Bedford Heights man caught driving murdered Cleveland police officer’s car sentenced to 3 years in prison

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The 28-year-old Bedford Heights man arrested driving murdered Cleveland Police Officer Shane Bartek’s stolen automotive pleaded responsible Thursday in entrance of Cuyahoga County Court docket of Frequent Pleas Decide John Russo.

Anthony Butler Jr. was convicted of unauthorized use of a motorcar, failure to conform, receiving stolen property and obstructing official enterprise.

Butler was then sentenced to 3 years in jail.

Officer Bartek, 25, was shot and killed throughout a carjacking on Dec. 31, 2021 within the car parking zone of an house constructing at 4320 Rocky River Drive in Cleveland whereas he was off-duty.

Cleveland police mentioned Tamara McLoyd, 18, of Garfield Heights, approached Officer Bartek within the car parking zone with a gun, a wrestle ensued and Officer Bartek was shot twice.

McLoyd then allegedly fled in Officer Bartek’s automotive.

A number of hours later, Officer Bartek’s stolen car was noticed by police and after a multi-jurisdictional police pursuit, the car was recovered in Euclid and Butler was taken into custody.

McLoyd has pleaded not responsible to the costs of aggravated homicide, homicide, aggravated theft, felonious assault on a police officer, grand theft, petty theft and having weapons below incapacity.

She can also be charged in reference to a number of unrelated aggravated robberies.

She stays held on a $5 million bond on the Cuyahoga County Justice Middle and her trial is scheduled to start on July 25.

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