Posts Tagged Cleveland

Yankees cooled off by Indians, Masterson 1-0

Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Justin Masterson delivers a pitch in the first inning in the first baseball game of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Yankees came in as baseball’s hottest team, scaling to the top of the AL East despite missing several of their biggest stars.

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Future of house where Ohio victims held debated

In this Tuesday, May 7, 2013 file photo, members of the FBI evidence response team carry out the front screen door from the house where three women were held captive, in Cleveland. Cleveland officials are trying to keep the house intact until the trial of the women's suspected abductor is concluded. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)

CLEVELAND (AP) — An imposing, 10-foot privacy fence has been erected to guard the home of Cleveland rape and kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro, with windows and doors boarded shut to keep people out of the place that police say was once meant only to keep people in.

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Ohio suspect’s brothers: Hope he ‘rots in jail’

Defense attorney Kathleen DeMetz, second from right, talks with Pedro Castro as Onil Castro, left,  watches and Ariel Castro, right, looks down, in Cleveland Municipal court Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland.   Ariel Castro was charged with four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape.  Pedro Castro pleaded no contest to an unrelated open-container charge in court Monday. Two unrelated misdemeanor charges against Onil Castro were dropped. Police announced on Thursday afternoon that 54-year-old Pedro Castro and 50-year-old Onil Castro had been released from jail. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

CLEVELAND (AP) — The two brothers of the Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive for about a decade say they have no sympathy for him. One called him a “monster” who he hopes “rots in jail.”

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Women rescued in Cleveland happy to be home

This image provided by the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's office shows the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center booking photo of Ariel Castro, 52, after he was ordered to be held on $8 million bail Thursday, May 9, 2013, in Cleveland. Castro, a former school bus driver, is accused of imprisoning three young women and beating them repeatedly over a decade in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Cuyahoga County)

CLEVELAND (AP) — The three women allegedly imprisoned and sexually abused for years inside a padlocked Cleveland house asked for privacy Sunday, saying through an attorney that while they are grateful for overwhelming support, they also need time to heal.

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This Date in Baseball

1911 — Detroit’s Ty Cobb hit his first grand slam. After six innings, the Tigers led the Red Sox, 10-1. Boston came back to win the game 13-11 in 10 innings.

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