Matthew Richmond

@themattrichmond

Reporter for @WKSU (aka Ideastream Public Media) in Cleveland. Mostly criminal justice stories. Cleveland transplant. Girl dad. Bicycle commuter.

Cleveland, OH

Joined November 2016

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Jul 14

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themattrichmond's tweet card. Antoine Tolbert, Austreeia Everson and Rameer Askew, all members of the activist group New Era Cleveland, face a total of 13 charges.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Jun 30

A close look at the work of Cleveland activist Antoine Tolbert (Chairman Fahiem) and the charges he's now facing, with a trial in Cuyahoga County scheduled for July 8. ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Antoine Tolbert, along with two other members of New Era, are facing trial this summer in Cuyahoga County's Common Pleas court.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Jun 11

About six week after Jerry Sims' murder conviction was dismissed at the prosecutor's office's request, solely based on one witness' testimony about her relationship with the detective in the case, Kenneth Lundy, she's been indicted for perjury ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Erica Campbell's testimony in an April hearing lead to the reversal of the 2019 murder conviction of Jerry Sims in East Cleveland.

Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · May 21

In East Cleveland corruption trial, political battle between council, mayor takes center stage. ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King and former council member Ernest Smith face charges related to receiving improper benefits and falsifying records during their time in office.

Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Apr 30

In a surprise move, the Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office dropped all charges against Jerry Sims, who was convicted of aggravated murder in 2019. The decision came after new allegations of misconduct by East Cleveland police chief Kenneth Lundy. ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. In 2019, Jerry Sims was convicted of aggravated murder. Allegations of an inappropriate relationship between the detective and a witness threw testimony into doubt.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Apr 28

Cleveland police officers face department discipline in connection with Glenville shooting ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. The officers fired on Carter's car as she fled another car shooting at her.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Apr 24

The Cleveland Community Police Commission kept restrictions on drone usage at protests or for other types of surveillance, despite push back from police and city council. ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. The vote at Wednesday night's commission meeting was unanimous, and the first police policy passed since a new commission was seated earlier this year.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Mar 19

East Cleveland's interim mayor says there's a way through city's 'dark patch' ideastream.org/government-pol…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Sandra Morgan is seeking to pass a budget, expand the police department, conduct forensic audits of city government and avoid bankruptcy.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Mar 14

Cleveland Police wanted the Ohio AG to investigate fatal police shootings. The city declined ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. The department's superintendent of internal affairs approached the Bureau of Criminal Investigations in April, 2024 about taking over cases currently handled by the Cuyahoga County sheriff.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Feb 19

The Cleveland Community Police Commission goes to city council today to argue for a budget increase of $350k over the mayor's recommended amount. This issue, brought to public light by the CPC Tuesday, is likely to come up. ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. The Cleveland Community Police Commission released records from the city showing 44 open allegations of workplace violence, bias, retaliation and harrassment.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Feb 12

Black Shield Police Association facing resistance over its pick for Cleveland police commission ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Retired Sgt. Richard Jackson is a former member of the CPC and was selected by Black Shield members for a seat on the commission.

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Ideastream News@Ideastream · Feb 3

Texts show some Cleveland City Council members intended to retaliate against Jones' accusers ideastream.org/government-pol…

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Feb 3

Court hearing likely coming in challenge to case investigated by acting East Cleveland Police Chief Kenneth Lundy ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Acting East Cleveland Police Chief Kenneth Lundy faces allegations of an improper relationship in a case he investigated while a detective with East Cleveland.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Jan 23

The allegations against acting chief of police Kenneth Lundy include a sexual relationship with a state's witness before and after a 2019 trial where Mundy was the lead detective. Since the trial that witness has come forward to say she lied on the stand. ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Acting Chief Kenneth Lundy had a sexual relationship with the state's lead witness in the 2019 conviction of Jerry Sims. That witness is now recanting her testimony.

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Jan 14

Update on Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's car crash: more investigation, more delays ideastream.org/law-justice/20…

themattrichmond's tweet card. Mayor Bibb's driver was in a crash after turning on emergency lights and driving through a red light, he said, to rush the mayor to an 'emergency meeting.'

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Matthew Richmond@themattrichmond · Jan 8

Cleveland Police Commission immobilized as council, administration squabble ideastream.org/government-pol…

themattrichmond's tweet card. In November, Mayor Justin Bibb sent a list of nominees to council, which has yet to schedule a confirmation hearing.

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Gary Daniels@gdanielsohio · Dec 19

Yesterday, a terrible public records/policing provision was snuck into HB 315, the final bill passed by Ohio legislators before this legislative session ended. Because it was snuck in, that means there were zero hearings, testimony, etc. against it or about this. 1/7

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