Richode Meredith-Hill, Armed Robbery, Ohio 2017

A federal jury in Ohio has convicted a Cleveland man for his role in the armed robberies of credit unions in Shaker Heights and Willoughby on the same day.

Richode Meredith-Hill, 21, is scheduled to be sentenced on January 10, 2020, for his crimes.

The jury found Meredith-Hill guilty on two counts of armed robbery and two counts of using a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to trial testimony, Meredith-Hill attempted to rob the Buckeye State Credit Union on Chagrin Boulevard in Shaker Heights and robbed the Cardinal Community Credit Union on Euclid Avenue in Willoughby on April 3, 2017.

Meredith-Hill was accused of aiding and abetting another individual who used a firearm during these crimes of violence, according to the indictment.

This case is being prosecuted as part of 'Project Safe Neighborhoods,' a gun violence reduction program administered by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio.

The program targets armed criminals for federal prosecution. The case was investigated by the FBI and police departments in Cleveland, Shaker Heights, Euclid, Willoughby, and Wickliffe. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Scott Zarzycki and Kathryn Andrachick.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndoh/pr/jury-convicts-cleveland-man-using-firearm-rob-credit-unions-willoughby-and-shaker