Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

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Updated 13 news has straubs remarks

http://www.13abc.com/story/28099105/lisa...oting-plot

Thanks!

This cop is a thug, no better than those he has arrested and probably worse than many he has. POS.

A high profile Springfield Township double murder is back in the headlines four years after Lisa Straub and her boyfriend Johnny Clarke were found dead with plastic bags duct-taped over their heads.

A high ranking Toledo police officer was arrested on Wednesday for plotting to shoot a witness who testified in those murder trials.

Lieutenant Frank Ramirez is charged with obstructing justice, felonious assault, and tampering with evidence.

According to the Lucas County Jail, Ramirez posted bond on Thursday.

For the Straub family, this reopens a painful chapter that had been closed.

Lisa Straub's uncle says they now question if there was any tampering or possible cover-up in the original murder investigation.

TPD Lieutenant Frank Ramirez is charged along with the parents of murder victim Johnny Clarke in a shooting plot executed the day after Christmas.

Ramirez is accused of coordinating and covering up his role in the attack on Tiffany Williams.

On December 26^th a bullet barely missed Williams' head in an alley near the 1300 block of Colburn.

Sources tell 13abc a possible motive: the Clarkes believe Williams set their son up.

Court papers state Lt. Ramirez told someone to “remove and delete evidence related to the crime and his involvement.”

Williams was a witness in the separate murder trials of Cameo Pettaway and Sam Williams in the summer of 2012.

Pettaway was acquitted of murdering the young couple Lisa Straub and Johnny Clarke at Straub's family home in Springfield Township. The judge dismissed the charges saying the state didn't have enough evidence.

However, a jury found Sam Williams guilty and a judge sentenced him to two life sentences.

Tiffany Williams had testified she was on the phone with victim Johnny Clarke when someone came in the house.

Now two and a half years later, the alleged shooting plot targeting the witness and a TPD officer's accused role in it has murder victim Lisa Straub's family on edge.

Lisa's uncle Jim Verbosky tells 13abc, “We find this extremely disturbing considering the other kid {Pettaway} walked. The TPD Detective Bureau handled part of the murder investigation for the Lucas County Sheriff's Office in 2011. TPD handled the phone records. Their detectives tracked the cell phone calls to the cell phone towers. The Straubs question if that was compromised, as well, and think that maybe the Ohio Attorney General's Office needs to investigate.”

Toledo Police Chief George Kral has scheduled a news conference Friday at 2 pm to address the arrest of Lt. Ramirez who has hired a lawyer. His lawyer says they intend to work with police.