Ariel Castro, who is facing 977 criminal charges related to the kidnapping of three women in the Cleveland area, has struck a plea bargain that will save him from the death penalty, but send him to ...

When Ariel Castro was first arrested and charged with imprisoning and raping three women in his Cleveland house over a decade, his attorneys said evidence would show that he was not a monster. The ...

CLEVELAND -- When Ariel Castro was first arrested and charged with imprisoning and raping three women in his house on a tough Cleveland street over a decade, his attorneys said evidence would show ...

(AP) – Excerpts of testimony at Thursday’s sentencing of convicted Cleveland kidnapper and rapist Ariel Castro: EXCERPTS FROM CASTRO’S TESTIMONY: People are trying to paint me as a monster, and I’m ...

A judge in Cleveland confirmed a 1,000-year prison term for kidnapper Ariel Castro at his sentencing hearing today, but not before a moving speech from one of his victims, and Castro's own stubborn ...

CLEVELAND - A man accused of imprisoning three women in his home and subjecting them to rapes and beatings for a decade avoided the death penalty Friday, pleading guilty in a deal that will keep him ...

At Ariel Castro's sentencing hearing, FBI agent Andrew Burke describes how law enforcement recovered more than 300 items of evidence, including restraints and alarms, at the Cleveland home where ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - The Cleveland bus driver sentenced to life in prison for abducting three women and repeatedly raping them over a decade has been moved to an Ohio state prison for evaluation ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — The family of Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro planned to claim his body Thursday as investigations sought to determine how a man who was perhaps Ohio’s most notorious prisoner ...