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CLEVELAND -- Police confirm to Channel 3 that Megan McGee, 15, was reported missing June 16 from Coltman Road in Cleveland's Little Italy.
Police say that she was last seen at 1931 Coltman Road on June 16.
She has red hair, blue eyes, stands 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds.
If you have seen her, please contact the Cleveland Police.
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"Daddy loves you."
Those were the first words 3-year-old Grayson Clamp ever heard.
Grayson, who was born deaf, is hearing for the first time thanks to a special device known as an auditory brainstem implant.
It was installed by doctors at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
The device is typically used in adults whose nerves have been damaged and hadn't yet been approved for use in children.
But that changed due to an FDA-approved trial.
Grayson became the first child in the country to undergo the procedure. Doctors are confident Grayson will eventually hear and speak like any other child.
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AKRON -- Attorney Anthony O. Calabrese III, 40, of Bentleyville, is scheduled to be sentenced this afternoon for 18 corruption-related charges he has pleaded guilty to in the Cuyahoga County corruption probe.
Calabrese, the son of former Judge Anthony O. Calabrese Jr, is facing a possible 9 years in prison.
He entered into a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in january and will be sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi in Akron.
But Calabrese still faces other charges in other courts.
On April 23, Calabrese pleaded not guilty in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court after Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty brought state bribery and theft charges against him.
Under the state charges, Calabrese is charged with theft by deception and two counts of bribery.
McGinty said the three-count indictment accuses Calabrese of using his position as attorney for Alternatives Agency, a halfway house located in Cleveland.
The first count accuses Calabrese of directing the agency to pay consulting fees to Anthony Sinagra and J. Kevin Kelley, and concealing the fact that neither individual produced any work product.
The second and third counts accuse Calabrese of bribing former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and former Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo.
The indictment alleges that Calabrese directed J. Kevin Kelley to give plane tickets to Las Vegas and/or money to Dimora and Russo in exchange for Dimora and Russo helping to restore county funding to the agency.
Calabrese was the first to be charged by McGinty as a follow up to the federal Cuyahoga County corruption probe.
McGinty said he expects other charges to follow on more defendants.
Calabrese is also the defendant with two other attorneys in an unrelated case who are accused of trying to bribe two rape victims to alter their testimony against the man accused of raping them.
Calabrese and the attorneys, Marc G. Doumbas and G. Timothy Marshall, have pleaded not guilty to the charges and are awaiting trial.
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The coach at Chardon High School who confronted shooter T.J. Lane is on the cover of Sports Illustrated this week.
The article, "Do You Remember Chardon?" written by Gary Smith tells the story of Frank Hall, an assistant football coach at the school.
When Hall confronted Lane that day on February 27, 2012, six students had already been shot. Three of them-Daniel Parmertor, Demetrius Hewlin, and Russell King would die of their injuries.
Hall has been hailed as a hero for his efforts that day. By chasing Lane out of the school, he is credited for saving other teens from being shot.
Hall is now the head football coach of Lakeside High in Ashtabula.
Below are excerpts from the SI article provided by the magazine in a release:
Smith takes readers through that frightful day in a small town 30 miles outside Cleveland, and the journey of the community and its reluctant hero since the tragedy. "In a flash, Frank had determined that attack was the best defense, the only way to be who Frank Ray Hall always had been: the protector." (PAGE 74)
The community's gratitude for Hall, who was known around school as Mr. Tickle, was overwhelming-as was the grief that overtook him. He was racked with intense and debilitating remorse. Smith says, "The day after a man does the most selfless thing a human being can do, and then doubles down by rejecting a flood of national media requests ... his mind begins to devour him for what he couldn't do. You should've spotted that kid beforehand....You should've done more...." (PAGE 76)
The toxic drip in his mind didn't stop until a trip last summer with his wife and four adopted children ( to the USS Intrepid in New York City. A movie on the historic vessel described how a World War II attack on the ship that killed 69 men was the worst day in the Intrepid's history, and the best day since the survivors saved the ship and helped turn the tide of the war. Smith writes, "That's just what happened at Chardon, it struck him. We got attacked, but we didn't let that kid pull us apart or break us down. It was our worst day, and our best day." (PAGE 78)
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June 18, 2013: Chris Evans on set of 'Captain America: Winter Soldier' in Tremont. Photo by Ryan Haidet, WKYC-TV.
CLEVELAND -- From the West Shoreway, to Tremont and now to a new temporary home.
Marvel is moving its production of "Captain America: Winter Soldier" to the Cleveland Museum of Art next week.
As a result, the museum will be closed to the general public for a brief period.
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"Due to the filming of a major motion picture, the Cleveland Museum of Art will be closed to the public on Sunday, June 23," a message declares on the museum's web site. "The museum's atrium, restaurant, café, store and Gallery One will be closed on Tuesday, June 25."
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It's unclear what stars will be on location for the filming inside the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Most recently, production was busy filming interiors at a home in Tremont along W. 7th near Literary Road.
Although none of the actual filmmaking was visible to onlookers in Tremont, stars Chris Evans (Captain America), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Anthony Mackie (the Falcon) were all spotted several times Tuesday.
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It was definitely difficult to catch a glimpse of Evans or Johansson because crew members were armed with black umbrellas to shield the stars from view.
Many people gathered on the sidewalks Tuesday watching closely to see if they could spot the stars. At one point, a production assistant handed out small Captain America shield pins to the kids who were sitting nearby.
