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Cleveland Browns Select Former Ohio State Defensive Tackle Mike Hall Jr. in Second Round of 2024 NFL Draft

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April 28, 2024

Cleveland Browns Select Former Ohio State Defensive Tackle Mike Hall Jr. in Second Round of 2024 NFL Draft

Mike Hall is staying in Ohio.

After standout wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. was taken by the Arizona Cardinals at No. 4 overall on Thursday, Mike Hall became the second Buckeye to hear his name called as he was taken by the Cleveland Browns with the No. 54 overall pick in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft.

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A native of nearby Streetsboro, Ohio, Hall will now return to Northeast Ohio to begin his NFL career.

Hall is the first Ohio State defensive tackle drafted since Tommy Togiai was picked No. 132 overall in the fourth round by the Browns in the 2021 NFL draft. He’s the fourth Buckeye drafted by the Browns in the last four years, joining offensive linemen Dawand Jones and Luke Wypler, who were both drafted by the Browns last year.

He becomes the fifth Buckeye on the Browns’ current roster, joining Jones, Wypler and defensive backs Denzel Ward and Ronnie Hickman.

Great addition in Mike Hall for the @Browns! You cant go wrong with Buckeyes!
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Hall was the eighth defensive tackle selected in this year’s draft after Texas’ Byron Murphy went to the Seattle Seahawks with the No. 16 overall pick and Clemson’s Ruke Orhorhoro (No. 35 overall, Atlanta Falcons), Illinois’ Jer’Zhan Newton (No. 36, Washington Commanders), Texas’ T’Vondre Sweat (No. 38, Tennessee Titans), Florida State’s Braden Fiske (No. 39, Los Angeles Rams), LSU’s Maason Smith (No. 48, Jacksonville Jaguars) and Michigan’s Kris Jenkins (No. 49, Cincinnati Bengals) all went in the first 17 picks of the second round.

Hall had been a projected Day 2 pick in nearly every mock draft and will have a chance to make an immediate impact in Cleveland’s defensive tackle rotation. He saw his stock rise after a prolific Senior Bowl performance in February, which he followed up by running a spectacular 40-yard dash time of 4.75 seconds at Ohio State’s pro day, proving he has rare athleticism for an interior defensive lineman that gives him high upside at the next level.

Hall was one of just two players from his recruiting class, along with Harrison, to enter the 2024 NFL draft after just three years at Ohio State. But while many of his teammates chose to stay in Columbus for another season, Hall decided to go pro because he wanted to provide for his son Michael Hall III, who was born one day before OSU’s third game of last season against Western Kentucky.

“It definitely weighed, but just got to do what’s best for my family and feed my family first,” Hall said in February at the NFL Scouting Combine.

Hall battled injuries during the past two seasons which may have prevented him from playing to his full potential after redshirting as a true freshman. Still, he flashed plenty of playmaking ability in his two playing seasons, recording 43 total tackles with 9.5 tackles for loss and six sacks and earning third-team All-Big Ten honors in 2023.

“I would say just having (Ohio State defensive line coach) Larry Johnson as a coach and (Ryan) Day as my head coach just developed me greatly as a player and just helped me on and off the field,” Hall said. “I knew I was ready for sure.”

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24-year-old man identified as suspect of Euclid officer’s murder

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5 hours ago

May 12, 2024

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24-year-old man identified as suspect of Euclid officer’s murder

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Euclid Police Department identified the 24-year-old man suspected of killing one of their own in a shooting Saturday night.

RELATED STORY: Euclid officer shot, killed after ‘ambush’

Euclid Police Cpt. Mitch Houser says the department identified the suspect as Deshawn Anthony Vaughn.

Deshawn Vaughn(Source: Euclid Police Department)

An statewide Ohio Blue Alert has been activated for Vaughn.

Ohio Blue Alerts are notifications intended to seek public assistance in the event of a police officer getting either critically injured or killed.

A jury in the Lake County Court of Common Pleas found Vaughn guilty of second-degree felonious assault in July of 2017. Vaughn received a four-year prison sentence following the conviction, with a credit of 270 days of time served.

