CLEVELAND, OH – A Cleveland police officer, Alexander Sinclair, has been indicted on 14 charges by a Lake County grand jury, including kidnapping, inducing panic, assault, and endangering children after police said he fired shots outside Riverview Elementary School in Lake County, according to an article by Fox8.
According to Fox8, law enforcement reported Sinclair crashed his vehicle into the car of a woman he shares a child with and fired shots in the vehicle while the mother and child were inside on Oct. 31.
The nine-page indictment, according to Fox8, details that on Oct. 31 Sinclair “did knowingly cause or attempt to cause physical harm” to a deputy while the deputy was “in the performance of his official duties.”
At his first hearing, as reported by Fox8, Sinclair told the Judge, “I understand the whole situation. If you could just allow me to talk to the kids at some point? I would just greatly appreciate it.”
According to Fox8, Sinclair had previously entered a not-guilty plea to the shooting and also admitted, “I had a mental break.”
The Cleveland police hired Sinclair in 2015 to serve in the Fifth District, according to Fox8 and was relieved of duty and suspended without pay following the adjudication of his criminal charges.
As reported by Fox8, his arraignment is scheduled Friday in Lake County Common Pleas Court.
