Matthew Richmond
Reporter/ProducerExpertise: Police, courts, radio and writing
Education: University of Southern California - Master of Science, journalism
Favorite spot in Northeast Ohio: In a kayak near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River
Experience:
Matthew Richmond has worked as a journalist since 2011, first as a stringer in South Sudan, then as a public radio radio reporter in upstate New York covering hydrofracking before arriving in Cleveland in 2016.
Highlights:
- 2022 & 2023 Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, Best Criminal Justice Reporting
- Reporting fellow for "Guns & America" - a public media reporting project focused on firearms, their role and history in U.S. society and the laws surrounding their distribution and possession in Ohio and nationwide
- Reporting on the criminal justice system in Northeast Ohio, with a particular focus on policing, prosecutors and responses to violent crime
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Christian Thomas was shot and killed by Cleveland Heights officers on Aug. 29, following an argument with his father. -
Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne's State of the County focused on investments in services for Cuyahoga County’s youth and unhoused, environmental sustainability and property tax assistance. The speech was interrupted repeatedly by protesters calling on the county to end investments in Israeli bonds. -
Cleveland officer Donald Kopchak remains on restricted duty while Lake County Narcotics officer Daniel Lajack is on paid leave for incident involving Texas trucker of Eritrean descent. -
City officials say three Cleveland Heights officers opened fired on 18-year-old Christian Alexander Tyson Thomas while responding to a call Thursday night. -
George's attorney sent an evidence preservation letter to the city on Aug. 19. -
David Hammons alleges discrimination and retaliation led to his resignation last year. -
The lawsuit alleges Goodrick was denied a promotion because he is a white man. -
The charges were filed in Cleveland Municipal Court Friday.
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The tenants say conditions at the building on Hampton Road began deteriorating about a year ago. They're getting support from a group involved in a successful 2023 campaign to hold absentee landlords accountable. -
Buehner was convicted of killing Jerry Saunders at a home on Marah Avenue in 2001.
