Criminal Law
A Cleveland Man Received a 40-Year Prison Sentence for Home Invasion, Rape, and Murder
A Cleveland man will spend the next 40 years in prison for numerous crimes he committed in 2018, including the killing of a 94-year-old woman and the raping of a 16-year-old mentally disabled girl during home invasions in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood.
Cornelius Pames Jr., 27, of Cleveland was sentenced to crimes he committed between September to October 2018.
Before his sentencing Thursday, he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, one count of involuntary manslaughter, one count of attempted murder, four counts of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated burglary, one count of gross sexual imposition and one count of escape, according to court records.
