Dossier
East Cleveland
Coverage of East Cleveland in the Nexus archive.
- Ohio governor grants mercy to man on death row for first time
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine commuted Gregory Lott’s death sentence to life without parole for a 1986 murder, marking his first such action in eight years as governor. Lott, who has intellectual disabilities, was convicted of setting an 82-year-old man on fire during a burglary.
- Ohio brothers who posed as Middle Eastern royalty receive lengthy sentence for $21M fraud scheme
Two Ohio brothers, Zubair and Muzzammil Al Zubair, were sentenced to 24 and 23 years in prison for a $21 million fraud scheme. They posed as Middle Eastern royalty and carried out multiple schemes to steal money and property from victims. The brothers also bribed a former East Cleveland mayoral aide, Michael Smedley, who was sentenced to over eight years in prison.