From Identity Fraud to Cruelty to Animals — an Akron woman is facing 33 charges. Police say Brandi Tomko wrote prescriptions and even performed surgery on animals, but she is not listed as a licensed veterinarian or vet tech. Tomko was working as an office clerk at C&A Animal Hospital in Akron when she committed the crimes. Brandi […]

Mentally Disabled Adults Locked Up and Kidnapped for Social Security Checks

  An East Cleveland woman is suspected of abusing her child and 19 Action News has learned cops have dealt with this mother before. Dianna Smith is sitting in jail for what happened to her little boy and what cops say she didn’t do.  This week her son was taken to University Hospitals. Doctors found a fractured skull and maybe a […]

Cleveland Police tell 19 Action News that one person was stabbed during an argument at St. Herman’s House of Hospitality for Men. The stabbing happened around 9 p.m. at 4410 Franklin. According to Cleveland Police, the suspect produced two knives from under his sleeves after some words were exchanged between he and the victim. The victim […]