Contract forging East Cleveland chief’s secretary held by feds
CLEVELAND, OH – Federal agents who appear to have spent the past four years investigating how dollars earmarked to demolish homes in poor census tracts have been corrupted by local government officials, landfill owners and demolition contractors escorted East Cleveland police chief Michael Cardilli’s secretary from her home in Euclid, Ohio on October 3rd. Sources confirm that Veal was escorted by agents around 9 a.m. and released approximately two hours later. Vanessa Veal was suspended by Mayor Brandon King on September 26th after he learned she forged community development director Melran Leach’s signature on a demolition contract intended for a…
