CLEVELAND — Tamara McLoyd, the woman accused of shooting and killing Officer Shane Bartek on New Year’s Eve, has been charged with 10 additional criminal counts not related to the Dec. 31 incident, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday.

What You Need To Know

  • Tamara McLoyd has been charged on 10 criminal counts not related to the killing of Officer Shane Bartek

  • McLoyd is accused of participating in a pair of Nov. 2 armed robberies

  • McLoyd is currently facing several murder counts and is being held on $5 million bond

  • McLoyd is accused of killing Bartek on New Year’s Eve in an alleged carjacking

McLoyd was is accused of participating in a pair of armed robberies in November, the prosecutor’s office announced. McLoyd was accused of committing an armed robbery on Nov. 2 at Happy’s Pizza on Detroit Avenue in Cleveland. McLoyd also was accused of robbing a pedestrian at gunpoint an hour later near Lee Road and Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights.

McLoyd on Wednesday was charged with two counts of felonious assault, four counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of kidnapping, one count of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle and one count of having weapons under disability.

The prosecutor also announced that charges were filed against Jada Hite, who was also accused of participating in the robberies. 

Last week, Prosectuor Michael O’Malley announced that 10 criminal counts were filed against McLoyd, including two counts of murder and two counts of aggrevated murder for the death of Bartek. 

City officials announced last week that Bartek was determined to have died in the line of duty on Dec. 31. 

The city previously said that Bartek was the victim of a carjacking. McLoyd had her bond set last week at $5 million. Prosecutors are accusing McLoyd of killing the officer in the parking lot of an apartment building on Rocky River Drive.

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