CLEVELAND – two East Cleveland police officers have been arrested for accepting bribes and falsifying reports according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley announced a grand jury has returned an indictment charging former East Cleveland police officers Von Harris, 52, and Demarkco Johnson, 28, for falsifying police reports and accepting bribes in summer of 2018.
According to police, on June 13, 2018, Von Harris and Demarkco Johnson, in police uniform, provided an individual with falsified police reports in exchange for two cash payments of $200 outside of the East Cleveland Police Department.
The CCPO said the following in a statement:
On June 20, Harris and Johnson provided an individual with falsified police reports in exchange for two cash payments of $200 outside of a gas station near Shaw Avenue and Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland.
On July 24, Harris and Johnson provided an individual with falsified police reports in exchange for two cash payments of $500 outside of a gas station near Shaw Avenue and Euclid Avenue in East Cleveland.
An investigation done by the Federal Bureau of Investigation revealed Harris and Johnson falsified police reports and took money from the individual for their personal use. The individual planned to file an insurance claim worth over $10,000 with the falsified police reports.