Two Violent Fugitives Arrested in Cleveland
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CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Michael McGrath, Chief of the Cleveland Division of Police, today announced the arrest of two males wanted in a two month long crime spree in the Fifth District. The arrested males are 21-year old Lamont Potts Jr. of Cleveland and 18-year old Keith Richardson of Cleveland.
From Monday, December 21, 2009, thru Tuesday, February 16, 2010, Lamont Potts Jr. and Keith Richardson terrorized the E. 105th and Greenlawn area, committing aggravated robberies and aggravated robbery kidnappings.
The males would seek out their victims as they walked down the street or stood in their driveways. The males have been connected to approximately eleven aggravated robberies with firearms and two kidnapping in the E.105th and Greenlawn area.
Fifth District officers arrested Lamont Potts Jr. and Keith Richardson on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at 11:59 P.M, at 10533 Goodings Avenue. The males were apprehended after they robbed two individuals at gunpoint on Greenlawn Avenue. Both males were arrested without incident.
The Cleveland Division of Police Fifth District Detective Bureau ask that anyone having information of any crimes in the East 105th area please contact The Detective Bureau at (216) 623-5518.
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