Farren McClendon, 44, of Youngstown, entered a guilty plea before U.S. Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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The companies, Hogan Lovells and J.S. Held, will appear at public forums in Cleveland next week. Whichever company is selected will take over the contract held by former monitor Hassan Aden.
The federal judge overseeing police reforms under a federal consent decree with Cleveland, Solomon Oliver, said "while the city has made substantial progress, it has not yet achieved substantial and effective compliance at this time."