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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is considering a request by prosecutors and advocates for rape victims to reinstate charges against a Cleveland man accused of attacking a woman in 1993. The groups say a lower court’s dismissal of the charges creates a legal precedent that could jeopardize thousands of unsolved rapes being […]

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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — A school superintendent and three more people have been charged by a grand jury that investigated whether other laws were broken in the rape of a 16-year-old West Virginia girl last year in eastern Ohio. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the charges Monday in Steubenville. The grand jury had investigated […]

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Two months after his headline-making assist in the rescue of three Cleveland women held captive for a decade, Charles Ramsey says he is now broke and homeless. “I’m broke, bro,” Ramsey told the Daily Mail. “That’s the truth.” Ramsey said he was fired from his job working in a kitchen because customers kept coming in […]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A day after two high school football players were convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl, authorities arrested two Ohio girls suspected of making online threats against the accuser. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said the girls arrested Monday posted threatening comments on Twitter on Sunday, the day the players were convicted […]

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A city already reeling from the conviction of two high school football players in the rape of a 16-year-old girl will back a wide-ranging probe that could target adults, including coaches, who failed to report the allegation initially, the city’s top official said Monday. Residents of Steubenville want to see justice […]

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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case isn’t over, saying he is investigating whether coaches, parents and other students broke the law, too. Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’Lik Richmond, 16, were sentenced […]

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STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Police and witnesses from phone service providers have testified about cellphones collected as evidence in the case against two Ohio high school football players accused of raping a 16-year-old West Virginia girl. Thursday marks the second day of the juvenile court trial in eastern Ohio. The testimony focused on how phones […]