Ex-Cleveland Police Officer Alexander Sinclair Gets 10-12 Years in Prison for Shooting Incident Outside Lake County Elementary School

Former Cleveland police officer sentenced to 10-12 years for firing gun outside elementary school

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Former Cleveland police officer Alexander Sinclair will spend between 10 and 12 years in prison after firing a gun outside a Painesville elementary school last year, prompting a lockdown.

Ex-Cleveland Police Officer Alexander Sinclair gets 10-12 years in prison for shooting incident outside Lake County elementary school

Sinclair pleaded guilty last month to ramming into his wife's car and firing a bullet during a Halloween altercation outside Riverview Elementary School.

Ex-Cleveland officer sentenced for shooting in school parking lot

[Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify Alexander Sinclair's employment status with the Cleveland Division of Police.] PAINESVILLE, Ohio (WJW) -- A former Cleveland police officer who pleaded guilty to a shooting outside a local elementary school, was sentenced Wednesday, May 28, to 10 years in prison. Alexander Sinclair, of Madison Township, was indicted in Lake County last year on charges of kidnapping, improperly discharging …

Cleveland Cop Gets 10 Years for School Lot Shooting

Source: Daniel Tamas Mehes / Getty Alexander Sinclair, a former Cleveland police officer from Madison Township, was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday, May 28. The charges stem from a disturbing incident that unfolded on October 31 outside Riverview Elementary School in Painesville, Ohio. Prosecutors said Sinclair rammed his SUV into his wife’s car while their child sat in the backseat. He then fired a gun into the vehicle. A nearby sh…