Alec Sapolin
Digital content producer
Cleveland, Ohio
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Alec Sapolin joined Cleveland 19 News as a Digital Content Producer in March 2022.
He started his career in Chagrin Falls, Ohio in 2021 after graduating from The University of Oregon with a degree in journalism.
Alec’s love for all things Cleveland goes beyond the news he covers, devoting his free time to talking all things Cleveland Browns, Cavaliers and Guardians while expounding on his love for all things food.
Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Winnie Dortch
Police are investigating a suspicious death aPolice said late Thursday night a man was arrested in connection to the death of a woman found in a Shaker Heights apartment.s a homicide after a body was found inside an apartment on Shaker Heights.
Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 4:23 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin, Michelle Nicks and Andrew McMunn
The body of a kayaker who went missing on Lake Erie late last year was found in New York State, according to officials.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:10 AM EST
|By Maddi Hebebrand and Alec Sapolin
The child was found safe in the 3400 block of West 95h Street, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Updated: Jan. 15, 2023 at 2:22 PM EST
|By Amanda Alvarado, Alec Sapolin, Brian Koster and Sia Nyorkor
A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene of the shooting.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2023 at 7:20 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Jordan Gartner
Authorities say a truck belonging to Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was stolen from a dealership.
Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 3:19 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Former Cleveland Browns RB Peyton Hillis is improving after saving his kids from drowning last week.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 9:39 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Former Cleveland Browns RB Peyton Hillis is hospitalized and in critical condition, according to multiple reports.
Updated: Dec. 25, 2022 at 3:27 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The quartet’s entire journey was documented on the social media giant, which included stops in Virginia and West Virginia, while dashing through the snow and laughing all the way.
Updated: Dec. 11, 2022 at 3:59 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin, Sia Nyorkor and Andrew McMunn
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed the kayak of 30-year-old Evan Zeller was found in Ontario.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2022 at 3:52 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The Ohio Department of Agriculture issued a voluntary recall of eggnog products on Friday.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 3:31 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
Those in attendance at Sunday’s Cleveland Browns game witnessed a new, stinky, fan amongst their ranks.
Updated: Nov. 26, 2022 at 3:00 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
Andrianna Taylor was officially listed as missing by Cleveland police on Nov. 13.
Updated: Nov. 25, 2022 at 8:46 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
160 firefighters throughout Northeast Ohio have volunteered to cover shifts for the Cleveland Division of Fire for Saturday’s funeral service of fallen firefighter Johnny Tetrick.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 6:26 AM EST
|By Alec Sapolin, Julia Bingel, Kelly Kennedy and Gray News staff
Officers said it appeared the victim had been deceased for some time.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 4:01 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Andrew McMunn
A mother in Ohio pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges after faking her daughter’s illness to get donations, according to authorities.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 9:16 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin, Maddi Hebebrand and Michelle Nicks (WOIO)
A Cleveland firefighter was hospitalized Saturday night after being struck by a car, officials confirmed to 19 News.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 4:12 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin
The week 10 game between the Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills has been moved to Detroit due to weather concerns, according to reports from Tim Graham of The Athletic.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 2:32 PM EST
|By Alec Sapolin and Kelly Kennedy
Body cameras caught a chase between officers in Warren and a man wanted for felonious assault that went through a preschool building last week.
Updated: Nov. 6, 2022 at 3:40 PM EST
|By Syeda Abbas and Alec Sapolin
A car crashed into a Shell gas station in Cleveland Heights Saturday night and the explosive aftermath was caught on camera.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 5:18 PM EDT
|By Chris Anderson and Alec Sapolin
First responders pronounced the male truck driver, who has not yet been publicly identified, dead at the scene.
Updated: Oct. 30, 2022 at 4:08 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin and Andrew McMunn
The girl's family said she had been missing before police found her body.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2022 at 10:20 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin, Jim Nelson and Maddi Hebebrand
“Wasn’t a rash decision, but one that was painstaking in fact. When we looked at the staffing shortages that we have, nearly 50. If you add the officers that are out on injuries to that number, that number grows. It was a difficult decision,” Akron Police Lt. Michael Miller stated.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 11:54 PM EDT
|By Caitlin McCarthy, Alec Sapolin and Gray News Staff
An Ohio man was charged last week after being caught on camera groping his 16-year-old step-daughter during a virtual school class.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:21 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin and Andrew McMunn
Two anglers were caught cheating in a Cleveland fishing tournament on Friday, according to officials.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 1:03 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin, Caitlin McCarthy and Andrew McMunn
Antonio Miller was arrested on Sept. 16 at an Akron home, according to police.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 12:06 PM EDT
|By Kelly Kennedy, Alec Sapolin and Emily Van de Riet
A child rape suspect was found dead along with a family member of the alleged victim Sunday morning.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 3:49 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin and Debra Worley
The Akron Police Department and USMS joined the investigation last week and found the girl in Akron on Sept. 12, 2022.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2022 at 5:24 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin
New footage released to 19 News shows a man arrested in July after climbing through a luggage carousel at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2022 at 1:13 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin and Emily Van de Riet
A Cleveland man was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to raping three underage sisters and impregnating two of them.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:54 PM EDT
|By Sia Nyorkor and Alec Sapolin
Zoo officials have not said how the wolf got loose but the breach is under investigation.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 11:17 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin
Ohio’s federal court ruled in the favor of a student from Cleveland State University on Aug. 22 after the school used the student’s webcam to search his room before a class test.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 8:23 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin and Gray News staff
Police have found a wallaby in Brewster, Ohio, according to the police chief.
Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 11:46 AM EDT
|By Avery Williams, Sia Nyorkor and Alec Sapolin
Police in Stark County said the department is calling in reinforcements to help capture a wallaby on the loose.
Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 8:32 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin
Police have found a missing wallaby in Brewster, according to Chief Nathan Taylor.
Updated: Jul. 23, 2022 at 10:45 PM EDT
|By Michelle Nicks (WOIO) and Alec Sapolin
Many downtown Akron businesses have found themselves working to overcome yet another obstacle in the fallout of the police-involved shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker that has impacted their ability to meet their minimum sales requirements.
Updated: Jun. 25, 2022 at 5:08 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin
The disciplinary hearing for Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson is scheduled to begin on June 28, according to ESPN insider Adam Schefter.
Updated: Jun. 22, 2022 at 4:14 PM EDT
|By Jim Nelson, Alec Sapolin and Andrew McMunn
Remains discovered last month in Ohio have been identified as a woman who had been missing since 2015, according to authorities.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 2:01 PM EDT
|By Dan DeRoos and Alec Sapolin
Two Texas grand juries chose not to indict the QB on the alleged misconduct.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2022 at 4:40 PM EDT
|By Avery Williams, Julia Bingel and Alec Sapolin
According to Cleveland police, the victim’s aunt was handling a firearm and shot through the ceiling.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 6:35 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin, Jeff Slawson and Baillie Burmaster
23rd woman files civil lawsuit against Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson, reports say
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 11:19 PM EDT
|By Alec Sapolin, Mark Schwab and Baillie Burmaster
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