Vaughn also pleaded guilty in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas to reduced charges of receiving stolen property and having weapons under disability in October of 2021. The judge sentenced Vaughn to 263 days in prison following the conviction.

Euclid PD says Vaughn is 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighs 215 pounds and has black hair and brown eyes.

Vaughn was last seen in a white Volkswagen Passat with Ohio license plate No. R947155. EPD says he is considered armed and ‘extremely dangerous’.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact the Euclid Police Detective Bureau at 216-289-8505 or the U.S. Marshal’s Service at 866-492-6833.

This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.

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Celtics' Jaylen Brown Shades Cleveland After G3 vs. Cavs: Didn't Come for the Weather

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12 hours ago

May 12, 2024

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Celtics' Jaylen Brown Shades Cleveland After G3 vs. Cavs: Didn't Come for the Weather

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Jaylen Brown had a singular focus on Saturday—getting a win on the road that would put the Boston Celtics back up in their Eastern Conference Semifinals showdown against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

And Brown made sure his teammates had the right mentality heading into Game 3.

“Making sure before the game, at film, shoot-around, talking to everybody, touching everybody, letting everybody know like, ‘Hey, we’re not here to play around. We didn’t come to Cleveland for the weather. So let’s go,’” Brown told reporters.

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Nobody, it turns out, has ever gone to Cleveland for the weather. But the Celtics did wrest back home-court advantage in the series after losing it in Game 2, beating Cleveland 106-93 on Saturday behind strong performances by Jayson Tatum (33 points, 13 rebounds six assists) and Brown (28 points, nine boards).

Boston now holds a 2-1 advantage in the series.

And if the Celtics were interested in the weather, they’ll have a day off on Sunday, though the forecast in Cleveland is partly cloudy with a high of 63 degrees Fahrenheit. Miami or Los Angeles it is not.

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2 Cleveland men busted by FBI for allegedly smuggling firearms

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May 11, 2024

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2 Cleveland men busted by FBI for allegedly smuggling firearms

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The Cleveland FBI and its Joint Terrorism Task Force announced the arrests of two men charged with several firearms violations, including trafficking, smuggling, and murder-for-hire, according to a press release from the FBI.

The FBI said 66-year-old George Baynes, aka Issa Yusef, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Aaron Betts, age 48, of Cleveland, Ohio, were arrested Friday without incident, and charged by the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, with several charges.

According to court documents, Baynes and Betts violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(d)(1), Selling or Disposing of a Firearm to a Convicted Felon; Title 18, United States Code, Section 932(b), Conspiracy to Straw Purchase Firearms; Title 18, United States Code, Section 933(a)(1), Firearms Trafficking; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 933(a)(1) and (3), Firearms Trafficking Conspiracy; and there is also probable cause that BAYNES has violated Title 18, United States Code, Section 554(a), Attempted Smuggling of Goods from the United States; Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1), Felon in Possession of a Firearm; and Title 18, United States Code, Section 1958(a), Murder-for-Hire.

Court documents allege Baynes repeatedly purchased and sold new and stolen firearms and attempted to smuggle firearms overseas. Baynes also enlisted Betts to purchase firearms at a Cleveland area gun show.

Betts bought and sold multiple firearms to Baynes, a known felon, and knew the weapons were to be shipped overseas, according to the complaint.

Baynes, according to the documents, also provided a cooperating witness with firearms magazines and a gas mask to smuggle overseas along with the firearms and discussed smuggling parts for the creation and manufacture of pipe bombs. Additionally, Baynes solicited the witness to murder a specific subject known to Baynes.

Baynes and Betts are being held in custody pending detention and preliminary hearings.

The investigation is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Cleveland Division, and its Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes the Akron Police Department, ATF, CBP, Cleveland Division of Police, CMHA, Cuyahoga County School District, Cuyahoga County Community College Police Department, ERO, HSI, Parma Police Department, RTA, SSA, USCIS, USDA, and USSS.

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