Lorain officer arrested, Cuyahoga fights return
- Cuyahoga County corrections officer Cheyanne McClutchen was arrested April 22 on Lorain County felony charges accusing her of smuggling drugs into a jail. - Prosecutors say McClutchen brought 5F-ADB, a synthetic marijuana compound, into a detention facility on Nov. 20, 2025; she posted bond before Thursday arraignment. - Two Cuyahoga jailers in the 2025 “fight club” case have returned after suspensions, extending scrutiny of jail oversight. (news5cleveland.com)
A Cuyahoga County corrections officer was arrested on Lorain County felony charges accusing her of bringing drugs into a detention facility. (wkyc.com) (cleveland19.com) Court records cited by WKYC say Cheyanne McClutchen was indicted in March and arrested April 22 on charges of illegal conveyance of drugs onto government grounds and aggravated possession. (wkyc.com) Prosecutors say the alleged smuggling happened on Nov. 20, 2025, and involved 5F-ADB, a synthetic marijuana compound. McClutchen was booked into the Lorain County Jail and could be released after posting 10% of a $10,000 bond. (wkyc.com) The case reaches beyond Lorain because McClutchen works for the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department. The department told WKYC she will remain on unpaid administrative leave while the criminal case moves forward. (wkyc.com) At the same time, two Cuyahoga County corrections officers tied to a viral 2025 “fight club” video with inmates are back at work after serving suspensions. News 5 Cleveland reported their return Tuesday. (news5cleveland.com) That video, first reported April 1, 2025, showed inmates in the jail’s 9F-Pod lining up to fight on Feb. 24 while two female officers stood nearby and appeared to join in. (news5cleveland.com) News 5 identified those officers as Naina Tomlinson and Elizabeth Reaves. The county placed both on leave on Feb. 28, 2025, for what their letters called unprofessional behavior with inmates. (news5cleveland.com) The return of those officers lands amid wider scrutiny of the Cuyahoga jail. The Marshall Project reported in February that inspectors found more state-standard violations in the July 2024 death of Michael Papp than in any of the jail’s 20 deaths since 2020. (themarshallproject.org) So the latest Ohio jail story is not one isolated allegation. It is one new arrest in Lorain County and one personnel decision in Cuyahoga County, both unfolding inside a system already under investigation. (wkyc.com) (news5cleveland.com) (themarshallproject.org)
