CLEVELAND — Ian McInnes and Anthony Holmes, two of the multiple current and former East Cleveland police officers who were indicted last year, were each found guilty on several charges by a jury in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court.
Court records show the 41-year-old McInnes was found guilty on the following charges:
- One count of attempted felonious assault
- Three counts of assault
- Three counts of interfering with civil rights
- Three counts of dereliction of duty
The 38-year-old Holmes was found guilty for interfering with civil rights, dereliction of duty, tampering with records and telecommunications fraud.
The pair are scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Sherrie Miday on Nov. 14.
CASE BACKGROUND
On March 8, 2023, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced that 11 former and current East Cleveland police officers were indicted for allegedly violating civil rights and public corruption.
- Ian McInnes
- Kyle Wood
- John Hartman
- Tristan Homan
- Brian Stoll
- Tyler Mundson
- Laurice Mans
- Daniel Toomer
- Tre Dehart Robinson
- Brian Parks
- Nicholas Foti
Charges in the case included felonious assault, interfering with civil rights, dereliction of duty, theft in office, tampering with evidence, among other allegations.
In McInnes' case, the incidents of accused criminal activity took place between Feb. 2020 and April 2022.
“There has been a cancer growing in the East Cleveland Police Department,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said when announcing the charges. “We are doing our best to remove every tentacle of that cancer, so this department can rebuild and grow to put itself in a position to hire officers who will enforce the law as well as follow the law. This is a sad day for all of law enforcement.”
On May 23, 2023, two more East Cleveland police officers, Commander Larry McDonald and Sergeant Anthony Holmes, were indicted by a Cuyahoga County grand jury for tampering with evidence and telecommunications fraud, among other charges, for an incident that occurred two months earlier.
STATUS OF THE CASE
McInnes and Holmes - due to be sentenced on Nov. 14, 2024
Stoll and Wood - trial to begin on Dec. 9, 2024
Homan - due to be sentenced on Jan. 27, 2025 after pleading guilty to assault, falsification, and dereliction of duty
Hartman - due to be sentenced on Jan. 28, 2025 after pleading guilty to assault and dereliction of duty
Mundson - due to be sentenced on Jan. 29, 2025 after pleading guilty to interfering with civil rights, dereliction of duty, and obstructing official business
Parks - sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty to assault and attempted tampering with records
Mans - sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct
Dehart-Robinson - sentenced to one year of probation after pleading guilty to dereliction of duty
Foti - sentenced to 18 months of probation, 100 hours of community service, and must forfeit his license to be a police officer.
Toomer - awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to attempted obstructing justice and disrupting public service
McDonald - awaiting trial