2 women, 1 man convicted of violent crime spree in Cuyahoga County

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The 19-year-old girl convicted of murdering Cleveland Police Officer Shane Bartek, has now additionally been convicted of a variety of violent crimes in a number of communities within the weeks earlier than Officer Bartek’s homicide.

On Aug. 3, Tamara McLoyd was discovered responsible of murdering Officer Bartek. Officer Bartek was off-duty when McLoyd shot him throughout a carjacking on Dec. 31, 2021 in Cleveland’s West Park neighborhood.

On Aug. 16, the jury trial on the costs for the crime spree started for McLoyd, Jada Hite, 19, and Jermaine Hagwood, 30.

The crime spree included an armed theft at Completely satisfied’s Pizza on Detroit Avenue in Cleveland and a number of other armed robberies of individuals in Lakewood and Cleveland Heights.

Hite, of Euclid, pleaded responsible to 4 counts of aggravated theft and one rely of failure comply on Aug. 22.

On Aug. 26, a jury discovered McLoyd responsible of 5 counts of aggravated theft, two counts of kidnapping, one rely of getting weapons underneath incapacity and one rely of improperly dealing with firearms in a motorized vehicle.

Hagwood was convicted of eight counts of aggravated theft, two counts of kidnapping, one rely of felonious assault and 4 counts of getting weapons underneath incapacity.

“In these 5 separate aggravated robberies, Tamara McLoyd, Jada Hite, and Jermaine Hagwood terrorized our group and traumatized seven individuals,” stated Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley. “These three serial offenders need to spend a very long time behind bars for his or her gun-toting, spree of violence. With at this time’s verdict and their upcoming sentences, our group is a safer place.”

Cuyahoga County Courtroom of Widespread Pleas Decide John O’Donnell will sentence McLoyd, Hite and Hagwood on Sept. 27. McLoyd may also be sentenced for Officer Bartek’s homicide that day.

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