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SHPD ANNUAL REPORT 2025 | CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU



               2025 Departmental Results


               In 2025, members of the Criminal Inves ga on Bureau successfully managed 514 case
               assignments. Our clearance rate was 49%.  Due to crime analysis and thorough inves ga ons,
               our clearance rate was higher than the na onal average.  Proac ve measures helped contribute
               to Part 1 crimes being reduced to 227, the lowest number since the department began
               standardized crime reporting.
               Superior Response & Service Delivery


               The Inves ga on Bureau and Uniform Bureau worked collabora vely to recover a missing, at-risk
               4-year-old girl from Indiana. U lizing surveillance, undercover vehicles for rolling surveillance
               (tails), and cell phone pings, an arrest was made, gun recovered, and child was re-united with
               her mother.



               A detec ve iden fied a fraud suspect through facial recogni on and networking with local
               police departments.  Suspect has been involved with a regionalized crime spree where he was
               defrauding elderly individuals. Our vic m had $44,000 stolen, and an arrest was made within
               this case.


               Detec ves iden fied a suspect who robbed a female at gun point near Cheshire and Larchmere
               Blvd., and who shot an elderly female in South Euclid. On November 21, 2025, a search warrant
               was executed in East Cleveland by the Shaker Heights Inves ga on Unit, South Euclid
               Inves ga on Unit, Adult Parole Authority (APA), and EDGE SWAT.  An arrest was made with this

               case, and the suspect is currently in jail for parole viola ons awai ng charges.





















               On January 31, 2023, officers found a deceased female, later confirmed to be Maria Valenzuela.
               Through an inves ga on, the ex-boyfriend Chris an Warner was iden fied as the suspect and
               arrested for murder. The trial has been delayed several  mes due to Warner’s claiming insanity
               and the proceeding competency hearings. In 2025 a er consulta on with the family and
               Detec ve Ishler, the Prosecutor’s Office has agreed to a plea of 25-35 years in prison.








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