2 East Cleveland Police officers plead guilty to robbing people while on duty
According to the prosecutor's office, on July 7, 2020, 31-year-old Willie Sims responded to an altercation in the parking lot of a gas station near Euclid and Shaw Avenues when he saw a gun inside the victim's vehicle. Sims allegedly took $3,850 from the victim's car.
Prosecutors said on Nov. 8, 2020, Sims executed a traffic stop on Paige Avenue and took $1,300 he found in the trunk of the vehicle. On the same day, Cole executed another traffic stop and took the 18-year-old driver's mother's gun located under the seat and bullets from the vehicle, court records show.
Later the day, both Sims and Cole executed a traffic stop on a 21-year-old at a gas station near Euclid Avenue and Superior Road, when they allegedly took $4,000 from the victim's vehicle.
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