2 East Cleveland Police officers indicted for allegedly robbing people while on duty

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio  — Two East Cleveland Cops have been indicted for allegedly stealing from a number of folks whereas on responsibility from July 2020 to July 2021.

In accordance with the prosecutor’s workplace, on July 7, 2020, 31-year-old Willie Sims responded to an altercation within the car parking zone of a gasoline station close to Euclid and Shaw Avenues when he noticed a gun contained in the sufferer’s car. Sims allegedly took $3,850 from the sufferer’s automotive.

On Sept. 22, 2020, 34-year-old Alfonzo Cole executed a site visitors cease close to Euclid and Marloes avenues and took $850 and $400 of suspected marijuana, prosecutors state. Cole issued the 43-year-old driver a site visitors quotation, court docket data present.

Prosecutors stated on Nov. 8, 2020, Sims executed a site visitors cease on Paige Avenue and took $1,300 he discovered within the trunk of the car.

In accordance with court docket data, Cole executed a site visitors cease on June 22, 2021 on Bender Avenue and took $4,000, suspected marijuana and a firearm from the car.

On the identical day, Cole executed one other site visitors cease and took the 18-year-old driver’s mom’s gun situated beneath the seat and bullets from the car, court docket data present.

Prosecutors stated Sims executed a site visitors cease on the identical sufferer from Nov. 8, 2020 and eliminated $781 and suspected marijuana edibles from the car.

Later the day, each Sims and Cole executed a site visitors cease on a 21-year-old at a gasoline station close to Euclid Avenue and Superior Street, once they allegedly took $4,000 from the sufferer’s car.

The sufferer reported the theft to the police division and the division contacted the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Division.

A search warrant was issued for Cole’s home on July 13, 2021, the place the weapons from the site visitors stops on June 22, 2021 and suspected marijuana edibles had been discovered.

Cole was indicted on the next costs:

• 4 counts of Aggravated Theft.
• Two counts of Grand Theft.
• Three counts of Theft.
• One rely of Petty Theft.
• 4 counts of Theft In Workplace.
• One rely of Tampering With Data.

Sims was indicted on the next costs:

• 4 counts of Aggravated Theft.
• 5 counts of Theft.
• 4 counts of Theft In Workplace.

The duo will likely be arraigned at a later date.

That is the third time this month that officers with East Cleveland Police have confronted an indictment.

Earlier this month, two former East Cleveland Cops had been indicted for falsifying reviews and accepting bribes.

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On Sept. 2, two officers had been indefinitely suspended after being indicted on costs together with grand theft and theft in workplace.

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Late final month, East Cleveland Police Chief Scott Gardner was suspended and positioned on administrative depart after being indicted on costs together with grand theft and theft in workplace.

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