Friedman, Gilbert & Gerhardstein

11/08/2017

http://fox8.com/2017/11/07/i-team-victim-or-suspect-you-decide-with-the-police-video/

CLEVELAND - A woman is speaking out about a confrontation with Cleveland Police caught on camera that first led to charges against her, but now has led to charges against an officer. The FOX 8 I TEAM has obtained police video from an incident in September on the west side. As officers were investiga...

10/20/2017

http://fox8.com/2017/10/19/two-officers-in-strongsville-chase-and-deadly-shooting-should-receive-verbal-counseling-review-finds/amp/

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – Police officials have completed an internal review of the March high speed police chase and fatal shooting on Interstate 71, and concluded two of the officers involved should receive verbal counseling. According to a Strongsville Police Department memorandum released to the FOX…

09/01/2017

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2017/08/judge_throws_out_murder_case_a.html

A judge on Thursday threw out the murder case against a man accused of kicking his brother in the groin and fatally rupturing his testicle, citing a lack of evidence.

06/07/2017

http://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2017/06/cleveland_to_pay_87500_to_unar.html

The city of Cleveland has agreed to pay $87,500 to an unarmed man shot by a city officer in East Cleveland, according to the man's attorney.

01/24/2017

http://fox8.com/2017/01/23/former-cleveland-police-officer-accused-of-shooting-drug-suspect-now-faces-drug-possession/

CLEVELAND – A former Cleveland police officer, accused of being involved in the shooting of a drug trafficking suspect in 2015, is now facing drug possession charges. The Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office says Jon Periandri plead guilty in June to felony drug possession charges. But the charges we...

12/13/2016

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/12/westlake_man_found_not_guilty.html

Jurors on Tuesday acquitted 18-year-old DeAndrew Smith on a felonious assault charge in an April fight inside a Westlake High School bathroom.

09/09/2016

Client charged with aggravated murder found not guilty with attorney Marcus Sidoti questioning two DNA experts and addressing those issues in closing arguments.

http://www.eodsm.com/crime/judge-acquits-cleveland-man-charged-murder-co**se-burning/

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A Cuyahoga County judge acquitted a man of murder Friday in a 2013 case of a Cleveland woman beaten to death and left in a house that was set on fire. Common Pleas Judge Matthew McMonagle found...Read more

06/27/2016

Congratulations to Attorney Mary Catherine O'Neill on her hard work in State of Ohio v. Hunter, 604839.

Mr. Hunter was charged in 2016 for a 1997 r**e, just one year short of the statute of limitations. He was charged as the result of a "CODIS" hit for a cold case. The case was dismissed because of unjustifiable pre-indictment delay- as much of the evidence and memories of the incident had deteriorated. This is a large factor in the prosecution of these cold cases & we are very proud of the hard work our office has done to combat this issue.

Thanks for your hard work, Mary Catherine!

05/09/2016

http://www.cleveland.com/westlake/index.ssf/2016/05/westlake_high_school_student_a_2.html

A Westlake High School student accused of fracturing another student's skull during a fight in a school bathroom pleaded not guilty.

02/12/2016

Senior Associate Mary Catherine O'Neill obtains her second consecutive acquittal in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court last week.