1990

Updated: May 26, 2026 at 6:24 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
Elaine Ford vanished more than three decades ago, and her case remains one of the oldest missing persons cases in Cleveland.

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Stream ‘19 Investigates’ every Thursday on 19 News+

Updated: May 26, 2026 at 11:10 AM EDT
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Every Thursday, 19 Investigates is digging deeper and asking tough questions to deliver answers for you.

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Former Cleveland bank executive faces 45 sex crime charges dating back to 2004

Updated: May 20, 2026 at 6:32 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
A former senior vice president at First National Bank in Cleveland is facing 45 counts of sex crimes dating back two decades, including charges involving a five-year-old child.

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Jeffrey Mills.

Brother seeks answers 44 years after dental student killed on graduation day

Updated: May 15, 2026 at 5:54 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
Cleveland Police are looking for new leads in the cold case homicide of Jeffrey Mills from back in 1982. And they need your help to spark new leads.

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Armed man in uniform delivers letters to Medina County commissioners’ homes.

Armed man in uniform delivers letters to Medina County commissioners’ homes

Updated: May 14, 2026 at 7:03 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
Two Medina County commissioners say an armed man in uniform showed up at their homes to deliver a letter, and surveillance cameras captured the incident.

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Ohio Blue Alert.

Ohio’s Blue Alert system helps protect officers in danger

Updated: May 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
Ohio’s Blue Alert notification system asks the public for help when a law enforcement officer’s life is in danger.

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Medina County auditor accused of misusing public funds for campaign.

Medina County auditor accused of misusing public funds for campaign

Updated: May 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
A Medina County auditor is accused of spending thousands of public tax dollars on a personal photographer and other expenses that commissioners say funded his re-election campaign.

19 Investigates

Authorities said they seized about 27 suspected illegal slot machines in Akron.

Police body camera video: Akron police, state agents seize illegal slot machines

Updated: May 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
Akron police and the Ohio Casino Control Commission raided two businesses this week after complaints of illegal gambling operations.

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Former TSA screener says government shutdown made Cleveland airport less safe.

Former TSA screener says government shutdown made Cleveland airport less safe

Updated: May 7, 2026 at 7:41 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
A former TSA screener at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport says working without pay during a government shutdown made airports less safe.

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Dispatch call reveals horrors Cleveland EMT Lachelle Jordan reported she survived from kidnappers

3 years later, no arrests in Cleveland EMT’s reported kidnapping

Updated: May 6, 2026 at 7:39 PM EDT
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By Sara Goldenberg
Three years after a missing Cleveland EMT reported she was kidnapped and nearly burned alive, no one has been arrested or charged in the case.

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Woman plans lawsuit, breaks silence after being repeatedly punched in face by Brooklyn cop.

Lawsuit claims Brooklyn police ignored warning signs before officer punched handcuffed woman

Updated: May 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
A Maple Heights man has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Brooklyn Police Department and five of its officers, claiming the department ignored early warning signs about an officer who was later fired for punching a handcuffed woman.

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Dark Side of the Land: The Phantom Flapper

The Phantom Flapper: New ‘Dark Side’ podcast revisits 1928 Stark County murder mystery

Updated: Apr. 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM EDT
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By 19 News Investigative Team
The latest episode of Dark Side of the Land is streaming now.

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Downtown Cleveland ambassadors provide safety, cleaning services.

Downtown Cleveland ambassadors provide safety, cleaning services

Updated: Apr. 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
A team in downtown Cleveland does everything from changing flat tires and escorting people to their cars to connecting the city’s unsheltered population with social services.

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Portage County drug unit seizes guns, drugs on Ohio Turnpike.

Portage County drug unit seizes guns, drugs on Ohio Turnpike

Updated: Apr. 24, 2026 at 9:51 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
A small drug interdiction unit in Portage County has confiscated thousands of grams of methamphetamine and fentanyl and taken dozens of illegal firearms off the streets.

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Portage County drug unit targets traffickers on turnpike, local freeways.

Portage County drug unit targets traffickers on turnpike, local freeways

Updated: Apr. 23, 2026 at 6:26 PM EDT
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By Mike Mason
High-speed chases, drugs thrown from moving cars and deputies with guns drawn — it’s happening on the same roads drivers use every day in Portage County.
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