"Captain America: Winter Soldier" -- which has been filming throughout Cleveland for several weeks -- is slated for release on April 4, 2014.
The movie also stars Samuel L. Jackson reprising his role as the eye-patch wearing Nick Fury, Robert Redford as Alexander Pierce and Sebastian Stan as the Winter Soldier.
The film is directed by local brothers Anthony and Joe Russo.
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CLEVELAND -- Ariel Castro, the man accused of kidnapping three women and holding them captive inside his Seymour Avenue home for a decade, was back in a Cuyahoga County courtroom this morning.
Shackled, handcuffed, and dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, Castro kept his eyes down or closed through the entire 10 minute hearing.
For the first time, we did get to hear him speak as he answered the judge's questions with one-word answers of yes or no.
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Judge Michael Russo in Cleveland says he's aiming for an August trial for Castro, who was arrested May 6.
The 90-day speedy trial requirement could be waived to allow more preparation time. Judge Russo also set the next pre-trial hearing for June 26 at 8:45 a.m.
The judge also told prosecutors and defense counsel that if there were to be a plea deal in this case it would need to be a written agreement.
Afterwards, Castro's attorneys told reporters there has been no word from prosecutors about the possibility of a plea deal.
They reiterated their earlier comments that a plea is possible in the case if the death penalty is taken off the table.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty attended the pre-trial hearing and told the judge that additional evidence is being presented to the grand jury over the next two weeks and that he expects additional charges.
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The current indictment involving 329 counts covers the period from 2002 to 2007.
Castro is being held on $8 million bond.
Among the hundreds of charges including more than 100 each of rape and kidnapping, Castro also faces aggravated murder charges for the alleged forced termination of one of the women's pregnancies.
The three women, Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, were rescued on May 6 after Berry kicked out a door and ran to the neighbors for help.
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CLEVELAND -- Two men reportedly stole, robbed and beat an elderly Cleveland couple before stealing their car Monday night, taking the elderly woman with them.
Police located the woman on the city's east side shortly after 12:30 a.m.
Both the man and the woman, in their 80s, are in stable condition and are being treated at Fairview Hospital.
Officers are investigating at the Wolf's Den, near E. 83rd Street and Cedar Avenue, where the woman was found. One person was seen being taken into custody at this scene.
Police say the incident started at the couple's home on Victory Boulevard, near W. 130th Street.
Police say two to three black men in their early 20s broke into the home, held the couple at gunpoint, robbing them and beating them.
The couple were bound with duct tape as the suspects stole their silver 2008 Chevy Malibu sedan.
The suspects put the elderly woman into the trunk of the car as they left the home, leaving the man bound in the driveway.
The man is a retired Air Force veteran.
Police are investigating and have not released any other details at this point.
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CLEVELAND -- A November retrial has been set for the man suspected in the 2005 arson deaths of a woman and eight children at a birthday sleepover in Cleveland.
U.S. District Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. set the Nov. 1 trial date Tuesday for Antun Lewis, 29.
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Lewis had asked for a July date to meet speedy trial deadlines, but the judge says the case is too complex to begin that soon.
Lewis' conviction at his first trial was overturned over testimony from jailhouse informants denounced by the defense as unreliable.
The May 21, 2005, fire killed 33-year-old Medeia Carter, four of her children and four other children attending a 14th-birthday sleepover.
Lewis has always maintained his innocence. He knew some of the victims and says he would never harm a child.
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CLEVELAND -- A disabled mother and her daughter, 6, were discovered being held captive in an Ashland home and the four who kept them there are in custody now.
The woman was "disabled" after a childhood head injury and functions on a teenage level, according to federal officials.
Federal officials aren't saying much except that the investigation began when the mother was caught shoplifting a candy bar back in October and she wanted the officer to put her in jail.
The officer became suspicious and continued looking into the situation. That led to the discovery of the people in the home.
Two men and a woman were charged for "repeatedly exposing the woman and her child to sub-human beatings," according to federal officials.
Jordie Callahan, 26, Jessica Hunt, 31, and Daniel Brown, 33, were all arrested Monday and charged with forced labor.
Callahan is charged with an additional count of tampering with a witness.
A fourth person has been charged but officials are not yet releasing that person's name.
Officials say the woman and her daughter were "...threatened with weapons, pit bulls and snakes...and they were treated worse than the animals in the home..."
Officials say those charged used the woman's checking account to get money and also used her prescriptions.
Officials said the woman and the child "are doing well now" and those arrested will have their first court appearance at 2:30 p.m. today.
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CLEVELAND -- Amanda Berry has arrived home after 10 years in captivity.
Amanda's younger sister made a statement to the media after the arrival home. She says Amanda has changed her mind about making a statement to the media at this time.
She did however say the Berry family is thankful the community's support but is asking for privacy.
Amanda disappeared the day before her 17th birthday in April 2003 while walking home from her job at a fast food restaurant.
Police have confirmed Amanda escaped the house on Seymour Avenue with her 6-year-old daughter.
Amanda, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight had been held in the house for a decade.
Amanda kicked out the bottom of a locked door to escape to a neighbor's house to call for help. Police have called her the 'real hero' in the story and give her credit for getting the women and the child to safety.
Police have told WKYC's The Investigator, Tom Meyer, that there were padlocks inside the home on the doors to the attic, basement and in the garage.
Three brothers, Ariel Castro, Pedro Castro and Onil Castro, are in police custody in connection with the abductions. Charges are expected to be announced sometime today.
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