The death of off-duty Cleveland Police Officer Shane Bartek on New Year's Eve has prompted local leaders to take a closer look at how Ohio’s juveniles are processed through the court system.
Eighteen-year-old Tamara McLoyd remains behind bars while she awaits trial for charges tied to Bartek’s death.
In 2020, Cleveland police said McLoyd punched a woman in the face outside a cookout in the city's Hough neighborhood, then returned with a gun and shot at the woman.In October 2020, a Kipton man told Lorain County deputies that two men pulled guns on him and robbed him in his home after meeting with a woman he messaged on the dating website"Plenty of Fish."Court records show the teen cut a deal with prosecutors and again received probation on October 28, 2021.
The program, which stands for “Reasoned and Equitable Community and Local Alternatives to the Incarceration of Minors,” currently offers fiscal incentives to county juvenile courts if they keep their incarcerated youth population down. That funding is then used for alternative rehabilitation programs for juveniles.
Data from the DYS shows in 2021, Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court received $3.44 million, Summit County Juvenile Court received $3.46 million and Lorain County Juvenile Court received $1.22 million. “This has to be a moment of reckoning,” O’Malley said on January 3. “The sad reality is that some kids have to be there for community safety and never should a monetary amount be in the equation when you're seeking justice. And that's what the state of Ohio has done in this case...they have put cash incentives to not hold kids accountable for their violent crimes. And it's wrong.”
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