CLEVELAND – The Cleveland man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade agreed to plead guilty Friday in a deal to avoid the death penalty. In exchange, Ariel Castro would ...

CLEVELAND, OH (Toledo News Now) - A plea deal has been reached in the Ariel Castro kidnapping and rape case. The deal is life without parole. By reaching this plea agreement Castro understands he is ...

Castro pleaded guilty to 937 counts during a morning court appearance. In exchange, prosecutors recommended he be sentenced to life without parole, plus 1,000 years. The judge accepted the pleas and ...

Ariel Castro pleaded guilty in a Cleveland court today to kidnapping and raping three women during a decade of captivity as part of a deal that will keep him in jail for the rest of his life but spare ...