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Brittany Hailer @brittanyhailer.bsky.social · 1d

Cuyahoga County Sheriff Harold Pretel is refusing to seek independent investigation into the death of Tasha Grant, a double amputee who died after being restrained by officers. With @markpuente.bsky.social and @douglivingston.bsky.social

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Family Attorney, Advocates Demand Outside Probe of Tasha Grant’s Killing

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

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · 13d

Cuyahoga County officials never disclosed that Ms. Grant died as a result of being physically restrained by a deputy. The Marshall Project-Cleveland team broke the news last night. w/ @brittanyhailer.bsky.social & Doug Livingston. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/25/c...

Cuyahoga County Jail Transfer Ends With Death at MetroHealth

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.

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · 24d

Latest on Cuyahoga County's Downtown Safety Patrol. “I definitely thought these (deputies) were fishing,” Ray told The Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5 Cleveland. W/ Doug Livingston & @taramorgantv.bsky.social www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/15/c...

Cuyahoga County Deputy Unit Cites Blacks At Higher Rates, Records Show

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

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · Jul 12

Rolling 4 deep today in Northeast Ohio. 🔥🔥🔥

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · Jun 27

The Ohio Disciplinary Counsel said Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze left a stain on the judicial system and arrogance likely led to her legal troubles. “There is simply no place in our justice system for dishonest judges,” he wrote. www.clevescene.com/news/discipl...

Disciplinary Counsel Recommends Suspending Judge Leslie Celebrezze From Practicing Law

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

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · Jun 17

The Ohio Disciplinary Counsel has called Leslie Celebrezze a dishonest judge and says she has left a stain on the judiciary and is playing the victim. Filing is in response to the judge wanting only a public reprimand for her misconduct. Read the brief: www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Relators Response to Respondents Post-Hearing Brief

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Jun 12

"A Cuyahoga County sheriff's deputy [Isen Vajusi] involved in separate shootings of two teenagers while assigned to a controversial downtown patrol unit was once deemed unfit by a suburban police force."

"He shop-hopped from agency to agency."
#Ohio #USA #Policing

Deemed Unfit, a Cuyahoga Deputy Was Hired Anyway

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.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · May 16

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 16

Impact journalism. An Ohio lawmaker wants a new law. “All babies should count, whether they're born in the system or whether they're born to a mother who's not incarcerated,” Upchurch said. “That's the kind of message that we need to be sending across Ohio.” www.news5cleveland.com/news/the-mar...

Ohio lawmaker wants to require jails to report pregnancy outcomes

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.

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 15

A new investigation from TMP-C and Scott Noll at WEWS. She went to jail pregnant. What happened next isn't even a statistic. Why didn't Cuyahoga County tell Ohio offcials about a pregancy loss? Because the fetus was not incarcerated. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/15/c...

How Sheriffs Fail to Report Miscarriages, Stillbirths In Ohio Jails

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

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 15

A new investigation from TMP-C and Scott Noll at WEWS. She went to jail pregnant. What happened next isn't even a statistic. Why didn't Cuyahoga County tell Ohio offcials about a pregancy loss? Because the fetus was not incarcerated. www.themarshallproject.org/2025/05/15/c...

How Sheriffs Fail to Report Miscarriages, Stillbirths In Ohio Jails

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

www.themarshallproject.org

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 2

More: "Accordingly, relator urges the panel to recommend a one-year suspension with six months stayed on condition that respondent commit no further misconduct. Read the reccomendation. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Relators Post-Hearing Brief

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 2

2/3 More: stayed on condition that respondent commit no further misconduct...We cannot expect the public to trust the judiciary if we do not sufficiently sanction members of the judiciary who violate the public trust."

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 2

1/3 NEW Ohio Disciplinary Counsel on Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze's misconduct:
"As stated previously, there is no case quite like respondent’s. But based on the cases cited herein, the appropriate sanction for respondent’s misconduct is a one-year suspension with six months

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 1

The appeals court ruling against Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze.

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Semary v. Celebrezze Opinion 5.1.25

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 1

Back story on the lawsuit. Celebrezze has not yer replied today to a request for comment. www.clevescene.com/news/subpoen...

Subpoena Targets Judge Leslie Celebrezze, Dottore Personal Texts

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

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Mark Puente @markpuente.bsky.social · May 1

More trouble for embattled Judge Leslie Celebrezze. The lawsuit brought against her by a former employee for retaliation after firing her for providng me public records. The case got tossed by a visiting judge. Celebrezze lost her argument with the appeals court. Goes back to trial court.