When Gerald Strothers was picked up by East Cleveland police in a drug raid last November, the mild-mannered IRS employee claimed it was a case of wrong place, wrong time. After spending a week in the East Cleveland jail and spa, Strothers went public about the horrible conditions there — claims supported by state inspections and acknowledged by city officials [“Jailhouse Blues,” February 2, 2011].
This month, all 14 felony drug charges against Strothers were dropped, and he has sought to have the whole affair stricken from his record. He wouldn’t mind getting his stuff back either.
