Euclid woman pleads guilty to crime spree, 2 others still on trial

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – One of many girls charged in a sequence of violent crimes in a number of communities pleaded responsible Monday morning in Cuyahoga County Courtroom of Frequent Pleas.

Jada Hite, 19, of Euclid, entered the plea a number of days after her trial started in entrance of Choose John O’Donnell. Hite will probably be sentenced at a later date.

The jury trial continues for Hite’s co-defendants, Tamara McLoyd, 19, and Jermaine Hagwood, 30.

Police mentioned Hite, McLoyd and Hagwood dedicated the crimes from November 2021 by December 2021.

McLoyd is charged with six counts of aggravated theft, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of felonious assault, two counts of getting weapons below incapacity and one rely of improperly dealing with firearms in a motorized vehicle.

Hagwood is charged with eight counts of aggravated theft, three counts of kidnapping, two counts of felonious assault and 4 counts of getting weapons below incapacity.

• On Nov. 2, 2021 at 9:35 p.m., police mentioned Hite drove McLoyd and Hagwood to Bunts Highway in Lakewood the place they robbed a 22-year-old at gunpoint
• On Nov. 2, 2021 at 10:54 p.m., police mentioned the three suspects robbed Blissful’s Pizza on Detroit Avenue in Cleveland at gunpoint. In addition to stealing from the registers, additionally they allegedly stole a handgun and keys from the staff and hit the staff with a gun.
• On Nov. 2, 2021 at 11:49 p.m., McLoyd and Hagwood allegedly robbed a 58-year-old lady at gunpoint close to Lee and Cedar Roads in Cleveland Heights. Hite allegedly drove them away in her car. A Cleveland Heights police officer witnessed the crime and tried to tug them over, however they fled.
• On Nov, 4, 2021, Hite and Hagwood allegedly robbed a 33-year-old particular person at gunpoint on Edgewater Drive in Lakewood. Hite was later arrested by Cleveland police and indicted on six counts of aggravated theft, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of felonious assault, one rely of improperly dealing with firearms in a motorized vehicle and one rely of failure to conform.
• On Dec. 11, 2021, Hagwood and an unknown particular person allegedly robbed a 34-year-old lady at gunpoint close to Arden and Mars Avenues. Lakewood Police mentioned the sufferer was holding her five-year-old little one when she was robbed. The sufferer’s key fob on the bottom and DNA traced again to Hagwood, mentioned police.
• On Dec. 19 , 2021, McLoyd and Hagwood allegedly rear-ended a parked automobile close to Rosalie Avenue and Edgewater Drive in Lakewood. When the 23-year-old lady bought out of her automobile to test the harm, McLoyd and Hagwood are accused of pointing a gun at her and stealing her purse. Lakewood police mentioned discovered the sufferer’s lighter on the bottom and DNA traced again to Hagwood.
• On Dec. 31, 2021, McLoyd shot and killed Cleveland Police Officer Shane Bartek throughout a carjacking within the parking zone of a West Park condominium advanced whereas Officer Bartek was off-duty. A jury discovered McLoyd responsible of the homicide on Aug. 3 and he or she is scheduled to be sentenced in September.

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